Sibanye-Stillwater acquires Sandouville nickel processing facilities
Johannesburg – Sibanye-Stillwater has announced that on 4 February 2022 it completed the acquisition of the Sandouville nickel hydrometallurgical processing
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Russia’s Polymetal beats guidance, produces 1.7Moz of gold in 2021
Russia’s gold mining company Polymetal, a top-10 global gold and silver producer, has reported that its gold equivalent production amounted
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SME Penouta pit moves into tin mining production
Strategic Minerals Europe (SME) has announced that it has begun mining tin from the new open pit at its Penouta
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HAI invests in a further recycling melting furnace at the Santana site
Hammerer Aluminium Industries invests 4.5 million euros in a third melting furnace for recycling material for the casting at the
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Hydro to produce first near-zero carbon aluminium in 2022
In launching its new sustainability ambitions, Hydro has announced its intention to deliver its first commercial volumes of near-zero carbon
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Hydro building solar park to power new extrusion press in Poland
Hydro will build a new photovoltaic power system at the aluminium extrusion plant in Trzcianka, Poland. The solar park is
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Europe’s aluminium smelters cut output due to rocketing power prices
Reuters reported that soaring electricity prices in Europe have triggered cuts in energy-intensive production of aluminium. Out of Europe’s total
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Rusatom and PJSC LUKOIL to produce and supply green hydrogen
Rusatom Overseas JSC (part of ROSATOM) and PJSC LUKOIL signed a memorandum of intent on the development of cooperation regarding
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2021 was a record-breaking year for Gazprom
In 2021, Gazprom produced 514.8 billion cubic meters of gas. This is the best result in the last 13 years. It topped the 2020 result by 62.2 billion
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Major challenges in the European steel industry
The technological transition to green production faces the entire European steel industry with major challenges. voestalpine, Austria’s only producer of
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The Swedish ecosystem for green steel
Sweden boasts an abundance of renewable energy resources and adequate iron ore reserves. This has enabled the steel industry to align
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Europe’s most advanced 3D sand printer for steel casting
voestalpine has been engaged in pioneering 3D printing with metals for many years. These metals are already being used at
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EUR 150 million for Boliden’s Green Zinc technology in Norway
Metso Outotec has been awarded a contract for the delivery of key technology to the Boliden Odda zinc smelter expansion
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Giant 7,525 carat ‘rhino emerald’ sells at Gemfields auction
LONDON – Gemfields has announced the results of an emerald auction comprising a series of five sequential mini-auctions held during
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Nornickel to supply EU nickel battery market from its Finland’s refinery
Key nickel, copper and platinum group metals producer Norilsk Nickel is targeting itself to become a larger player in the
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LKAB: New operational plants by 2027
Subject to an efficient environmental permit process, it is estimated that both LKAB’s production of apatite concentrate in Kiruna and
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LKAB and Boliden to recycle mining waste and create circular products
The leading Swedish mining companies LKAB and Boliden have signed an agreement and will begin working together to investigate the
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RUSAL and KUMZ launch aluminium-scandium alloy semi-finished products
MOSCOW – RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, together with KUMZ, has successfully launched the production of various rolled and
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Oropesa tin upgrade resource beats expectations
Elementos has improved the Mineral Resource at its Oropesa project by some 50%, following a successful drilling programme.The Oropesa project, located in southern Spain, was
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Partners to build direct reduction test plant with hydrogen
Hydrogen will play a key role on the path towards decarbonising the steel industry. But how can the energy source
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Primetals to supply gas cleaning plant for blast furnace to Arcelormittal
Recently, ArcelorMittal Poland S.A. placed an order with Primetals Technologies and Mostostal Zabrze Realizacje Przemyslowe S.A. (MZRP) to supply a
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Europe’s cobalt industry dominated by Russia and Finland
Europe’s cobalt industry is limited to Russia and Finland in terms of mined cobalt, and Fitch expects this dynamic to
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Rio Tinto and Carbfix partner for carbon capture and storage
REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Rio Tinto and Carbfix are partnering to implement a technology for capturing carbon and permanently storing it
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Europe hit by catastrophic shortage of magnesium supply from China
Europe’s industry associations European Aluminium, Eurofer, ACEA, Eurometaux, industriAll, ECCA, ESTAL, IMA, EUWA, EuroAlliages and CLEPA have today issued an
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As COP26 kicks off on in Glasgow, Eskom hopes for grants
The UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, has kicked off in Glasgow on Sunday, and South Africa is being pitched as
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Russia should increase gas availability to Europe
The International Energy Agency, which is backed by developed countries including many of the world’s largest energy consumers, has suggested that Russia could “do more to
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Battery recycling demonstration plant completed
Primobius has initiated the commissioning phase for the hydrometallurgical refining circuits in its showcase lithium-ion battery (LIB) recycling demonstration plant
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Tata to convert its polluting steelplant to hydrogen technology
Tata Steel on Wednesday said it would convert its heavily polluting steel mill in the Netherlands to a cleaner one
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Optimism Surrounds Likely End to EU US Steel Trade Tensions
BRUSSELS – European Commissioner for Trade said that he has become more optimistic that the bloc could resolve its dispute
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Panasonic, Equinor and Hydro to explore European battery business
Technology company Panasonic, energy company Equinor and industrial group Hydro have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a
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