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North America Other Metals Product News 

AMY acquires precipitation reactor to advance recycled cathode material

Nov 11, 2020Nov 11, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Cathode precipitation reactor, Lithium, Lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide, USA

American Manganese Inc. (AMY) has acquired a specialized cathode precipitation reactor from an Asian supplier of commercial cathode precursor manufacturing

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Ferrous Metals North America 

Steel production recovers at Cleveland-Cliffs

Nov 10, 2020Nov 11, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel, steelmaking, USA

According to Lourenco Goncalves, CEO of Cleveland-Cliffs, steel production has rebounded alongside the recovery in automotive production. All Big Three

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North America Precious Metals 

Kinross reports strong 2020 third-quarter results

Nov 10, 2020Nov 11, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Canada, Gold, Kinross Gold Corporation

Kinross Gold Corporation, in its results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2020, said it produced 603,312 attributable gold

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Precious Metals South America 

AngloGold’s Colombian projects progress well

Nov 9, 2020Nov 11, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Anglogold Ashanti, Colombia, Gold

At AngloGold Ashanti’s fully owned Quebradona project, the Feasibility Study (FS) continues to progress. The operations team is continuing with

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North America Precious Metals 

Sibanye US PGM operations suffer from Covid-19 restrictions

Nov 9, 2020Nov 11, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, PGM metals, Sibanye Stillwater, USA

Compliance with COVID-19 protocols continued to affect productivity at the US PGM operations. Logistical constraints (transport of employees) and the

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Non-Metal North America 

BHP completes Shenzi Oil Transaction

Nov 8, 2020Nov 11, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, BHP, Gulf of Mexico, oil

BHP has announced that it has completed the transaction to acquire an additional 28 per cent working interest in Shenzi

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News North America 

Biden elected president, CONGRATULATIONS!

Nov 8, 2020Nov 11, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Biden, Donald Trump, USA

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was elected the 46th president of the United States on 7 November 2020, promising to restore

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News 

Will economy change under Trump’s four more years?

Nov 6, 2020Nov 7, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Donald Trump, USA

Four more years of the Trump administration will look very like it does now, economy-wise. The Covid-19 pandemic will continue

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News 

Will economy under President Biden flourish?

Nov 6, 2020Nov 7, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Biden, Donald Trump, USA

Global markets have continued to rally in recent days as Democrat Joe Biden looked set to take the presidency from

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Precious Metals 

AGA’s Americas region produced 181koz gold

Nov 5, 2020Nov 4, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Anglogold Ashanti, Argentina, Brazil, Gold

AngloGold Ashanti has reported its Americas region produced 181,000oz gold at a total cash cost per ounce of $674/oz for

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Ferrous Metals 

Vale produces million tons of iron ore per day

Nov 5, 2020Nov 4, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Brazil, Iron ore, Vale

Vale, in its Production & Sales Report for July-September Quarter 2020 says iron ore fines production totalled 88.7 Mt, an

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Recycling &Environment 

Anglo American reinforces commitment to decarbonisation

Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020 admin 0 Comments Africa, Americas, Anglo American, Brazil, Chile, Environment, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell, South Africa

Anglo American plc has presented its annual sustainability performance update, including a clear pathway to achieve carbon neutrality across its

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Ferrous Metals 

BHP’s iron ore production increased by eight per cent

Oct 31, 2020Nov 1, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Australia, BHP, Brazil, Iron ore

In its Operational Review for the quarter ended 30 September 2020, BHP has reported that its total iron ore production

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Base Metals 

BHP copper production drops but guidance remains unchanged

Oct 29, 2020Oct 29, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, BHP, Chile, Copper

Total copper production decreased by four per cent to 413 kt. Guidance for the 2021 financial year remains unchanged at

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Non-Metal 

SASOL: Lake Charles Chemicals Complex status update

Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Lake Charles Chemicals Project, Sasol, USA

On 27 August 2020, Hurricane Laura made landfall near Sasol´s Lake Charles Chemicals Complex (LCCC), including Lake Charles Chemicals Project,

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Recycling &Environment 

Update on Fundao iron ore tailings dam failure

Oct 22, 2020Oct 22, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, BHP, Brazil, Environmental disaster, Fundao dam

Good progress is continuing to be made with 12th Federal Court of Belo Horizonte in Brazil which is seeking to

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Base Metals 

Mozal and Hillside Aluminium smelters operate at max capacity

Oct 21, 2020Oct 21, 2020 admin 0 Comments Africa, Americas, Australia, Brazil, Brazil Alumina, Hillside Aluminium, Mozal Aluminium, Mozambique, South Africa, Worsley Alumina

South32 Continued to operate aluminium smelters at their maximum technical capacity despite the impact of load-shedding. South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium

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Base Metals 

Hydro resumes bauxite pipeline operation in Brazil

Oct 14, 2020Oct 14, 2020 admin 0 Comments Alumina, Aluminium, Alunorte, Americas, Bauxite, Brazil, Paragominas bauxite mine, Refinery

Hydro has resumed operation of the pipeline transporting bauxite from Hydro Paragominas bauxite mine to the alumina refinery Alunorte in

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Base Metals Product News 

New pit furnace for aluminium ingots for Novelis

Oct 13, 2020Oct 13, 2020 admin 0 Comments Aluminium, Americas, Brazil, Danieli, Pit furnace

Novelis Brazil has selected Danieli Centro Combustion for the supply of a new pit furnace to heat ingots, to be

