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Base Metals

Base Metals 

Cornish Metals discovers new tin mineralisation near South Crofty

February 29, 2024February 28, 2024 admin Tin producer

South Crofty developer Cornish Metals has reported results from the first six drill holes of the company’s ongoing Carn Brea

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Base Metals 

TIN: Wa ban persists and export delays in Indonesia continue

February 27, 2024February 26, 2024 admin

LME tin prices have surged to their highest point in six months, with three-month price rising by 11% in just

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Base Metals 

Gecamines offers to buy some of Khazakh miner ERG’s copper assets

February 22, 2024February 21, 2024 admin Copper

Congo state miner Gecamines said it has made a firm proposal to buy some of Eurasian Resources Group’s copper and

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Base Metals 

Manono Tin sees first concentrate production

February 21, 2024February 19, 2024 admin Tin metal

Canadian tin-lithium-tantalum explorer Tantalex Lithium Resources has announced the TiTan alluvial plant has entered production of tin and tantalum concentrates

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Base Metals 

Jubilee Metals: update on Munkoyo Project

February 16, 2024February 12, 2024 admin Copper

Munkoyo is located within 50 kilometres of Sable Copper Refinery and will be a feed source to the Sable. An

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Base Metals 

Jubilee Metals: Zambia Copper Expansion Update

February 14, 2024February 12, 2024 admin Copper, Zambia

Jubilee, a diversified leader in metals processing with operations in Africa, is pleased to provide an update on progress at

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Africa Base Metals 

Jubilee Metals: Project Roan update

February 9, 2024February 7, 2024 admin Copper, Project Roan

The upgrade of Roan currently underway includes the implementation of a 50 000 tonnes per month modular unit, which allows

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Africa Base Metals 

Jubilee Metals acquires historical waste rock dump in Zambia

February 8, 2024February 7, 2024 admin Copper, Jubilee Metals

Jubilee secured one of the largest copper waste rock assets on surface in Zambia in November 2023and has formed a

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Africa Base Metals 

Alphamin announces record annual tin production

February 7, 2024February 5, 2024 admin Alphamin Resources, Tin producer

MAURITIUS – Alphamin Resources Corp. a producer of 4% of the world’s mined tin1 from its high grade operation in

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Base Metals 

Alcoa to supply Nexans with low-C aluminium, incl. ELYSIS metal

February 6, 2024February 5, 2024 admin Aluminium

PITTSBURGH – Alcoa announced today that it will supply global cable producer Nexans with aluminum produced from a revolutionary process

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Africa Base Metals 

Alphamin Resources: Mpama Tin South project update

February 5, 2024February 1, 2024 admin Alphamin Resources, Tin production

The initial development of the Mpama South underground mine has been completed on time. In addition, the underground development should

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Africa Base Metals 

Jubilee Metals modular copper expansion project M update

February 1, 2024January 29, 2024 admin Copper concentrator, Jubilee Metals

As announced on 1 November 2023, Jubilee secured its first LOM copper ore off-take agreement from an existing mining company

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Africa Base Metals 

Jubilee Metals: Sable Refinery Upgrade

January 30, 2024January 28, 2024 admin Copper refinery

JTS has completed the design work for the expansion of the sulphide copper recovery circuit at the Sable Refinery, in

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Base Metals 

First Quantum achieves annual copper production of 708,000 tonnes

January 29, 2024January 26, 2024 admin Copper

TORONTO – First Quantum Minerals announces preliminary production for the three months (“Q4”) and year ended December 31, 2023, guidance

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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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Africa Base Metals 

COPPER: Lumwana super pit project on track for first production in 2028

January 25, 2024January 24, 2024 admin Copper, Zambia

LUSAKA, Zambia – The Lumwana copper mine’s Super Pit expansion project has been accelerated with first production now scheduled for

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Base Metals South America 

First Quantum Minerals update on Cobre Panama  

January 23, 2024January 22, 2024 admin Copper, First Quantum Minerals

Cobre Panama currently remains in a phase of P&SM with production halted. Approximately 1,400 workers remain on site to run

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Base Metals 

Hydro to decarbonize casthouses by testing plasma technology

January 19, 2024January 12, 2024 admin Aluminium, Casthouse, Hydro

With the testing of emission-free plasma technology in the casthouse at Sunndal, Hydro is pursuing its goal to achieve zero

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Base Metals 

Vedanta Aluminium cutting-edge pot lining design

January 16, 2024January 12, 2024 admin Aluminium

Vedanta Aluminium, a significant player in the aluminium industry, unveils a groundbreaking breakthrough on National Energy Conservation Day. The company

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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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Base Metals South America 

