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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Reliance on gas is a hard habit to break
Europe is in the grip of an energy crisis. Piped gas imports from Russia are 80% down on last year,
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TIN: Cornish Metals expands exploration prospects at South Crofty
Cornish Metals has reached agreement to lease mineral rights in an area with “significant exploration potential”, expanding the already promising
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RHI Magnesita leads refractories recycling project
AUSTRIA – RHI Magnesita is heading a European Union Horizon project called ReSoURCE. The project seeks to develop a sensor-based
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Outokumpu to improve its energy efficiency significantly in 2023 and 2024
HELSINKI – Outokumpu has decided to significantly increase its energy efficiency improvement target and prioritize related investments in 2023 and 2024.
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Arrangement with Denarius Metals for up to 80% of the Toral Project
Europa Metals, the European focused lead, zinc and silver developer, is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter
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Elementos pens processing plant contract
Elementos has completed a significant milestone in the development of its Oropesa project by signing a contract to develop the
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Oropesa metallurgical work confirms commercially attractive concentrate
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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Lista Smelter in Norway to Partially Curtail to Offset Energy Costs
PITTSBURGH – Alcoa has announced that it will curtail one third of its production capacity at its Lista smelter in
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EU total steel-using sectors forecast 2022-2023
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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First Tin advances work at its tin projects in Germany and in Australia
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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Slovalco will stop primary aluminium production
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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