South Crofty mine dewatering imminent as water treatment plant opens
Cornish Metals has announced the commissioning of the South Crofty mine water treatment plant (MWTP) is complete, and the company
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CMC Poland to revamp the rolling mill in Zawiercie.
The mill produces 500,000 tpy of bars and wirerod for construction, agricultural, energy, machinery, and consumer goods applications. The purpose
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Hydro partners with Shell Energy to decarbonize UK operations
Hydro has signed a three year contract with Shell Energy to help decarbonize its UK operations. The agreement covers a
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Hydro cuts 20,000 tonnes of CO2 per year using biomethane
Bioenergy can replace fossil energy in the casthouse and the anode production at the Sunndal aluminium plant. This will cut
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Hydro completes acquisition of Alumetal, strengthening recycling position in Europe
Hydro acquired the Polish aluminium recycling company, Alumetal S.A on June 30, completing the tender offer for more than 97
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Neo to construct first rare earth magnet manufacturing plant in Europe
Neo Magnequench, a division of Neo Performance Materials has announced today it has launched construction of the first rare earth
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Calderys opens its first foundry service center in Sweden
Calderys has inaugurated a new Foundry Service Center in the Nordic region, in the strategic area of Mariestad, in order
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Polymetal to re-domiciliate from Jersey to Kazakhstan
Russia’s Polymetal, a senior global silver and gold producer, has said that the company will not meet the scheduled timetable
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Cornish Metals highlights significant progress in its projects
In its latest quarterly report, Cornish Metals highlighted its robust cash position and significant progress in its projects. The company
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FPX Nickel announces $16 million investment from steel producer
FPX Nickel has announced a $16 million equity investment from stainless steel producer Outokumpu. FPX is focused on the exploration
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New UK aluminium rolling plant to serve the booze industry
Diageo has announced that it has provided funding to establish the British Aluminium Consortium for Advanced Alloys (BACALL), a collective
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Keliber lithium project received environmental permit for mine and concentrator
As announced on 6 Feb 2023, Keliber received the environmental permit for the Rapasaari mine and Paivaneva concentrator from the
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Alcoa Announces Closure of Intalco Smelter
PITTSBURGH – Alcoa Corporation has announced the closure of its Intalco aluminum smelter in Washington State, which has been fully
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Hydro delivers first near-zero aluminium for construction market
The first aluminium profiles made with 100 percent recycled post-consumer aluminium have been delivered by Hydro to the Innovationsbogen project
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Aurubis constructs nickel and copper recycling plant in Belgium
Aurubis, a global provider of non-ferrous metals and one of the largest copper recyclers worldwide, has announced it officially kicked
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Aluminium HalZero technology reaches a new milestone
Hydro is entering a new development stage for its HalZero production technology. The company will invest in a test facility
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Hydro invests in green transition and Norwegian aluminium plants
There is an increased demand for aluminium products with a low-climate footprint and Hydro is investing in new technology to
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Hydro aims to increase aluminium recycling capacity in Wrexham
Hydro plans to develop remelt scrap ingot production at its plant in Wrexham, UK to increase recycling of post-consumer scrap,
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Alcoa’s San Ciprián facility improved restart plan for aluminum smelter
PITTSBURGH – Alcoa Corporation has announced that a majority of the workers at its San Ciprián complex in Spain agreed
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Sibanye-Stillwater updates on environmental permits for lithium project
Johannesburg – Sibanye-Stillwater reports that the anticipated environmental permit for the Keliber lithium project’s Rapasaari mine and Päiväneva concentrator was
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Britain could lead technological leap forward to produce green steel
by Henrik Adam, Chairman of Tata Steel UK. The old blast furnace at Redcar steelworks on Teesside, which once produced
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Steel is the most recycled (84%) primary packaging material in Europe
In the Netherlands, used steel packaging from households is collected along with other household waste. Next, most of the steel
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Hydro aluminium invests in green transission
There is an increased demand for aluminium products with a low-climate footprint and Hydro is investing in new technology to
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Tin-tungsten upgrade in Hemerdon processing plant
Tungsten West has announced an update to ore reserve and resource estimates for its Hemerdon tungsten-tin project, Devon, UK. Most
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Hydro projects launched in 2021-2022 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
In 2021, Hydro launched new climate ambitions to become carbon neutral by 2050, with a partial goal of having several
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Eskom’s incompetence, prices will need to rise even more
A terrible cycle that belies that the problem is not with electricity users not buying enough electricity, but with an
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RHI Magnesita leads refractories recycling project
RHI Magnesita chief executive officer Stefan Borgas said “On average, 60% of all spent refractories generated by refractory-consuming industries go
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European Lithium signs binding lithium offtake agreement with BMW
European Lithium has announced that it has signed a binding long term lithium offtake agreement with auto manufacturer BMW to
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Terrafame nickel producer to begin uranium recovery in 2024
Finnish mining and metals group Terrafame has announced that it has decided to start recovering natural uranium by the summer
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Sustainable fuels to reduce glassmaking carbon emissions by 80%
British research organisation Glass Futures published its report for the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) which answers some
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