Copper: Mine expansions and no shortage of smelting capacity
According to Wood Mackenzie, there is more than enough copper supply to meet medium term requirements. With mine expansions coming
Read moreAccording to Wood Mackenzie, there is more than enough copper supply to meet medium term requirements. With mine expansions coming
Read moreIn China, the majority of tin smelters are concentrated in Yunnan province, in the southwest of the country. The province
Read moreMSC will be closed until the 9 June due to the new COVID lockdown issued in Malaysia. The company has
Read moreMalaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) has published a notice to suppliers detailing continued issues at its Butterworth smelter. Last week, the
Read moreUnited Arab Emirates – Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas,
Read moreMalaysia Smelting Corporation, the world’s third-largest refined tin producer, is having issues at its Butterworth smelter.The Butterworth smelter has five
Read moreSmall and medium-sized smelters in Gejiu, China, could suspend their refining processes due to environmental checks. This round of environmental
Read moreMoscow – RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, has announced that it signed and started the drawdown of a syndicated
Read moreMoscow – RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, will invest RUB 4.5 bn this year in modernizing the Sayanogorsk and
Read moreYear 2020 marked the 65th birthday of the Australian aluminium industry. The southern hemisphere’s first aluminium smelter was built at
Read moreAustralia Manganese saleable ore production increased by 3% (or 59kwmt) to a record 1,834kwmt in the December 2020 half year
Read moreCodelco, a Chilean copper giant, has approved US$1.38 billion construction costs for its Rajo Inca structural project. According to Roskill,
Read moreMOSCOW – Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, is shutting down
Read moreSouth32 and Anglo American have finalised the sale of the Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company (TEMCO) smelter to GFG Alliance. TEMCO
Read moreGANDHINAGAR – Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), the largest zinc producer in India and among the top five globally, has signed
Read moreALVANCE Aluminium, a member of Sanjeev Gupta’s sustainable industry leader GFG Alliance, has today announced a £94m investment package to
Read moreIn its production report for the nine months ended 30 September 2020, Merafe Resources say its attributable ferrochrome production from
Read moreAs part of its environmental modernization program, RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, plans to completely switch the reduction area
Read moreBHP has agreed to acquire the Honeymoon Well Nickel Project comprising the Honeymoon Well development project and a 50 per
Read moreLabour Party in New Zealand is promising to keep Rio Tinto’s Tiwai Point smelter on life support for another three
Read moreAlcoa has announced the expansion of its Sustana™ line of products with the introduction of EcoSource™, the industry’s first low-carbon,
Read moreThe Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project Expansion includes the construction of a smelter complex, based on Finland-based Outotec’s direct-to-blister furnace technology which
Read moreFirst Quantum Minerals Ltd. has announced that its Kansanshi Expansion will increase the existing 28 Mtpa Kansanshi sulphide, mixed and
Read moreBoliden is to invest EUR 40 m in an expansion of its nickel operations at Boliden Harjavalta in Finland. The
Read moreSouth32 has announced that Groote Eylandt Mining Company (GEMCO), owned by the Samancor Manganese joint venture (JV),has entered into a
Read moreExports of standard P1020 aluminium from Canada into the United States have decreased on a monthly basis, according to the
Read moreGlencore has delivered an overall strong first-half operating performance amid the unprecedented challenges presented by Covid-19. “Although some of our
Read moreRUSAL, a major global aluminium producer, has announced that its Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter has completed its transition to the EcoSoderberg
Read moreRio Tinto gears up for the wind-down of operations and the eventual closure of New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) following
Read moreDemand for primary copper products is expected to worsen, Europe’s largest copper producer, Aurubis, said. “The negative effects of ongoing
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