Marubeni and Antofagasta to invest in copper expansion project

January 15, 2024January 11, 2024 admin Copper

Marubeni Corporation, in partnership with UK-based Antofagasta plc, has solidified its decision to invest in a substantial expansion project at

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Base Metals Europe 

Blaze at Rusal’s smelter did not disrupt operations

January 15, 2024January 11, 2024 admin Aluminium, Smelters

Emergency services in Russia managed to swiftly contain a minor fire at one of Rusal’s significant smelters located in the

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Asia Base Metals 

Partial resumption of mining in Wa State, excluding tin

January 12, 2024January 10, 2024 admin Tin producer

Leaders of Wa State have authorised a partial resumption of mining in the area from 3rd January 2024, although most

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Base Metals 

Pushing the boundaries for low-carbon aluminium with Hydro CIRCAL

January 11, 2024January 10, 2024 admin Aluminium

Hydro can now deliver Hydro CIRCAL recycled aluminium with a documented carbon footprint of 1.9 kg of CO2e/kg aluminium, down

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Asia Base Metals 

Aluminium Bahrain breaks annual aluminium production record in 2023

January 9, 2024January 8, 2024 admin Aluminium

Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) have announced it has set a new record-breaking production of 1,620,665 metric tonnes (MT) in 2023,

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Base Metals 

Decarbonisation technology of recycled aluminium melting

January 9, 2024January 8, 2024 admin Aluminium

Reverb or secondary melting furnaces are an effective way to achieve a global circular economy for aluminium supply. The recycling

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Base Metals 

Australia classifies tin as a strategic material

January 8, 2024January 3, 2024 admin Australia

The Australian Government has updated the country’s Critical Minerals List and has introduced a new Strategic Materials List, which includes

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Base Metals South America 

Eloro Resources intersects 0.43% Sn over 62.84m at Iska Iska

January 5, 2024January 3, 2024 admin Bolivia, Tin production

Explorer Eloro Resources has released assay results from the first five of its eleven definition drill holes, including an intersection

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Base Metals 

$19 million investment for molten tin thermal energy storage technology

January 3, 2024December 27, 2023 admin Green Energy

Backed by Bill Gates’ venture firm Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Fourth Power has received $19 million in funding for its molten

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Base Metals 

Impairments affect Hydro’s fourth quarter results

January 2, 2024December 27, 2023 admin Aluminium, Hydro

Faced with challenging alumina market conditions and Australian power price insecurity, Norsk Hydro ASA will report total impairment losses of

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REFRACTORIES & FURNACES

Refractories: Imerys acquires US’s Great Lakes Minerals
Refractories/Insulation 

Refractories: Imerys acquires US’s Great Lakes Minerals

July 7, 2026July 3, 2026 admin

Imerys has concluded the acquisition of Great Lakes Minerals, a U.S.-based processor of specialty minerals serving the refractory and abrasives

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Refractories/Insulation 

Latest from refractories materials industry

August 15, 2025August 11, 2025 admin
RHI Magnesita introduces new refractory solutions contract model
Refractories/Insulation 

RHI Magnesita introduces new refractory solutions contract model

August 14, 2025August 11, 2025 admin
Refratechnik celebrates its 75 anniversary
Refractories/Insulation 

Refratechnik celebrates its 75 anniversary

June 16, 2025June 12, 2025 admin

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China’s Lidao orders technology control systems for aluminium foil mill
Base Metals Product News 

China’s Lidao orders technology control systems for aluminium foil mill

July 30, 2026July 28, 2026 admin

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Primetals Technologies has been awarded an order from Lidao New Energy (Anhui) to supply seven Technology Control

Primetals Technologies to Revamp CSP Mill at WISCO in China
Product News 

Primetals Technologies to Revamp CSP Mill at WISCO in China

July 24, 2026July 22, 2026 admin
First Robotic Coil Trimming and Sampling System at Hyundai Steel
Product News 

First Robotic Coil Trimming and Sampling System at Hyundai Steel

July 22, 2026July 20, 2026 admin
Metso highlights its latest minerals processing innovations
Product News 

Metso highlights its latest minerals processing innovations

July 21, 2026July 20, 2026 admin
Ladle Furnace Upgrade Order for Outokumpu Stainless USA
Product News 

Ladle Furnace Upgrade Order for Outokumpu Stainless USA

July 17, 2026July 15, 2026 admin
Baosteel successfully start up caster in Shanghai
Product News 

Baosteel successfully start up caster in Shanghai

July 14, 2026July 10, 2026 admin
Two PQF® seamless tube plants from Baosteel Steel Pipe in China
Product News 

Two PQF® seamless tube plants from Baosteel Steel Pipe in China

July 13, 2026July 8, 2026 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
Services 

Maersk intends to form joint venture with Grindrod in South Africa

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

HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals

June 1, 2021May 31, 2021 admin
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