Hydro resumes bauxite pipeline operation in Brazil
Hydro has resumed operation of the pipeline transporting bauxite from Hydro Paragominas bauxite mine to the alumina refinery Alunorte in
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Base Metals
New pit furnace for aluminium ingots for Novelis
Novelis Brazil has selected Danieli Centro Combustion for the supply of a new pit furnace to heat ingots, to be
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Jubilee to build Project Roan processing facility
As announced on 6 August 2020, Jubilee Metals Group has secured the rights to approximately 2 million tonnes of copper
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SA to be affected by US tariffs on aluminium sheets
Eighteen countries would be affected by tariffs on aluminium sheets imported to the USA, the Trump administration said yesterday after
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Past week was good for base, precious metals
Gold benefited from a weaker US dollar, with investors looking to hedge against currency debasement and inflation. The other precious
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BHP acquires new nickel projecs in Western Australia
BHP has agreed to acquire the Honeymoon Well Nickel Project comprising the Honeymoon Well development project and a 50 per
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Cannington zinc grades more than offset lower silver and lead grades
South32 has reported that Cannington payable zinc equivalent production increased by nine per cent (or 19.8kt) to 238.0kt in FY20
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Jervois Mining acquires nickel, cobalt refinery in Brazil
Australian resource group Jervois Mining has agreed to acquire100% of the São Miguel Paulista (SMP) refinery in São Paulo, Brazil
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Improved calciner availability increases Worsley Alumina production
Worsley Alumina saleable production increased by two per cent (or 91kt) to 3,886kt in FY20, as the refinery benefitted from
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Electioneering to save aluminium smelter in New Zealand
Labour Party in New Zealand is promising to keep Rio Tinto’s Tiwai Point smelter on life support for another three
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Elon Musk wants to phase out cobalt from batteries
During the socially-distanced Battery Day event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made some big announcements, including the company’s move toward eliminating
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Hycast provides casthouse technology for two aluminium plants
Hycast AS, a fully owned subsidiary of Hydro, is entering into a €9.7 million contract with Alu Iberica to provide
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Melting aluminium cans to produce premium cars
Research by Jaguar Land Rover has revealed how an innovative recycling process could upcycle aluminium waste from household appliances and end-of-life
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Aluminium industry’s first low-carbon smelter-grade alumina
Alcoa has announced the expansion of its Sustana™ line of products with the introduction of EcoSource™, the industry’s first low-carbon,
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First Quantum expects to produce up to 770kt of copper
First Quantum Minerals expects to produce 725,000 – 770,000 tonnes of copper, 230,000 – 250,000 ounces of gold and 15,000
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Orion’s Prieska Copper Project is now ‘shovel-ready’
During the reporting period for the year ended 30 June 2020, Orion Minerals completed an updated Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS)
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Direct-to-blister flash smelter for copper project
The Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project Expansion includes the construction of a smelter complex, based on Finland-based Outotec’s direct-to-blister furnace technology which
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Hulamin Extrusions continues its turnaround
Significant cost reduction efforts coupled with stringent controls over working capital helped reduce the impact of COVID-19 on Hulamin during
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Kakula copper concentrator is designed in modules
The Kakula concentrator will be constructed in a phased approach with two 3.8-Mtpa modules as the mining operations ramp-up to
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Kakula Mine to produce the world’s most environmentally-responsible copper
Ivanhoe Mines has announced that the company and its partners, Zijin Mining Group, Crystal River Global Limited and the government
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Kansanshi copper smelter capacity to increase to 1.65 Mtpa
First Quantum Minerals Ltd. has announced that its Kansanshi Expansion will increase the existing 28 Mtpa Kansanshi sulphide, mixed and
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ALUMINIUM: four-high cold rolling stand for AMAG
Plant to be equipped with new gauge and flatness control Integration of new Level 2 process automation New electrical, automation
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Hulamin reports losses for H1 2020
Although the implementation of COVID-19 procedures facilitated operational continuity, Hulamin’s manufacturing operations were negatively impacted during the first half of
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Jubilee receives green light for Zambia’s Pb, Zn, Cu & Co
Jubilee Metals Group has received notification from the Minister of Mines and Mineral Development in Zambia of the approval of
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Alphamin’s update on its Fine Tin Recovery Project
Alphamin has appointed Obsideo (Pty) Ltd as its engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractor for the execution of its
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Alphamin increased tin production to a quarterly record
Alphamin Resources Corp. has reported its operational and financial results for the quarter ended June 2020. Tin production increased 29%
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Mozal smelter production at its max technical capacity
South32 has reported that Mozal Aluminium saleable production increased by 1kt to 268kt in FY2020 (based on South32 share of
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AfriTin eliminates bottleneck, increases production
Modifications to address bottlenecks in the fines dewatering circuit of the Uis processing plant in Namibia are now complete. As
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Automaker Tesla joins Fair Cobalt Alliance
American electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc. decided to support artisanal cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo by joining
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Hillside Aluminium test its maximum technical capacity
Hillside Aluminium saleable production increased by 3kt to a record 718kt in FY20 as the smelter continued to test its
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