Hydro Alunorte reduces annual CO2 emissions by 700,000 tonnes
Hydro’s alumina refinery Alunorte in the state of Pará, Brazil invested BRL 1.3 billion to avoid around 700,000 tonnes of
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Low carbon technology: Scientists smelt tin with hydrogen
Freiberg University in Germany has pioneered a new low carbon technology for smelting tin. The researchers used a ‘direct reduction’
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State-of-the-art rail and section mill facility for Vietnam
Hoa Phat Dung Quat Rail and Special Steel Joint Stock Company, Vietnam, has partnered with SMS group to deliver a
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VANADIUM USE: Steel still dominates, but batteries rising
Historically, vanadium demand has tracked closely with industrial output and infrastructure spending, particularly in emerging markets. The main drivers: Historically,
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NeoSmelt signs new participants for steel decarbonisation project
PERTH, Australia–(BUSINESS WIRE)– NeoSmelt, a consortium of leading resources, energy and manufacturing companies working together on ways to produce lower-emissions
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NeoSmelt Pilot Electric Smelting Facility targets low-carbon steel
The NeoSmelt pilot plant is intended to test and optimise production of iron from the electric smelting furnace (ESF), a
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Rio Tinto launches ore sorting demonstration project at its mine
HAVRE-SAINT-PIERRE, Canada- Rio Tinto is investing CA$7.6 million in an industrial demonstration project to assess the integration of an ore
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Hammerer Aluminium Industries opens €46 million South Korea plant
Hammerer Aluminium Industries (HAI) has opened a fully automated extrusion line in South Korea. The 13,800m2 production hall in Gumi,
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Making tin oxide nanoparticles for high-tech using plants
Making tin oxide nanoparticles for high-tech using plants Scientists have pioneered a green synthesis method for producing tin (IV) oxide
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Pilot and demo plants for pCAM to support process development
Metso is to introduce pilot and demo plants for the development and production of pCAM, supporting customers in their pCAM-related
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Hindalco secures energy supply for Indian smelter
Energy supplied to Hindalco’s Mahan aluminium smelter, India., will be secured after the acquisition of a nearby power block. Hindalco
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Vietnam ends 13-year gold monopoly to fight price speculations and smuggling
Vietnam’s government has announced plans to liberalize the country’s gold bullion market. Vietnam’s General Secretary, To Lam, called for a
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Modernization and expansion of eight-strand Concast billet caster
Jindal Shadeed Iron & Steel LLC, a manufacturer of reinforcing steel grades, is strategically upgrading its eight-strand Concast continuous caster
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IRH buys majority stake in Alphamin
United Arab Emirates-based International Resources Holding (IRH) has entered into an agreement to acquire Tremont Master Holding’s majority stake in
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New refining flux launched to remove ultra-fine oxides
Aluminium Casthouse Technologies (ACT) has launched a pioneering new granular refining flux for removing highly-damaging, ultra-fine particles that lead to
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Platinum history in a nutshell
Platinum has just soared in a particular way. Platinum price is up severely after rallying sharply last week. All this
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AngloGold Ashanti to sell the Mineração Serra Grande Mine
AngloGold Ashanti has agreed to sell its interest in Mineração Serra Grande mine (“MSG”) located in the state of Goiás,
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Indonesia to challenge Australia’s dominance over alumina supply in Asia
China has successfully extracted and expanded its nickel operation in Indonesia. Investments are usually tied with knowledge-transfer, jobs and the
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US cannot produce its own rare earths
The US has one operational rare earths mine, but it does not have the capacity to separate heavy rare earths
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Sibanye Stillwater: Keliber lithium project is well advanced
The completion of the construction/development stage of the Keliber lithium project is well advanced, with hot commissioning of the refinery
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Are silver and platinum the metals to watch?
As it remains a critical monetary asset in global financial markets, Gold continues to receive considerable attention. Though, all the
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Refratechnik celebrates its 75 anniversary
Proudly, Refratechnik celebrates its 75th anniversary with sincere thanks to all business partners and employees. What began in 1950 with
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Sibanye Stillwater: US PGM recycling operations drop by 13%
The US PGM recycling operations fed an average of 9.3 tonnes per day (tpd) of spent autocatalyst material for Q1
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Outlook for the green metals sector in Africa
The dependency of clean technologies on green metals indicates that demand for these resources will increase significantly in the medium
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TIN: New water-based batteries show promise
A new water-based tin battery technology is emerging as a simple but effective approach to storing energy. Technically known as
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Sibanye Stillwater: US PGM operations successfully restructured
The restructuring undertaken by the US PGM operations during Q4 2024 for an extended low PGM price environment, was efficiently
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China is dominant in titanium supply
The countries with the highest production of primary titanium minerals, ilmenite and rutile, are China (34%), Mozambique (17.5%) and South Africa, while
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SMS supplies open-die forging press to increase production capacity
Huzhou Jiuli Yongxing High Performance Metals Co., Ltd., a joint venture subsidiary of Jiuli Hi-Tech, has placed an order with
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Rio Tinto to start production of New Zealand smelter
Rio Tinto will increase production at its New Zealand smelter later this month. Its New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) facility
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VANADIUM: A strategic metal caught between two markets
By 2033, vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) are projected to account for 17% of global vanadium use — a 6x increase from
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