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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Stellar secured highly prospective ‘Ringville’ tin deposit near Renison mine

May 28, 2025May 23, 2025 admin Tin producer

An application lodged by Australian tin explorer Stellar Resources for an exploration licence adjoining the prolific Renison mine has been

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Australia-Oceania Ferrous Metals 

Iron ore losses from 4 cyclones estimated to be 13 million tonnes

May 5, 2025April 29, 2025 admin Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto reports production and shipping of Iron Ore in Q1 were affected by significant weather events, with the total

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

South 32 Worsley Mine Project receives federal approval

March 20, 2025March 17, 2025 admin Alumina

South32’s Worsley Alumina has received Western Australian State environmental approval for the Worsley Mine Development Project. The Federal approval is

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Australia-Oceania Ferrous Metals 

Rio Tinto provides iron ore update following tropical cyclone Zelia

February 20, 2025February 19, 2025 admin Iron ore

PERTH, Australia – Rio Tinto’s port, rail and mine operations have resumed after Tropical Cyclone Zelia passed over Western Australia’s

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Stellar hits high grades below Heemskirk resource

February 17, 2025February 14, 2025 admin Tin producer

Tin explorer Stellar Resources has intersected high grade tin mineralisation below the indicated resource at its Tasmanian project, Heemskirk. At

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Australia pledges AU$2 billion to boost aluminium industry

January 28, 2025January 27, 2025 admin Aluminium

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the $2 billion aluminium pledge at the headquarters of Tomago Aluminium. The Australian government

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Australia-Oceania 

Rio Tinto provides iron ore update following tropical cyclone Sean

January 27, 2025January 24, 2025 admin Iron ore

PERTH, Australia – Tropical Cyclone Sean delivered record rain along parts of the Pilbara coastline of Western Australia, impacting Rio

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Australia-Oceania 

Australia has a difficult relationship with uranium mining

January 27, 2025January 22, 2025 admin Uranium

Despite having the largest known uranium reserves in the world (almost one-third of the world’s total reserves), and the fourth

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Worsley mine development project receives state approval

January 2, 2025December 27, 2024 admin Australian Bauxite

South32 Limited advises that the Western Australian Minister for Environment has approved the Worsley Mine Development Project (the Project) 1.

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Australia-Oceania Precious Metals 

Australian gold production drops slightly in Q3 due to lower-grade ore

December 19, 2024December 17, 2024 admin Gold

Despite record-high gold prices, miners experienced lower production between July and September, according to Melbourne-based consultants Surbiton Associates. In their

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Rio Tinto completes acquisition of Mitsubishi’s stake in aluminium smelter

October 11, 2024October 9, 2024 admin Smelters

MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto’s previously announced acquisition of Mitsubishi Corporation’s (Mitsubishi) 11.65% interest in Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL) was completed on

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Perfect Metals makes tin powder from cassiterite

October 10, 2024October 7, 2024 admin Tin producer

Australian company Perfect Metals has developed a new low-temperature electrolytic process to convert cassiterite directly to high purity tin powder.

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Australia-Oceania Precious Metals 

Newmont to divest from Havieron gold-copper project

September 20, 2024September 16, 2024 admin Gold producer

DENVER – Newmont has announces, as part of its ongoing program to divest non-core assets, it agreed to sell the

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

TIN: Stellar announces fresh project economics for Heemskirk

September 17, 2024September 16, 2024 admin Tin producer

Heemskirk developer Stellar Resources has published a new scoping study for the Tasmanian tin project, incorporating the September 2023 MRE

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

New test work sees improved recoveries at Taronga

September 6, 2024September 3, 2024 admin Tin producer

First Tin has reported improved recoveries during mineral processing test work at their Australian Taronga tin project aimed at optimizing

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Australia-Oceania 

Smelters supported by Queensland Government and Rio Tinto

August 22, 2024August 19, 2024 admin Smelters

MELBOURNE, Australia – The Queensland Government and Rio Tinto will work together to safeguard a pillar of the State’s heavy

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Historic Renison mine sees record quarterly output

August 16, 2024August 12, 2024 admin Tin producer

The historic Renison tin mine in Tasmania has seen its most productive quarter on record, with 2,506 t tin produced,

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Australia-Oceania 

Porgera remains on track despite Mulitaka landslide challenges

July 26, 2024July 25, 2024 admin Gold

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Despite the operational challenges presented by the recent Mulitaka landslide, Porgera Gold Mine has

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Australia-Oceania Ferrous Metals 

Western Australia Nickel to temporarily suspend operations

July 23, 2024July 22, 2024 admin nickel

BHP announces that the Nickel West operations and West Musgrave project (Western Australia Nickel) will be temporarily suspended from October

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Australia-Oceania Non-Metal 

Anglo American suspends Grosvenor steelmaking coal mine

July 18, 2024July 15, 2024 admin Metallurgical coal

Anglo American has suspended production at its Grosvenor steelmaking coal mine in Queensland, Australia, following an underground coal gas ignition

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Australia-Oceania Precious Metals 

Exploring one of the world’s richest goldfields

July 11, 2024July 8, 2024 admin Gold

The goldfields in the Kalgoorli region of Western Australia are one of the richest mineral fields to exist in Australia.

