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Africa Base Metals

Alphamin exceeds guidance and achieves record production

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 admin Alphamin Resources, DRC, Tin

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

Base Metals Europe

ElvalHalcor accepts new aluminium hot strip mill

January 7, 2021January 6, 2021 admin Aluminium, Greece, SMS

Greece-based aluminium producer ElvalHalcor S.A. has granted SMS group the final acceptance for the new four-stand high-performance hot strip mill

Base Metals Europe

EUR 100 million key equipment for new zinc plant

January 4, 2021January 3, 2021 admin Russia, Zinc

HELSINKI – Metso Outotec has signed a contract to deliver a complete package of key process equipment for a greenfield

Africa Base Metals South Africa

Exxaro fails to sell its stake in Black Mountain

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 admin Black Mountain, Exxaro Resources, Zinc

Exxaro, the diversified South African-based resources group , previously concluded that zinc mining was not strategically aligned to the group’s

Base Metals Europe

Metso Outotec sells its aluminium business

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 admin Aluminium, Metso Outotec

Metso Outotec has signed an agreement to sell its Aluminium business to REEL International, headquartered in France. The business was

Base Metals Europe Precious Metals

Norilsk Nickel’s to modernize its smelting line

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 admin Flash smelter, Metso Outotec, Norilsk Nickel

HELSINKI, FINLAND – Metso Outotec has been awarded a landmark contract by PJSC MMC Norilsk Nickel to modernize one of

Africa Base Metals Non-Metal South Africa

South32 divests from coal and gets smelter energy supply

December 22, 2020December 22, 2020 admin Aluminium, Coal, South32

South32 Limited advises that the Competition Tribunal of South Africa has completed its hearing to consider the proposed sale of

Base Metals World

Hard-hit cobalt is recovering amid EV boom

December 20, 2020December 19, 2020 admin Cobalt, Glencore

Cobalt has been hit harder than other metals over the last couple years. The spiralling upsurge in cobalt prices between

Base Metals World

Copper prices spiral to 7-year high

December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 admin Copper

Not far from a benchmark of $8,000/t we need to point out that copper has historically been used by traders

Africa Base Metals North America

FCX awarded the Copper Mark for responsible production practices

December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 admin Cobalt, Copper, Freeport-McMoRan

PHOENIX, AR – Freeport-McMoRan Inc. (FCX) has announced the Copper Mark has been awarded to its first three sites: the

Base Metals North America Other Metals Recycling &Environment

AMY achieves 99.7% extraction of lithium-ion battery material

December 4, 2020December 4, 2020 admin American Manganese, Canada, Cobalt, Lithium, Manganese, nickel, Pilot plant

SURREY, B.C., CANADA – American Manganese Inc. (AMY) has reported that the RecycLiCo pilot plant leach stages achieved 99.7% extraction

Asia Base Metals

GEM Co. and Glencore extend their long-term cobalt partnership

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 admin China, Cobalt, GEM Co., Glencore

Glencore and China’s GEM Co. have announced that they have extended their partnership for the supply of cobalt hydroxide by

Base Metals World

Copper rebounds rapidly to above pre-COVID-19 levels

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 admin Copper

The unexpectedly rapid rebound in LME copper prices to above pre-COVID-19 levels is aided by its large exposure to the dynamic

Base Metals Europe

Production restarts at the Hydro Aluminium Husnes B line

December 1, 2020November 30, 2020 admin Aluminium, Norway

On Tuesday this week, production resumed at the Hydro Husnes B line – more than 10 years after the production

Base Metals North America

New aluminium alloys for die casters

November 29, 2020November 28, 2020 admin Aluminium alloy, Die casters, foundry materials, Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto has presented a new family of unique aluminium alloys designed to entitle North American die-casters to enlarge their

Base Metals North America Other Metals

High purity nickel-cobalt hydroxide recovery

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 admin American Manganese, Cobalt, nickel

American Manganese Inc. has reported on the successful recovery of high purity (99.98%) nickel-cobalt hydroxide from the NCA cathode scrap

Base Metals New Technology North America

Can aluminium production really be emissions-free?

November 27, 2020November 27, 2020 admin Alcoa, Aluminium, Elysis, Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto and Alcoa Corporation have joined forces on the most significant innovation in the aluminium industry in more than

Base Metals Europe

New aluminium alloy is stronger and more sustainable

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 admin Aluminium, Aluminium alloy, Rio Tinto

The brief handed to the Rio Tinto’s Arvida Research and Development Centre, five years ago, was a tough one: invent

Africa Base Metals

Zambian court stops KCM liquidation

November 24, 2020November 25, 2020 admin Copper, Konkola Copper Mines, Vedanta, ZCCM-IH

According to Lusaka Times, the Court of Appeal sitting at Ndola has ordered a halt to liquidation proceedings for Konkola

Africa Base Metals

Lumwana Copper Mine has 68,000 tpd processing plant

November 24, 2020November 24, 2020 admin Barrick Gold, Lumwana Copper Mine

The Lumwana Mine property is located within the North-Western Province of the Republic of Zambia, approximately 65 km from Solwezi,

Asia Base Metals

New state-of-the-art zinc smelter plant with zero liquid discharge

November 23, 2020November 23, 2020 admin Hindustan Zinc, India, Smelters, Zinc

GANDHINAGAR – Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), the largest zinc producer in India and among the top five globally, has signed

Africa Base Metals

Zambia to keep copper assets amid rising production

November 22, 2020November 21, 2020 admin Copper, Glencore, Mopani copper mine, ZCCM-IH

LUSAKA – Zambian Government believes bondholders won’t seize its mining assets because it defaulted on part of its debt last

Africa Base Metals South Africa

Tragedy at Gamsberg mine sends zinc soaring

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 admin Gamsberg Mine, Vedanta, Zinc

AGGENEYS, RSA – The management of Vedanta Zinc International (VZI)’s Gamsberg Mine (Black Mountain Mining (Pty) Ltd), and Aveng Moolmans

Asia Base Metals South America

Colombia imports UAE smelting technology

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 admin Aluminium, EGA, NEO Aluminio, UAE

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas,

Africa Base Metals

Glencore may strike deal with Zambia over Mopani Copper

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 admin Copper, Zambia

Bloomberg News has reported that Zambian Mines Ministry was likely to announce a deal in December on the government’s ongoing

Base Metals Europe

Alvance invests in new aluminium recycling and casting plant

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 admin Aluminium, Smelters, UK

ALVANCE Aluminium, a member of Sanjeev Gupta’s sustainable industry leader GFG Alliance, has today announced a £94m investment package to

Base Metals Europe

Toral project step closer towards production

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 admin Europa Metals, Lead, Toral Project, Zinc

Europa Metals, the European focused lead-zinc and silver developer, has announce results from an independent Preliminary Economic Study in respect

Base Metals North America Other Metals

TechMet gets investment to produce technology metals

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 admin Brazil, Canada, Lithium, nickel, Rare earth metals, Rwanda, Tin, Tungsten, USA

DUBLIN/WASHINGTON DC – The US International Development Finance Corporation has made a $25 million investment into TechMet Ltd, a private

Africa Base Metals

Sumitomo wants to bring Ambatovy Nickel back on stream

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 admin Ambatovy Nickel, Madagascar, nickel

JAPAN – Sumitomo has recently publicized that it intends to resume operations in February 2021 at its 54% owned Ambatovy

Africa Base Metals

New and only copper mine in Botswana begins operation

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 admin Boseto concentrator, Botswana, Copper, Khoemacau Mining, Silver

Khoemacau Mining’s copper mine in Botswana is expected to start production in 2021 with the initial annual output at 60 000