by Gordon Barratt | Feb 23, 2022 | News
Metso Outotec has signed an agreement for the delivery of a siderite calcination plant to Hekimhan Madencilik, a subsidiary of Koloğlu Holding, located in Malatya, Turkey. The value of the order is approximately EUR 23 million, and it has been booked in Metals’...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 23, 2022 | News
Aluminium producer Norsk Hydro has bought a minority stake in US carbon capture firm Verdox for $20-million and plans to use its technology at smelters as part of wider efforts to cut emissions, the Norwegian company said. Hydro announced plans last year to slash its...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 23, 2022 | News
US President Joe Biden announced several investments in the domestic production of key critical minerals and materials, as the country moves to break its dependence on China and secure a ‘Made in America’ supply chain. In a White House statement, Biden...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 22, 2022 | News
The United States and European Union countries are unlikely to impose blanket sanctions on Rusal if Russia invades Ukraine as that would exacerbate aluminium shortages, propel prices to new records and damage manufacturing, analysts say. Russia has repeatedly denied...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 22, 2022 | News
The group’s metallurgical coal production guidance for 2022 is now expected to fall between 20mln and 22mln metric tonnes, with unit cost guidance of $85 a tonne Anglo American has resumed operations at its Grosvenor metallurgical coal mine in Queensland,...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 22, 2022 | News
Abandoned collieries are coming back to life as geothermal heat sources for homes and businesses As coal mines closed around the UK, they filled with water. Due to the depth of the mine shafts, the water is naturally heated by the Earth. In general, the temperatures...