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Copper

Africa Product News 

Exacting industrial gearbox requirements met for DRC mine

September 14, 2021September 13, 2021 admin Copper, DRC

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Mining, whether underground or above ground, is always a challenging operating environment for precision-engineered industrial gearboxes.

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Africa Base Metals 

Kakula Copper’s study for Phase 3 mine and concentrator expansion

September 14, 2021September 13, 2021 admin Copper, Kakula Mine

Study work for the Phase 3 mine and concentrator expansion is underway, which includes optimization work to determine mining production

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Africa Base Metals 

Kamoa-Kakula concentrator Phase 2 overall project 44% complete

September 13, 2021September 12, 2021 admin Copper, DRC, Ivanhoe Mines

Construction of the second 3.8-Mtpa concentrator plant (Phase 2) is progressing well, with the overall project 44% complete; engineering and

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Africa Base Metals 

Kamoa-Kakula concentrator approaches steady-state-design performance

September 12, 2021September 10, 2021 admin Copper, DRC, Ivanhoe Mines, Kamoa-Kakula

KOLWEZI, Democratic Republic of Congo – Co-Chairs Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun have announced that hot commissioning and ramp-up

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Base Metals North America 

BHP Billiton makes an offer for the nickel-copper-PGE Noront

September 10, 2021September 9, 2021 admin BHP, Copper, nickel, PGM metals

Noront Resources has announced that BHP Billiton made an all-cash offer for Noront. Noront is a Canadian-based mining company that

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Africa Base Metals 

Namibia court vetoes Haib copper-molybdenum mining license

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 admin Copper, Haib Copper, Molybdenum, Namibia

VANCOUVER, BC – Deep-South Resources Inc. has announced that the High Court of Namibia has decided to interdict and restrain the Ministry

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Base Metals 

Base Metal Prices Rallied on a Stronger Recovery in Industrial Production

September 7, 2021September 6, 2021 admin Aluminium, Copper

Base metal prices increased by 30 percent between August 2020 and February 2021. The resurgent industrial activity in China and

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Base Metals North America 

Surge begins exploration program at its copper-silver project

September 4, 2021September 1, 2021 admin Canada, Copper, Silver

VANCOUVER, BC – Surge Battery Minerals Ihas announced that it has begun its fall exploration program at the Caledonia Copper-Silver

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Africa Base Metals 

Chillerton advaces its copper cobalt mining in Zambia

August 24, 2021August 24, 2021 admin Cobalt, Copper, Zambia

Chillerton, a junior copper and cobalt mining company, has become one of the largest license holders in the Zambian Copperbelt

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Base Metals News 

Copper has fallen 16% from its May 2021 high

August 20, 2021August 19, 2021 admin Copper

The price of copper has fallen to a worrying level. Copper prices in London dropped below $9,000 a tonne to

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Precious Metals 

Jubilee undertakes expansions at its PGM, chrome and copper units

August 11, 2021August 11, 2021 admin chrome concentrate, Copper, PGM metals

Jubilee’s operational growth continuous to exceed expectations despite the challenges of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and the significant expansion programme

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Africa Base Metals 

Kamoa-Kakula copper production exceeded 500 tonnes per day

August 10, 2021August 10, 2021 admin Copper, DRC, Ivanhoe Mines, Kamoa-Kakula

KOLWEZI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines has announced that Kamoa-Kakula’s Phase 1, 3.8 million-tonne-per-annum (Mtpa) concentrator plant was

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Africa Base Metals 

Jubilee Metals updates on its Zambian copper and cobalt operations

August 8, 2021August 8, 2021 admin Cobalt, Copper, Jubilee Metals

The role-out of Jubilee Metals’ copper and cobalt strategy offers the potential of significant continued earnings growth in addition to

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Africa Base Metals South Africa 

Orion to acquire and consolidate the Okiep Copper Project

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 admin Copper, Okiep Copper, Orion Minerals

Orion Minerals has taken another key step in its strategy to become a leading diversified international base metals producer after

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World 

Copper and zinc production meet Glencore’s H1 guidance

August 1, 2021July 30, 2021 admin Copper, Glencore, Zinc

Baar, Switzerland – Glencore plc, in its Half-Year Production Report 2021 highlights the following: Own sourced copper and cobalt production

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Base Metals 

Copper will benefit from the energy transition

July 26, 2021July 23, 2021 admin Copper

In the first half of 2021 LME cash copper prices reached a record high of US$10,725, says Roskill. China’s huge

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Recycling &Environment 

World-first greenfield e-scrap recycling plant for precious metals

July 23, 2021July 22, 2021 admin Copper, Gold, PGM metals, Silver

Following a multi-month commissioning phase, SMS group has handed over a greenfield recycling plant for waste electrical and electronic equipment

