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Base Metals Europe 

Alcoa Announces Closure of Intalco Smelter

March 29, 2023March 29, 2023 admin Alcoa, Aluminium, Smelters

PITTSBURGH – Alcoa Corporation has announced the closure of its Intalco aluminum smelter in Washington State, which has been fully

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Base Metals Europe 

Hydro delivers first near-zero aluminium for construction market

March 24, 2023March 21, 2023 admin Aluminium, Hydro

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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Base Metals Europe 

Aurubis constructs nickel and copper recycling plant in Belgium

March 15, 2023March 14, 2023 admin Copper, nickel

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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Base Metals Europe 

Aluminium HalZero technology reaches a new milestone

March 6, 2023March 3, 2023 admin Aluminium, Hydro

Hydro is entering a new development stage for its HalZero production technology. The company will invest in a test facility

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Base Metals Europe 

Hydro invests in green transition and Norwegian aluminium plants

February 16, 2023February 15, 2023 admin Aluminium, Hydro

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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Europe Recycling &Environment 

Hydro aims to increase aluminium recycling capacity in Wrexham

February 15, 2023February 14, 2023 admin Aluminium, Hydro

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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Base Metals Europe 

Alcoa’s San Ciprián facility improved restart plan for aluminum smelter

February 15, 2023February 14, 2023 admin Alcoa, Aluminium

PITTSBURGH – Alcoa Corporation has announced that a majority of the workers at its San Ciprián complex in Spain agreed

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Europe 

Sibanye-Stillwater updates on environmental permits for lithium project

February 10, 2023February 8, 2023 admin Lithium, Sibanye Stillwater

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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Europe FEATURED 

Britain could lead technological leap forward to produce green steel

January 12, 2023January 10, 2023 admin steelmaking, Tata 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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Europe Ferrous Metals 

Steel is the most recycled (84%) primary packaging material in Europe

January 11, 2023January 10, 2023 admin Recycling, steelmaking

In the Netherlands, used steel packaging from households is collected along with other household waste. Next, most of the steel

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Base Metals Europe 

Hydro aluminium invests in green transission

January 11, 2023January 10, 2023 admin Aluminium, Hydro

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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Base Metals Europe 

Tin-tungsten upgrade in Hemerdon processing plant

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 admin Tin, Tungsten

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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Base Metals Europe 

Hydro projects launched in 2021-2022 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

January 10, 2023January 9, 2023 admin Aluminium, Hydro

In 2021, Hydro launched new climate ambitions to become carbon neutral by 2050, with a partial goal of having several

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Europe 

Eskom’s incompetence, prices will need to rise even more

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 admin Eskom

A terrible cycle that belies that the problem is not with electricity users not buying enough electricity, but with an

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Europe Refractories/Insulation 

RHI Magnesita leads refractories recycling project

January 4, 2023January 2, 2023 admin Recycling, Refractories/Insulation

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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Europe 

European Lithium signs binding lithium offtake agreement with BMW

January 3, 2023December 23, 2022 admin Lithium

European Lithium has announced that it has signed a binding long term lithium offtake agreement with auto manufacturer BMW to

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Europe Other Metals 

Terrafame nickel producer to begin uranium recovery in 2024

January 2, 2023December 23, 2022 admin Uranium

Finnish mining and metals group Terrafame has announced that it has decided to start recovering natural uranium by the summer

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Europe Non-Metal 

Sustainable fuels to reduce glassmaking carbon emissions by 80%

December 28, 2022December 22, 2022 admin Glass

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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Europe Non-Metal 

Reliance on gas is a hard habit to break

November 18, 2022November 14, 2022 admin Gas

Europe is in the grip of an energy crisis. Piped gas imports from Russia are 80% down on last year,

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Base Metals Europe 

TIN: Cornish Metals expands exploration prospects at South Crofty

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022 admin Tin

Cornish Metals has reached agreement to lease mineral rights in an area with “significant exploration potential”, expanding the already promising

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Europe Refractories/Insulation 

RHI Magnesita leads refractories recycling project

November 10, 2022November 9, 2022 admin Refractory Waste, RHI Magnesita

AUSTRIA – RHI Magnesita is heading a European Union Horizon project called ReSoURCE. The project seeks to develop a sensor-based

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Europe 

Outokumpu to improve its energy efficiency significantly in 2023 and 2024

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 admin Outokumpu

HELSINKI – Outokumpu has decided to significantly increase its energy efficiency improvement target and prioritize related investments in 2023 and 2024.

