Alphamin exceeds guidance and achieves record production
MAURITIUS – Alphamin Resources, a producer of 4% of the world’s mined tin from its high grade operation in the
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Base Metals
ElvalHalcor accepts new aluminium hot strip mill
Greece-based aluminium producer ElvalHalcor S.A. has granted SMS group the final acceptance for the new four-stand high-performance hot strip mill
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EUR 100 million key equipment for new zinc plant
HELSINKI – Metso Outotec has signed a contract to deliver a complete package of key process equipment for a greenfield
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Exxaro fails to sell its stake in Black Mountain
Exxaro, the diversified South African-based resources group , previously concluded that zinc mining was not strategically aligned to the group’s
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Metso Outotec sells its aluminium business
Metso Outotec has signed an agreement to sell its Aluminium business to REEL International, headquartered in France. The business was
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Norilsk Nickel’s to modernize its smelting line
HELSINKI, FINLAND – Metso Outotec has been awarded a landmark contract by PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel to modernize one of
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South32 divests from coal and gets smelter energy supply
South32 Limited advises that the Competition Tribunal of South Africa has completed its hearing to consider the proposed sale of
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Hard-hit cobalt is recovering amid EV boom
Cobalt has been hit harder than other metals over the last couple years. The spiralling upsurge in cobalt prices between
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Copper prices spiral to 7-year high
Not far from a benchmark of $8,000/t we need to point out that copper has historically been used by traders
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FCX awarded the Copper Mark for responsible production practices
PHOENIX, AR – Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) has announced the Copper Mark has been awarded to its first three sites: the
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AMY achieves 99.7% extraction of lithium-ion battery material
SURREY, B.C., CANADA – American Manganese Inc. (AMY) has reported that the RecycLiCo pilot plant leach stages achieved 99.7% extraction
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GEM Co. and Glencore extend their long-term cobalt partnership
Glencore and China’s GEM Co. have announced that they have extended their partnership for the supply of cobalt hydroxide by
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Copper rebounds rapidly to above pre-COVID-19 levels
The unexpectedly rapid rebound in LME copper prices to above pre-COVID-19 levels is aided by its large exposure to the dynamic
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Production restarts at the Hydro Aluminium Husnes B line
On Tuesday this week, production resumed at the Hydro Husnes B line – more than 10 years after the production
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New aluminium alloys for die casters
Rio Tinto has presented a new family of unique aluminium alloys designed to entitle North American die-casters to enlarge their
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High purity nickel-cobalt hydroxide recovery
American Manganese Inc. has reported on the successful recovery of high purity (99.98%) nickel-cobalt hydroxide from the NCA cathode scrap
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Can aluminium production really be emissions-free?
Rio Tinto and Alcoa Corporation have joined forces on the most significant innovation in the aluminium industry in more than
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New aluminium alloy is stronger and more sustainable
The brief handed to the Rio Tinto’s Arvida Research and Development Centre, five years ago, was a tough one: invent
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Zambian court stops KCM liquidation
According to Lusaka Times, the Court of Appeal sitting at Ndola has ordered a halt to liquidation proceedings for Konkola
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Lumwana Copper Mine has 68,000 tpd processing plant
The Lumwana Mine property is located within the North-Western Province of the Republic of Zambia, approximately 65 km from Solwezi,
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New state-of-the-art zinc smelter plant with zero liquid discharge
GANDHINAGAR – Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), the largest zinc producer in India and among the top five globally, has signed
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Zambia to keep copper assets amid rising production
LUSAKA – Zambian Government believes bondholders won’t seize its mining assets because it defaulted on part of its debt last
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Tragedy at Gamsberg mine sends zinc soaring
AGGENEYS, RSA – The management of Vedanta Zinc International (VZI)’s Gamsberg Mine (Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd), and Aveng Moolmans
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Colombia imports UAE smelting technology
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas,
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Glencore may strike deal with Zambia over Mopani Copper
Bloomberg News has reported that Zambian Mines Ministry was likely to announce a deal in December on the government’s ongoing
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Alvance invests in new aluminium recycling and casting plant
ALVANCE Aluminium, a member of Sanjeev Gupta’s sustainable industry leader GFG Alliance, has today announced a £94m investment package to
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Toral project step closer towards production
Europa Metals, the European focused lead-zinc and silver developer, has announce results from an independent Preliminary Economic Study in respect
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TechMet gets investment to produce technology metals
DUBLIN/WASHINGTON DC – The US International Development Finance Corporation has made a $25 million investment into TechMet Ltd, a private
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Sumitomo wants to bring Ambatovy Nickel back on stream
JAPAN – Sumitomo has recently publicized that it intends to resume operations in February 2021 at its 54% owned Ambatovy
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New and only copper mine in Botswana begins operation
Khoemacau Mining’s copper mine in Botswana is expected to start production in 2021 with the initial annual output at 60 000
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