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Europe

Europe Other Metals 

Rock Tech raises money to build lithium refinery

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 admin Germany, Lithium, Refinery

VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA – Rock Tech Lithium Inc. has announced the closing of its non-brokered private placement of 2,580,645 units

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Europe Ferrous Metals Recycling &Environment 

Largest steelmaker to use natural gas at its blast furnace

January 10, 2021January 9, 2021 admin ArcelorMittal, carbon-neutral steelmaking, Steel

The natural gas supplier VNG Handel & Vertrieb and ArcelorMittal will cooperate to make the production of steel products at

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Europe Ferrous Metals Precious Metals 

Nornickel shuts down its outdated smelter

January 10, 2021January 9, 2021 admin Norilsk Nickel, Russia, Smelters

MOSCOW – Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, is shutting down

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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

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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

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Europe Product News 

Processing equipment for Norilsk Nickel

January 3, 2021January 2, 2021 admin Ball mill, Crusher, Norilsk Nickel, Processing Equipment, Russia

Metso Outotec has signed an agreement to deliver its industry-leading comminution equipment for Nornickel’s refurbishment project at the Talnakh processing

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Europe Ferrous Metals 

Will UK steel industry benefit from Brexit?

January 1, 2021December 30, 2020 admin Brexit, steelmaking

The UK steel industry has benefited greatly from EU membership over the past few years. Brexit could affect the UK

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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

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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

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Europe Refractories/Insulation 

Haznedar Durer Refractories has merged with Calderys

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 admin Calderys, Haznedar Durer Refractories, Refractories

Haznedar Refractories and Durer Monolithics have merged to form Haznedar Durer Refractories, which in turn has joined forces with Calderys.

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Europe Ferrous Metals 

ArcelorMittal signs investment agreement with Invitalia

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 admin ArcelorMittal, EAF

ArcelorMittal announces that it has signed a binding agreement (the ‘Investment Agreement’) with Invitalia, an Italian state-owned company, forming a

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Europe Recycling &Environment 

UK to end support for fossil fuel sector overseas

December 15, 2020December 15, 2020 admin Climate change, fossil-free, UK

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced an end to the UK Government’s direct support for the fossil fuel

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Europe News Other Metals 

Equinor, Panasonic and Hydro to start European battery business

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 admin lithium-ion battery, Norway

OSLO, NORWAY – Energy company Equinor, technology company Panasonic, and industrial group Hydro have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to

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Europe Ferrous Metals 

UK to impose tariffs on imports of steel from US after Brexit

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 admin Steel, UK

LONDON – The Post-Brexit UK government will have an independent approach to the longstanding trade conflicts between the EU and

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Europe Ferrous Metals 

Tata Steel fights pollution at its Dutch Plant

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 admin IJmuiden plant, Netherlands, steelmaking, Tata Steel

LONDON – Tata Steel has launched Roadmap+, EUR 300 million environmental-improvement plan to reduce emissions at its IJmuiden plant in

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Europe News 

Glencore CEO Glasenberg to retire, to be succeeded by Nagle

December 6, 2020December 5, 2020 admin Glencore, Switzerland

BAAR, Switzerland – Glencore has announced that Ivan Glasenberg will retire as CEO and as a member of the Glencore

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Europe Other Metals Recycling &Environment 

Salzgitter plant: What happens during battery recycling?

December 6, 2020December 5, 2020 admin lithium-ion battery, Recycling, Salzgitter pilot plant

First, the returns will be analysed. After that, there are two paths: either the battery is given a so-called “second

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Europe Precious Metals 

Russia’s gold industry set for modest production growth

December 3, 2020December 3, 2020 admin Gold, Russia

Russia’s gold industry will see modest production growth, supported by a solid project pipeline and improving gold prices. While the

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Europe Non-Metal 

Glencore completes acquisition of Orsted’s lng business

December 2, 2020December 1, 2020 admin Glencore, Orsted’s lng

Following the announcement issued on December 18 2019, Glencore’s Oil division has on December 01 2020 completed the acquisition of

