Mining Processing & Metallurgy
Commissioning of Kamoa-Kakula’s 500,000-tonne-per-annum, direct-to-blister copper smelter has started, with start-up expected to commence next month. The initial heat-up process
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Alcoa has formulated a plan for the future of its San Ciprián, Spain aluminium complex. It has entered into a
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto’s previously announced acquisition of Sumitomo Chemical Company’s (SCC’s) 20.64% interest in New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) was
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto’s previously announced acquisition of Mitsubishi Corporation’s (Mitsubishi) 11.65% interest in Boyne Smelters Limited (BSL) was completed on
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MELBOURNE, Australia – The Queensland Government and Rio Tinto will work together to safeguard a pillar of the State’s heavy
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Chinese state-owned concentrate trader Honghe Hongtou Industrial Company has acquired an 80% equity stake in Gejiu Kaimeng Industry and Trade
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto has agreed to acquire Mitsubishi Corporation’s 11.65% interest in Boyne Smelters Ltd (BSL), which owns
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MELBOURNE, Australia – New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) has signed 20-year electricity arrangements that secure the future of the Tiwai
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Emergency services in Russia managed to swiftly contain a minor fire at one of Rusal’s significant smelters located in the
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There are many unsung heroes in the industrial sector, but none more so than the refractories. Refractories are the materials
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In the metals and mining industry, the top contributors to CO2 emissions are smelting and refining processes. To date, much
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In South Africa, South32 is engaged in an ambitious project to limit GTC stack HF emissions at 0,5 mg/Nm³ by
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Boliden said a fire broke out at its Rönnskär operation, a copper smelter on the coast of Sweden. “No personal
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SAGUENAY, Canada – Rio Tinto will invest $1.1 billion (CAN$1.4 billion) to expand its state-of-the-art AP60 aluminium smelter equipped with
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PITTSBURGH – Alcoa Corporation has announced the closure of its Intalco aluminum smelter in Washington State, which has been fully
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Anglo American Platinum announces that it has revised its 2022 refined production guidance, as our quality assurance processes have detected
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PITTSBURGH – Alcoa has announced that it will curtail one third of its production capacity at its Lista smelter in
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Green smelting means using improved technology and processes to reduce: sulphur and nitrogen oxide (SOx and NOx) emissions, which can
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With 2021 shaping up to be the year the world got serious about decarbonisation, every sector can expect to come
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China has pledged to reduce carbon intensity by 60-65% compared to 2005 figures by 2030, and be carbon neutral by
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Traditional metal production is inherently polluting, it’s currently responsible for 9% of global greenhouse gas emissions. So, with pressure mounting
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Kamoa-Kakula smelter to be one of the largest, single-line blister-copper flash smelters in the world, and the largest in Africa;
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PITTSBURGH – Alcoa Corporation today officially marked the completion of a capital project that is expected to improve stability, increase efficiency,
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BELGRADE – The Bor Smelter, which operates within Serbia Zijin Copper company, will not be operational between April 20 and
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Cost inflation was a global phenomenon in 2021, and for the second year in a row will continue to affect
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South32 has announced to participate in a restart of the Alumar aluminium smelter (Brazil Aluminium), together with its joint venture
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Adding more than half million (mtpa) to Alba’s 1 million mtpa production, the company takes its nameplate capacity to more than
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PITTSBURGH – Alcoa Corporation has announced that the Portland Aluminium joint venture plans to restart 35,000 metric tons per year
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland – Rio Tinto and Carbfix are partnering to implement a technology for capturing carbon and permanently storing it
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