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

$10 million investment at Heemskirk tin mine in Australia

June 19, 2024June 17, 2024 admin Tin production

Stellar Resources has announced it has received firm commitments to raise $10 million via a placement to accelerate drilling and

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Rio Tinto to acquire Mitsubishi’s stake in Boyne aluminium smelter

June 14, 2024June 12, 2024 admin Aluminium, Smelters

MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto has agreed to acquire Mitsubishi Corporation’s 11.65% interest in Boyne Smelters Ltd (BSL), which owns

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

New Zealand aluminium smelter secured with new power deals

June 5, 2024June 3, 2024 admin Smelters

MELBOURNE, Australia – New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) has signed 20-year electricity arrangements that secure the future of the Tiwai

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Australia-Oceania 

Rio Tinto: Australia’s biggest renewable power to repower its Gladstone operations

February 28, 2024February 26, 2024 admin Rio Tinto

MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto has signed Australia’s largest renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) to date to supply its Gladstone

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Australia-Oceania Non-Metal 

Australia’s International Graphite to commission $8 million plant

February 23, 2024February 21, 2024 admin Graphite

Australia’s International Graphite on Monday announced the commissioning of a new A$12.5 million ($8.14 million) graphite processing plant at Collie,

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Rio Tinto to develop Australia’s largest solar farm for mining

January 26, 2024January 24, 2024 admin Alumina, Rio Tinto

MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto will drive development of Australia’s largest solar power project near Gladstone, after agreeing to buy

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Metals X provides a Renison Ore Reserve and mine life update

January 16, 2024January 12, 2024 admin Tin producer

Metals X has announced an updated Life of Mine Plan for Renison Bell, Australia’s largest tin mine, with the historic

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Australia-Oceania Ferrous Metals 

Savannah nickel operations reached highest level since restart

October 30, 2023October 23, 2023 admin nickel

Panoramic Resources has announced strong improvements across all metrics in the September 2023 quarter following repair of the filter head

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Australia-Oceania Precious Metals 

Special mining lease signals Porgera gold mine restart

October 19, 2023October 16, 2023 admin Gold producer

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea – Governor General Sir Bob Dabae today granted a special mining lease to New Porgera

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REFRACTORIES & FURNACES

Design features of modern induction furnaces
Refractories/Insulation 

Design features of modern induction furnaces

January 21, 2025January 17, 2025 admin

The design of the electric induction furnace provides for the presence of a melting and so-called induction furnace units. The

Durability and wear monitoring of blast furnace 4 at ROGESA
Refractories/Insulation 

Durability and wear monitoring of blast furnace 4 at ROGESA

January 15, 2025January 13, 2025 admin
Metal melting and energy saving in different types of melting furnaces
Refractories/Insulation 

Metal melting and energy saving in different types of melting furnaces

January 14, 2025January 10, 2025 admin
ROTARY KILN monitoring: Decisions that drive efficiency
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ROTARY KILN monitoring: Decisions that drive efficiency

November 15, 2024November 14, 2024 admin

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Outokumpu Stainless modernises of its Steckel mill in Finland
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Outokumpu Stainless modernises of its Steckel mill in Finland

May 21, 2025May 19, 2025 admin

Outokumpu Stainless modernises of its Steckel mill in Finland Outokumpu Stainless (OTK) in Tornio, Finland, granted SMS group the FAC

Media handling systems for fast and safe handling of stirred mill media
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Media handling systems for fast and safe handling of stirred mill media

May 16, 2025May 13, 2025 admin
Concast continuous casters to increase billet and bloom production capacities
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Concast continuous casters to increase billet and bloom production capacities

May 14, 2025May 13, 2025 admin
Automation technology for high-capacity hot strip mill upgrade
Ferrous Metals Product News 

Automation technology for high-capacity hot strip mill upgrade

April 30, 2025April 29, 2025 admin
Infrared temperature measurement for aluminium rolling processes
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Infrared temperature measurement for aluminium rolling processes

April 29, 2025April 25, 2025 admin
Evolution in motion – Nordberg HP450e cone crusher 
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Evolution in motion – Nordberg HP450e cone crusher 

April 22, 2025April 16, 2025 admin
Anode Weighing and Casting Machine with superior casting accuracy
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Anode Weighing and Casting Machine with superior casting accuracy

April 16, 2025April 13, 2025 admin

SERVICES

Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces
Services 

Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 admin

Paul Wurth, part of SMS group, has completed its work relining the blast furnaces of ArcelorMittal’s Juiz de Fora steel

Maersk intends to form joint venture with Grindrod in South Africa
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Maersk intends to form joint venture with Grindrod in South Africa

December 4, 2021December 3, 2021 admin
HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals
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HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals

June 1, 2021May 31, 2021 admin
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