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Base Metals 

SA to be affected by US tariffs on aluminium sheets

Oct 10, 2020Oct 10, 2020 admin 0 Comments Aluminium, Americas, Antidumping duties, USA

Eighteen countries would be affected by tariffs on aluminium sheets imported to the USA, the Trump administration said yesterday after

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Ferrous Metals 

Cerro Matoso Ni production drops only by 1% amid Covid-19

Oct 7, 2020Oct 7, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Cerro Matoso, Colombia, Ferronickel, nickel

South32’s Cerro Matoso payable nickel production decreased by one per cent (or 0.5kt) to 40.6kt in FY2020 as the operation

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Non-Metal 

BHP oils up its stake in Shenzi

Oct 7, 2020Oct 7, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, BHP, Gulf of Mexico, oil, Shenzi

Notwithstanding a severe fall in the crude price this year, BHP believes that the fundamentals for oil will be attractive

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Base Metals 

Jervois Mining acquires nickel, cobalt refinery in Brazil

Oct 5, 2020Oct 5, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Brazil, Cobalt, Jervois Mining, nickel, São Miguel Paulista refinery

Australian resource group Jervois Mining has agreed to acquire100% of the São Miguel Paulista (SMP) refinery in São Paulo, Brazil

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Other Metals 

Trump signs Executive Order for critical minerals

Oct 4, 2020Oct 4, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Donald Trump, rare earths and critical metals, USA

Larry W. Reaugh, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Manganese Inc., is pleased to report that the US Government

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News 

If Trump re-elected what happens to gold

Oct 3, 2020Oct 3, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Donald Trump, Gold, US President, USA

Donald Trump as the U.S. president has been very good news for the gold price – a deceptively continuous trade

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Non-Metal 

Sasol divests 50% interest in LCCP base chemicals business

Oct 3, 2020Oct 3, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Lake Charles Chemicals Project, LyondellBasell, Sasol, USA

Divestment of a 50% interest in Sasol’s Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) Base Chemicals Business and the creation of a

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Other Metals 

Piedmont Lithium sells spodumene concentrate to Tesla

Sep 30, 2020Sep 29, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Lithium, Piedmont Lithium, Spodumene concentrate, Tesla, USA

Australia’s Piedmont Lithium Ltd has announced that it has entered into a binding agreement with Tesla, Inc. for the supply

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Ferrous Metals 

ArcelorMittal sells its US mills to Cleveland-Cliffs

Sep 29, 2020Sep 29, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, ArcelorMittal, Cleveland-Cliffs, Steel, steelmaking, USA

Steelmaker Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with ArcelorMittal S.A. to acquire substantially all

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Base Metals 

Elon Musk wants to phase out cobalt from batteries

Sep 28, 2020Sep 28, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Cobalt, Elon Musk, lithium-ion battery, Tesla, USA

During the socially-distanced Battery Day event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk made some big announcements, including the company’s move toward eliminating

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News 

Sasol releases another update on LCC Complex

Sep 22, 2020Sep 22, 2020 admin 0 Comments Americas, Lake Charles Chemicals Project, Sasol, USA

Hurricane Laura made landfall on 27 August 2020 near Sasol’s Lake Charles Chemical Complex in Southwest Louisiana, and is one

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REFRACTORIES & FURNACES

RHI Magnesita leads refractories recycling project
Europe Refractories/Insulation 

RHI Magnesita leads refractories recycling project

Jan 4, 2023Jan 2, 2023 admin 0

RHI Magnesita chief executive officer Stefan Borgas said “On average, 60% of all spent refractories generated by refractory-consuming industries go

RHI Magnesita leads refractories recycling project
Europe Refractories/Insulation 

RHI Magnesita leads refractories recycling project

Nov 10, 2022Nov 9, 2022 admin 0
Imerys opens calcium aluminate binder plant
Asia Refractories/Insulation 

Imerys opens calcium aluminate binder plant

Nov 9, 2022Nov 9, 2022 admin 0
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Refractories/Insulation 

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Primetals successfully shipped 330-ton BOF to the U.S.
Product News 

Primetals successfully shipped 330-ton BOF to the U.S.

Jan 2, 2023Dec 23, 2022 admin 0

Recently, the 138-meter-long cargo ship Happy River left the harbour in Rotterdam and headed for a U.S.-based steel producer. On

OPTIMUS SINTER: a digital tool to improve sinter plant operations
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OPTIMUS SINTER: a digital tool to improve sinter plant operations

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Primetals, Fortescue, and Voestalpine to evaluate green ironmaking plant
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Primetals, Fortescue, and Voestalpine to evaluate green ironmaking plant

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Newmont’s $160 Million Water Treatment Plant at Porcupine Mine
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Newmont’s $160 Million Water Treatment Plant at Porcupine Mine

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Car changing device to boost safety and productivity of pellet plants
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Car changing device to boost safety and productivity of pellet plants

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Metso Outotec Metrics now extended to cover stationary crushers
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Metso Outotec Metrics now extended to cover stationary crushers

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Digital Optimizer for improved WESP operation in wet gas cleaning
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Digital Optimizer for improved WESP operation in wet gas cleaning

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SERVICES

Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces
Services 

Paul Wurth completes reline of ArcelorMittal blast furnaces

Jan 12, 2022Jan 12, 2022 admin 0

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

Dec 4, 2021Dec 3, 2021 admin 0
HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals
Services 

HBIS Wusteel signs maintenance contracts with Primetals

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