World may soon be teetering on the edge of a global recession, IMF
The International Monetary Fund has a severe recession warning as it forecasts slower growth for this year and next, according
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Gold tumbles 5% after upbeat vaccine news
After reaching a high of $1965/oz, gold beat a sharp retreat yesterday, sagging over 5% after Pfizer announced that its
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Lithium expected to be in deficit longer term
Lithium carbonate and hydroxide prices continued to exhibit a descendant trend throughout the most of 2019, with monthly average lithium
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Cobalt sees production cuts and logistic disruptions
According to Roskill, cobalt demand growth is expected to slow down in 2020, as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has severely
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AngloGold Ashanti: production ups by 1%, earnings up by 72%
AngloGold Ashanti, in its market update report for the quarter ended 30 September 2020, says its free cash flow increased
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Roskill to release copper outlook up to 2030
According to a Roskill preliminary update, LME copper prices fell 27% from $6,301/t in January to $4,617/t in March. But
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Anglo American reports on base metals production
Anglo American, in its production report for the third quarter ended 30 September 2020, says its copper production increased by
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Short range outlook for global steelmaking
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has released an update to its Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2020 and 2021. This
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Anglo American continues its strong operational recovery
Anglo American, in its production report for the third quarter ended 30 September 2020, says its copper production increased by
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STEEL: House of Tomorrow Today delivers comfort and sustainability
An experimental home in the Netherlands is providing powerful insights into the principles of sustainable design through the cold-formed steel
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Anglo American reports on coke, thermal coal production
Anglo American, in its production report for the third quarter ended 30 September 2020, says its export metallurgical coal production
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September 2020 global crude steel production
World crude steel production for the 64 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 156.4 million tonnes (Mt)
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High pressure grinding technology for energy efficiency
Metso Outotec is launching the next evolution of the high pressure grinding roll, the HRC™e HPGR. The industry standard was
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Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management
The catastrophic dam collapse at Vale’s Corrego de Feijao mine in Brumadinho was a human and environmental tragedy that demanded
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Steel Safety Day and safety and health recognition 2020
Yesterday was Steel Safety Day, a day for steel companies to pause and dedicate their attention to the industry’s most
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SPACE MINING: NASA’s just sampled Bennu Asteroid
Two hundred million miles from Earth, a NASA spacecraft was orbiting an asteroid with material from the early solar system
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Geologists unravel how rare earth elements form
A team of geologists has helped to solve an age-old mystery about how rare earth element (REE) deposits form underground
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Ferrochrome, chromite markets expected to rebalance this year
Ferrochrome and chromium ore markets are expected to rebalance in 2020, after closures and cutbacks in production from major producers
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Steel rises to the challenges of Industry 4.0
The advent of more and more sophisticated artificial intelligence systems is allowing the steel industry to augment and improve its
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Most precious Rhodium has been a stellar performer
Rhodium has been an investor’s dream over the last nine months. The silvery-white chemical element reached an all-time high of
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Electric cars and Formula E powered by nickel
During the recent ‘battery day’ event held by Tesla, Musk called on resources companies to increase their nickel production, to
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Miners and metallurgists are going green
The way businesses of the future will operate is now fundamentally affected by climate change. It is also driving a
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worldsteel releases more optimistic outlook for steel
The World Steel Association (worldsteel) yesterday released an update to its Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2020 and 2021. This
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Remote monitoring of tank gas storage levels
Air Products’ Tank Monitoring System is a convenient, reliable way to remotely monitor storage tank levels. Not only does this
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Earth orbit’s metallic debris to be vapourised into atmosphere
Japan’s national aerospace agency has developed an innovative solution to planet Earth’s serious space debris problem It is a common
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Stainless steel H1-2020 production decreased by 9.4%
The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first half year of 2020 showing that stainless steel
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