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Base Metals Europe 

Arrangement with Denarius Metals for up to 80% of the Toral Project

October 14, 2022October 12, 2022 admin Europa Metals, Lead, Silver, Zinc

Europa Metals, the European focused lead, zinc and silver developer, is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter

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Base Metals Europe 

Elementos pens processing plant contract

October 10, 2022October 5, 2022 admin Tin

Elementos has completed a significant milestone in the development of its Oropesa project by signing a contract to develop the

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Base Metals Europe 

Oropesa metallurgical work confirms commercially attractive concentrate

October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 admin Tin

Project owner Elementos has confirmed that ore from Oropesa can be processed using a conventional flowsheet into a high-grade commercial

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Base Metals Europe 

Lista Smelter in Norway to Partially Curtail to Offset Energy Costs

September 9, 2022September 4, 2022 admin Alcoa, Aluminium, Smelters

PITTSBURGH – Alcoa has announced that it will curtail one third of its production capacity at its Lista smelter in

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Europe Ferrous Metals 

EU total steel-using sectors forecast 2022-2023

September 1, 2022August 30, 2022 admin steelmaking

Total steel-using sectors’ output is expected to continue to increase in 2022, but its growth rate will be halved compared

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Base Metals Europe 

First Tin advances work at its tin projects in Germany and in Australia

August 31, 2022August 30, 2022 admin

Developing tin producer First Tin is advancing work at both of its tin projects – Tellerhauser in Germany and Taronga in Australia – as

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Base Metals Europe 

Slovalco will stop primary aluminium production

August 22, 2022August 21, 2022 admin Aluminium, Slovakia

Hydro’s majority owned Slovalco aluminium facility in Slovakia has decided to close the primary aluminium production at the plant. The

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Europe Precious Metals 

Polymetal posts gold equivalent production declines 9% in Q2

August 17, 2022August 14, 2022 admin Gold producer, Russia

Russia’s Polymetal, a senior global gold and silver producer, reported today that its quarterly gold equivalent production decreased by 9% year-on-year to

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REFRACTORIES & FURNACES

Design features of modern induction furnaces
Refractories/Insulation 

Design features of modern induction furnaces

January 21, 2025January 17, 2025 admin

The design of the electric induction furnace provides for the presence of a melting and so-called induction furnace units. The

Durability and wear monitoring of blast furnace 4 at ROGESA
Refractories/Insulation 

Durability and wear monitoring of blast furnace 4 at ROGESA

January 15, 2025January 13, 2025 admin
Metal melting and energy saving in different types of melting furnaces
Refractories/Insulation 

Metal melting and energy saving in different types of melting furnaces

January 14, 2025January 10, 2025 admin
ROTARY KILN monitoring: Decisions that drive efficiency
Refractories/Insulation 

ROTARY KILN monitoring: Decisions that drive efficiency

November 15, 2024November 14, 2024 admin

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Outokumpu Stainless modernises of its Steckel mill in Finland
Product News 

Outokumpu Stainless modernises of its Steckel mill in Finland

May 21, 2025May 19, 2025 admin

Outokumpu Stainless modernises of its Steckel mill in Finland Outokumpu Stainless (OTK) in Tornio, Finland, granted SMS group the FAC

Media handling systems for fast and safe handling of stirred mill media
Product News 

Media handling systems for fast and safe handling of stirred mill media

May 16, 2025May 13, 2025 admin
Concast continuous casters to increase billet and bloom production capacities
Product News 

Concast continuous casters to increase billet and bloom production capacities

May 14, 2025May 13, 2025 admin
Automation technology for high-capacity hot strip mill upgrade
Ferrous Metals Product News 

Automation technology for high-capacity hot strip mill upgrade

April 30, 2025April 29, 2025 admin
Infrared temperature measurement for aluminium rolling processes
Product News 

Infrared temperature measurement for aluminium rolling processes

April 29, 2025April 25, 2025 admin
Evolution in motion – Nordberg HP450e cone crusher 
Product News 

Evolution in motion – Nordberg HP450e cone crusher 

April 22, 2025April 16, 2025 admin
Anode Weighing and Casting Machine with superior casting accuracy
Product News 

Anode Weighing and Casting Machine with superior casting accuracy

April 16, 2025April 13, 2025 admin

SERVICES

Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces
Services 

Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 admin

Paul Wurth, part of SMS group, has completed its work relining the blast furnaces of ArcelorMittal’s Juiz de Fora steel

Maersk intends to form joint venture with Grindrod in South Africa
Services 

Maersk intends to form joint venture with Grindrod in South Africa

December 4, 2021December 3, 2021 admin
HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals
Services 

HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals

June 1, 2021May 31, 2021 admin
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Services World 

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