Major challenges in the European steel industry
The technological transition to green production faces the entire European steel industry with major challenges. voestalpine, Austria’s only producer of
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Merafe ferrochrome production increases by 42.7% YoY
Merafe’s attributable ferrochrome production from the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture in the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December 2021
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Tharisa: Best quarter on record kicks off a transformative year
Tharisa, the platinum group metals (PGMs) and chrome co-producer has announces production results for the first quarter of FY2022. First
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The Swedish ecosystem for green steel
Sweden boasts an abundance of renewable energy resources and adequate iron ore reserves. This has enabled the steel industry to align
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Europe’s most advanced 3D sand printer for steel casting
voestalpine has been engaged in pioneering 3D printing with metals for many years. These metals are already being used at
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FLSmidth to supply material handling equipment for gold mine
FLSmidth has been chosen to supply In-Pit Crushing & Conveying (IPCC) equipment for the upstream section of Polyus’ Blagodatnoye gold
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Green metals are the journey to decarbonisation
The metals industry faces a dilemma: producers are under pressure to decarbonise. But at the same time, demand for commodities
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Alphamin produces record tin volumes in 4th quarter 2021
MAURITIUS – Alphamin Resources, a producer of 4% of the world’s mined tin from its high grade operation in the
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MC Mining: Makhado Coal Project update
On 14 January 2019, MC Mining announced that its subsidiary, Baobab Mining & Exploration, completed the acquisition of the Lukin
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Recycling and innovation are crucial to reducing emissions
Increasing the use of scrap is the simplest way to decarbonise. Electric arc furnace (EAF) production using scrap produces 30%
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Glencore completes acquisition of Cerrejón mine in Colombia
Glencore refers to its announcement of 28 June 2021, in which it announced its intention to acquire Anglo American’s and
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US steel imports in 2021 surging by unprecedented 47%
Economy Rebounds from COVID – No one could have predicted when the virus crippled commerce in spring 2020 that the
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Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces
Paul Wurth, part of SMS group, has completed its work relining the blast furnaces of ArcelorMittal’s Juiz de Fora steel
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South32: Restart of Brazil Aluminium smelter using renewable power
South32 has announced to participate in a restart of the Alumar aluminium smelter (Brazil Aluminium), together with its joint venture
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Eskom blamed for billions of rands worth of production lost in mining
Billions of rands worth of production in the mining industry has been lost since 2008 when the inability of Eskom
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Will green steel compete with conventional steel on cost?
Proactive initiatives and abundant renewables could see Sweden take the lead in the race to decarbonise steel. The global steel
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US emerges as important gas supplier to the world
About 20 cargoes of US LNG are currently on their way to Europe, responding to soaring natural gas prices in
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Speedy implementation to stop and root out corruption in public sectors
Johannesburg – The Minerals Council South Africa endorses, and urges, the speedy implementation of the recommendations made in the first
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Major countries based on largest cobalt reserves in the world
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the largest cobalt reserves in the world, at some 3.6 million metric tons
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Kamoa-Kakula surpasses annual copper guidance, Phase 2 on track
TORONTO, CANADA – Ivanhoe Mines has announced that Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1, 3.8 million-tonne-per-annum (Mtpa) concentrator plant in the Democratic Republic
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Pan African’s tailings retreatments produce 70koz/y of recovered gold
Pan African claims the group has a track record of successfully bringing tailings retreatment operations to fruition. Pan African has
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Glencore closes sale of Ernest Henry Mine
Glencore and Evolution Mining Limited (Evolution) have today closed the sale and purchase of Glencore’s 100% interest in Ernest Henry
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Anglo and Vale in talks over new iron ore mine in Brazil – too early to tell
Anglo American is in discussions with Vale to potentially jointly develop Vale’s Serpentina iron ore resource in Brazil. Nothing is
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Vedanta zinc production South Africa falls, whilst in India ups
India’s multinational mining giant Vedanta, one of the world’s leading oil & gas and metals companies, has reported its production
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AMY receives funding to advance demonstration plant project
SURREY, B.C. Canada – American Manganese Inc. (AMY) is pleased to announce that it is receiving additional advisory services and
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Bokoni PGM operation complements ARM’s current PGM portfolio
The ARM’ Bokoni mine transaction represents an opportunity for ARM to acquire a significant South African PGM operation that complements
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Australia and the Middle East tops the battle for green supremacy
Suppliers with access to major, low-cost gas resources and CCS have a natural advantage for blue hydrogen exports. Regions such
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Pan African digs into details of Blyvoor Gold tailings acquisition
Pan African has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Blyvoor Gold Operations from
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Hydrogen Blue or green? A tale of two options
While current costs of green hydrogen production are typically more than three times higher those that of blue hydrogen, green
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Mechanised mining operation + high PGM grades = low unit costs
It’s a very risky deal says an expert on African Rainbow Minerals’ (ARM) announcement to acquire all the shares in
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