Tin smelter relocated, producing at 90% capacity
Tin recovered from an end-February stumble in the base metals complex. The price now sits at nearly US$ 26,000/tonne. Three
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Base Metals
Rio Tinto sells its first aluminium-scandium alloy for 3D printing
MONTREAL – Rio Tinto has signed an agreement to provide a first commercial batch of high-performance aluminium-scandium alloy from its
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BHP nickel refinery to reduce emissions
BHP has signed a renewable power purchasing agreement to supply up to 50% of its electricity needs at the Kwinana
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Hydro Pioneer Solution for Bauxite Tailing Dams
A new solution for storing dried tailings from Hydro’s Paragominas bauxite mine in Brazil replaces the need for raising and
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RUSAL attracts $1 bln for aluminium smelter construction
Moscow – RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, has announced that it signed and started the drawdown of a syndicated
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Tsumeb smelter’s Ausmelt furnace maintenance extends to 40 days
TORONTO – Dundee Precious Metals has updated information on the planned Ausmelt furnace maintenance at the Company’s Tsumeb smelter in
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Alphamin achieves record fourth quarter 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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RUSAL to modernise aluminium smelters in 2021
Moscow – RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, will invest RUB 4.5 bn this year in modernizing the Sayanogorsk and
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Prieska Copper-Zinc Project is officially “shovel-ready”
During the half-year, Orion Minerals continued to progress its portfolio of South African base metal projects, with the main focus
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Copper record prices fuelled by EV market and renewable energy
JOHANNESBURG – Interactive chart of historical daily COMEX copper prices over the past 5 years shows the current price of
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Tin on the rise as it moves to hydrogen economy
Tin doesn’t usually get the same attention as other metals, but the soft metal has muscled its way into the
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Demand for aluminium continues increasing at high rates
It’s difficult to believe but only 150 years ago aluminium was considered to be silver from clay and an extremely
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Changing face of nickel consuming industry
Whilst the stainless steel industry today still accounts for around 70% of total nickel consumed, growth has been driven by
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Australia aluminium smelters suffer from one of the highest power cost
Year 2020 marked the 65th birthday of the Australian aluminium industry. The southern hemisphere’s first aluminium smelter was built at
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Tharisa slams proposed chrome export tax
Coupled with the safety performance, was Tharisa standout conduct in both mining and processing, where the tough decisions the company
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EV represents largest growth sector for nickel over next 20 years
This article is based on a document that was prepared by market analyst Roskill and released by the Joint Research
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UAE produces aluminium using the power of the sun
United Arab Emirates – Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) and Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) have announced a new global
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Glencore and Century to supply 150,000 tons of Natur‐Al aluminium
BAAR, Switzerland – Glencore and Century Aluminum Company have finalized the sale of 150,000 metric tons of Natur‐Al aluminium over
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South32’s payable nickel production decreased by 22%
According to South32, its Cerro Matoso payable nickel production decreased by 22% (or 4.5kt) to 16.1kt in the December 2020
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Hulamin’s operational performance continues to improve
PIETERMARITZBURG – Hulamin’s operational performance up to the end of Q4 2020continued to improve through October to December 2020 as
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Update on Orion Minerals Australia’s projects
FRASER RANGE – NICKEL-COPPER PROJECTS (Western Australia) Orion maintains a sizeable tenement package in the Fraser Range Province of Western
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EGA completes major refurbishment of Al Taweelah Potline 3, one of the longest potlines in the world
United Arab Emirates – Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas,
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Major copper acquisition on cards in the Northern Cape
MELBOURNE, Victoria – The securities of Orion Minerals Ltd will be placed in trading halt at the request of the
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Glencore strengthens cobalt partnership with FREYR
BAAR, Switzerland – Following the announcement on 9 December 2020, Glencore International AG (Glencore) and FREYR announce that they have
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Prieska copper reports excellent progress with early works activities
MELBOURNE, Australia – Orion Minerals in its December 2020 Quarterly Activities Report reports continued positive progress with funding discussions for
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South32 reports slight decrease of zinc production
According to South32, its Cannington payable zinc equivalent production decreased by 1% (or 1.4kt) to 167.3kt in the December 2020
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New lithium-ion battery research puts tin in charge
New research from teams in the US and China has continued to drive tin into the spotlight as a simple,
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EU fights Indonesia’s export restrictions on raw materials
BRUSSELS – EU has requested the establishment of a panel at the World Trade Organization to seek the elimination of
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Orion intersects significant zones of Cu, Zn and PGE mineralisation
Orion has announced highly encouraging results from high-impact exploration drilling programs targeting near-mine and regional volcanogenic massive sulphide copper-zinc and
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Another strong performance by South32’s African smelters
Hillside Aluminium (South Africa) saleable production decreased 1kt to 361kt in the December 2020 half year as the smelter continued
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