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News World 

Anglo American delivers solid operational performance for Q2 2021

July 22, 2021July 21, 2021 admin Anglo American, Coal, Copper, Diamond, Iron ore, PGM metals

Anglo American has delivered a solid operational performance supported by comprehensive Covid-19 measures to help safeguard the lives and livelihoods

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Base Metals South America 

Copper and gold projects alter mining industry in Colombia

July 21, 2021July 19, 2021 admin Colombia, Copper, Gold

Although mining in Colombia accounts for 2% to GDP, the government and industry representatives hope that it will be an

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FEATURED 

Metals can be extracted from brines of dormant volcanoes

July 7, 2021July 6, 2021 admin Copper, Gold, Lithium, Silver, Zinc

Magma beneath volcanoes releases gases that rise towards the surface. These gases are rich in metals. As the pressure drops,

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Base Metals Europe 

Serbia to become second largest copper producer in Europe

June 25, 2021June 25, 2021 admin Copper, Serbia

China’s mining company Zijin Mining announced the start of trial production in the upper-zone of Serbian world-class Čukaru Peki copper

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Africa Base Metals 

Ivanhoe Mines releases copper production guidance for 2021

June 16, 2021June 14, 2021 admin Copper, DRC, Ivanhoe Mines, Kamoa-Kakula

Ivanhoe’s guidance for contained copper in concentrate expected to be produced by the Kamoa-Kakula Project for the balance of 2021

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Africa Base Metals 

Kamoa-Kakula’s off-take agreements for blister copper and concentrate

June 15, 2021June 14, 2021 admin Copper, DRC, Ivanhoe Mines

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Ivanhoe Mines has announced that Kamoa Copper SA –the operating company of the joint venture

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Africa Base Metals 

Lualaba Copper Smelter to produce 99% blister copper for Kamoa Copper

June 14, 2021June 13, 2021 admin Copper, DRC, Ivanhoe Mines, Kamoa-Kakula

Kamoa Copper signed a 10-year agreement with the Lualaba Copper Smelter, located outside the town of Kolwezi, for the processing

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Africa Base Metals 

AMS awarded contract for mining services at Motheo copper project

June 14, 2021June 13, 2021 admin Botswana, Copper

Perenti Global has reported that its surface mining subsidiary in Africa, African Mining Services (AMS), was awarded the contract for

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Base Metals 

Copper: Mine expansions and no shortage of smelting capacity

June 12, 2021June 11, 2021 admin Copper, Smelters

According to Wood Mackenzie, there is more than enough copper supply to meet medium term requirements. With mine expansions coming

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Base Metals 

High copper prices could slow demand for electric vehicles

June 11, 2021June 10, 2021 admin Copper, Electric car

According to Wood Mackenzie, prices for copper (along with several other mined commodities) do not reflect fundamentals – the dynamics

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Australia-Oceania Base Metals 

Foran’s Mcllvenna Bay to become carbon-neutral copper project

May 31, 2021May 30, 2021 admin carbon neutral, Copper

Foran Mining Corporation has announced that its 100% owned Mcllvenna Bay deposit will become the world’s first carbon neutral copper

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Africa Base Metals 

Glencore to resume operations at Mutanda Co-Cu mine in 2022

May 21, 2021May 20, 2021 admin Cobalt, Copper, DRC, Glencore

Glencore plans to restart operations at its Democratic Republic of Congo Mutanda cobalt mine that also produces huge amounts of copper

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World 

Is commodity market overheated?

May 20, 2021May 19, 2021 admin Copper, Gold, oil

Despite seeing the Blomberg Commodity Spot index rally to a fresh ten-year high with +4% gains recorded in 9 out

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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

Automation system in the cold rolling mill for grain-oriented silicon steel
Product News 

Automation system in the cold rolling mill for grain-oriented silicon steel

July 28, 2025July 24, 2025 admin

Automation system in the cold rolling mill for grain-oriented silicon steel thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel (tkES) has awarded SMS group the

Green Metals: Viridis Carbon revolutionizes CO₂ management
Product News 

Green Metals: Viridis Carbon revolutionizes CO₂ management

July 25, 2025July 24, 2025 admin
Fully integrated and automated forging line at Perryman in the USA
Product News 

Fully integrated and automated forging line at Perryman in the USA

July 22, 2025July 21, 2025 admin
CELSA medium section mill upgraded with new process automation
Product News 

CELSA medium section mill upgraded with new process automation

July 14, 2025July 9, 2025 admin
Molten metals analysis solution for aluminium customers
Product News 

Molten metals analysis solution for aluminium customers

July 10, 2025July 7, 2025 admin
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
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

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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