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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

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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

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Europe Other Metals Recycling &Environment 

Primobius and InoBat to operate lithium-ion battery recycling facility

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 admin InoBat, lithium-ion battery, Primobius, Slovakia

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA – Lithium battery recycling process designed to generate low CO2 emissions and to deliver high purity chemicals back

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Europe Ferrous Metals Product News 

Temperature and sample-taking manipulator systems at steel plant

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 admin Germany, Primetals Technologies

LONDON – Primetals Technologies has installed two semi-automatic horizontal temperature and sample-taking manipulator systems at the two BOF converters at

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Europe Ferrous Metals 

LKAB to produce carbon-free sponge iron for steelmaking

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 admin iron ore pellets, LKAB, sponge iron, Sweden

STOCKHOLM – World-leading mining and minerals group LKAB has presented the company’s new strategy for the future. “This is the

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Africa Europe Precious Metals 

Nordgold delivers strong performance this year

November 25, 2020November 25, 2020 admin Gold

LONDON – Nord Gold SE, the internationally diversified gold producer, is well set to deliver an excellent result for the

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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

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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

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Europe Non-Metal 

Pink diamond sells for $26.6M at Sotheby’s auction

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 admin ALROSA, Auction, Diamond, Russia, Switzerland

GENEVA – The beautiful pink rock hit the block at Sotheby’s “Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels” sale in Geneva, Switzerland

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Europe FEATURED 

FEATURED: HYBRIT PROCESS – towards fossil-free steel

November 10, 2020November 13, 2020 admin carbon-free, carbon-neutral steelmaking, Europe, fossil-free, HYBRIT, hydrogen, Steel, steelmaking, Sweden

HYBRIT – short for Hydrogen Breakthrough Ironmaking Technology – is a joint venture between SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, aiming to

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REFRACTORIES & FURNACES

Refratechnik celebrates its 75 anniversary
Refractories/Insulation 

Refratechnik celebrates its 75 anniversary

June 16, 2025June 12, 2025 admin

Proudly, Refratechnik celebrates its 75th anniversary with sincere thanks to all business partners and employees. What began in 1950 with

Design features of modern induction furnaces
Refractories/Insulation 

Design features of modern induction furnaces

January 21, 2025January 17, 2025 admin
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

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PRODUCT NEWS

Enhanced copper electrorefining technology for high-purity copper cathodes
Product News 

Enhanced copper electrorefining technology for high-purity copper cathodes

July 3, 2025July 1, 2025 admin

Metso is introducing enhancements in copper electrorefining technology for the sustainable and cost-effective production of LME grade A copper cathodes.

Acciaierie successfully bolster production reliability of tandem cold mill
Product News 

Acciaierie successfully bolster production reliability of tandem cold mill

July 2, 2025July 1, 2025 admin
Jiuli expands capacity with three cold pilger mills for seamless stainless steel tubes
Product News 

Jiuli expands capacity with three cold pilger mills for seamless stainless steel tubes

June 26, 2025June 23, 2025 admin
Modernization of Jingye Steel’s heavy plate mill with new automation
Product News 

Modernization of Jingye Steel’s heavy plate mill with new automation

June 25, 2025June 23, 2025 admin
State-of-the-art rail and section mill facility for Vietnam
Product News 

State-of-the-art rail and section mill facility for Vietnam

June 24, 2025June 20, 2025 admin
Rio Tinto launches ore sorting demonstration project at its mine
Product News 

Rio Tinto launches ore sorting demonstration project at its mine

June 23, 2025June 20, 2025 admin
Pilot and demo plants for pCAM to support process development
Product News 

Pilot and demo plants for pCAM to support process development

June 20, 2025June 17, 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
Shutdown services tailored to suit customers
Services World 

Shutdown services tailored to suit customers

March 3, 2021March 2, 2021 admin

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