Coal thrives under Biden as it never did with Trump
While Donald Trump vowed to revive the coal industry, it’s President Joe Biden who’s seeing a big comeback of the
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ECA calls for the US to curb energy exports
Gas buyers in the US have been looking nervously at rising domestic prices. As gas prices have soared in Europe
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US steel production capacity utilization stays at 84.9%
American Iron & Steel Institute announced that in the week ending on August 28, 2021, US domestic raw steel production
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Sibanye Stillwater delivers another record financial performance
Sibanye Stillwater operational performance for H1 2021 was significantly better than for the comparable period in 2020, reflecting the resumption
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US senators introduce steel emissions reduction act
US Representatives Anthony Gonzalez (OH) and Conor Lamb (PA) introduced last week the Steel Upgrading Partnerships and Emissions Reduction Act
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Rio Tinto to go underground at Kennecott Copper
Rio Tinto has permitted a USD 108 million investment in underground development to enable early orebody access and undertake orebody
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Optimus Steel modernizes its complete rolling process
Optimus Steel Inc has selected Danieli to modernize the complete rolling process for its 1 million ton per year minimill
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Befesa SA will acquire 100% of American Zinc Recycling
American Zinc Recycling LLC, a leading provider of environmental services to the US steel industry, announced that Luxembourg based Befesa
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US Steel joins ResponsibleSteel for sustainable future
United States Steel Corporation announced its membership in ResponsibleSteel, a global not-for-profit forum for all members of the steel supply
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Steel and aluminium tariffs protected jobs in the United States
Gina Raimondo, US Commerce Secretary, while speaking at a White House Briefing, said that steel and aluminium tariffs imposed by
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Rio Tinto to build new tellurium plant at Kennecott mine
SALT LAKE CITY – Rio Tinto will begin construction on a new plant that will recover tellurium, a critical mineral
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NewHydrogen expands green technology research program
SANTA CLARITA, California – Expanded research will include a complete electrolyzer device and a replacement for platinum to lower the
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MIT uses tin to produce hydrogen without CO2 emissions
MIT’s Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Centre has awarded US$750,000 to undertake a research project using molten tin to produce
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Demand for aluminium continues increasing at high rates
It’s difficult to believe but only 150 years ago aluminium was considered to be silver from clay and an extremely
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Will Biden terminate Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium imports?
Coalition of American Metal Manufacturers & Users Executive Director Mr Paul Nathanson in a letter to US President Joe Biden
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MIDA minimill starts at Nucor Steel Florida
In December, thanks to the joint efforts of Danieli and Nucor teams, Nucor Steel Florida safely started on schedule, melting,
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Global crude steel output decreases by 0.9% in 2020
Asia produced 1,374.9 Mt of of crude steel in 2020, an increase of 1.5% compared to 2019. China’s crude steel
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Sibanye-Stillwater achieves solid operational performance
In its Production update for the year ended 31 December 2020, Sibanye-Stillwater says the Group operating performance was extremely pleasing,
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United States Steel takes over Big River Steel
United States Steel Corporation has closed its acquisition of the remaining equity of Big River Steel for approximately USD 774
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US steel Industry and unions urge Biden to keep Trump’s steel tariffs
WASHINGTON, DC– Four of the main US steel industry associations and the United Steelworkers union have urged President-elect Joe Biden
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China to overtake US economy by 2028
China will overtake the US to become the world’s biggest economy by 2028, five years earlier than previously forecast, due
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Lonely manufacturer of spherical graphite outside China
As already reported, Syrah Resources has gone further than any graphite developer outside China in its attempt to develop an
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Equinox begins production at Castle Mountain Gold Mine
VANCOUVER, BC – Equinox Gold Corp. has announced that commercial production has been achieved at its Castle Mountain Gold Mine
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SAP implementation in Barrick’s gold digital transformation
Barrick’s new transactional system, SAP S4 HANA, has gone live at Nevada Gold Mines and will be rolled out across
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TechMet gets investment to produce technology metals
DUBLIN/WASHINGTON DC – The US International Development Finance Corporation has made a $25 million investment into TechMet Ltd, a private
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Sasol’s LDPE unit achieves beneficial operation
Sasol has announced that the low-density polyethylene (LDPE) unit at the Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) achieved beneficial operation on
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Court case against Sibanye-Stillwater dismissed
JOHANNESBURG – Sibanye-Stillwater has advised that on 10 November 2020, a Brooklyn, New York, Federal Court dismissed with prejudice, a
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AMY acquires precipitation reactor to advance recycled cathode material
American Manganese Inc. (AMY) has acquired a specialized cathode precipitation reactor from an Asian supplier of commercial cathode precursor manufacturing
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Steel production recovers at Cleveland-Cliffs
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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Sibanye US PGM operations suffer from Covid-19 restrictions
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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