Rio Tinto opens its most technologically advanced mine
PERTH, Australia – Pilbara Traditional Owners, the Banjima People, and Western Australia’s Minister for Mines and Petroleum; Energy, Hon. Bill
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Ferrous Metals
World Steel in Figures 2022
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the 2022 edition of World Steel in Figures. The publication provides a comprehensive overview of
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Rio Tinto and Salzgitter to work towards carbon-free steelmaking
MELBOURNE – Rio Tinto and the Salzgitter Group have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together towards carbon-free
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ANTAM aims to increase nickel ore production by 10% in 2022
Indonesia’s state-owned miner PT Aneka Tambang (ANTAM) says it is targeting a total volume of nickel ore production of 12.10
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Shortage of high-grade concentrates will help Bauba Resources
Bauba’s Moeijelijk underground development and ramp up are progressing positively after the setback experienced between October 2021 to December 2021,
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Bauba Resources increases chrome concentrate production by 40%.
Following the change of year-end from 30 June to 28 February, to provide a more meaningful assessment of the Bauba
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Tata Tinplate to double capacity at its tinplate line by 2025
Tata Tinplate (listed as Tinplate Company India) plans to nearly double capacity at its tinplate line by 2025 following strong
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Anglo American Nickel production decreased by 8% Manganese ore down 11%
Nickel production decreased by 8% to 9,300 tonnes, primarily due to lower ore grades, as a result of licensing delays
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AMSA planning feasibility study for two renewable energy projects
Vanderbijlpark – ArcelorMittal South Africa is embarking on a process to develop two 100MW renewable energy projects, planned for Gauteng
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Tesla approves Vale Nickel deal for battery metal supply
Tesla has released a list of its direct battery material suppliers, confirming reports from earlier this year of a long-term
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AMSA capacity utilisation increased from 42% in 2020 to 60% in 2021
Excluding Saldanha Works, which through an orderly and commercial wind-down was placed under care and maintenance early in the second
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ResponsibleSteel announces world’s first certified steelmaker in the US
PITTSBURGH – United States Steel Corporation (“U. S. Steel”) announced today that it that its Big River Steel mill in
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Acquisition of G Steel and G J Steel, integrated steel mills in Thailand
Nippon Steel Corp. will acquire shares in G Steel and GJ Steel to make them subsidiaries. G Steel and G
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Kumba Iron Ore: total production decreased by 21% to 8.3Mt
Centurion – Kumba in its production and sales report for the first quarter ended 31 March 2022 reports that total
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Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture produces 3.1% less ferrochrome
Merafe’s attributable ferrochrome production from the Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture for the quarter ended 31 March 2022 marginally decreased by
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March 2022 world crude steel production
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 161.0 million tonnes (Mt)
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Steel: developed countries recovered more strongly than developing ones
Global crude steel production increased to 1 910 million tonnes for 2021 off a vigorous recovery in demand, returning to
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ArcelorMittal SA reports strongest annual earnings since 2008
Despite the volatility from the ongoing presence and repercussions of Covid-19 and its various variants, 2021 was an exceptionally strong
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worldsteel Short Range Outlook April 2022
Brussels, Belgium – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has released its Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2022 and 2023. worldsteel
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worldsteel announces the 2022 Steel Sustainability Champions
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has recognised 10 companies as Steel Sustainability Champions for their work in 2021. Now in its fifth year, the
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WAR! Zaporizhstal restarts blast furnace after 33 days of standstill
Metinvest Group, owned by Rinat Akhmetov and Vadym Novynskyi, has decided on the partial transition into work of Zaporizhstal’s shops
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JSW Steel’s crude steel production grows 38% FY2022
For the full year ended March 31, 2022, JSW Steel’s crude steel production stood at 21.47 million tonnes on consolidated
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Glencore says ferrochrome recovered to pre-pandemic levels
Ferrochrome supply from South Africa, India and Europe recovered to pre-pandemic levels, resulting in global production growth of 15%year-on-year. This
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Horizonte Minerals awards Araguaia ferronickel project contract
Horizonte Minerals announced yesterday that it awarded its engineering and construction contract for its Araguaia ferronickel project to Pöyry Tecnologia
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Merafe announces rise in ferrochrome price for Q2-2022
SANDTON – Merafe Resources has advised that the European benchmark ferrochrome price for the second quarter of 2022 has been
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Jubilee Metals released its interim results for 6 months
Jubilee Metals Group Plc in its ‘Unaudited Condensed Interim Results For The Six Months Ended 31 December 2021’ has released
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World February 2022 crude steel production
BRUSSELS – World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 142.7 million
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Merafe Resources reports robust demand for ferrochrome in 2021
2021 has been a year of recovery for the Glencore Merafe Pooling and Sharing Venture (“Venture”), both from a financial
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thyssenkrupp suspends forecast for the current fiscal year due to war
Although the thyssenkrupp AG group’s sales from Russia and Ukraine are negligible at significantly less than one percent of total
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China’s refined nickel output up by 8.12% MoM by down 5.51% YoY
China produced 12,900 mt of refined nickel in February, up 8.12% MoM and down 5.51% YoY. The decline in output
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