Archives: Base metals

The 2023 Future Minerals Forum will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 10-12 January, including a Ministerial Roundtable, followed by the Forum and Exhibition itself. The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) President & CEO Rohitesh Dhawan spoke and participated at the first Forum in 2022 and will do so again at this[…]

Jervois, a global supplier of cobalt products, has appointed AFRY to provide the basic engineering, lead environmental permitting and conduct a bankable feasibility study to expand its cobalt refinery capacity in Kokkola, Finland. The assignment is expected to be completed in Q3 2023. To meet the increased demand, especially in the battery sector and particularly[…]

ABB says it is working with Boliden to build a strategic co-operation to use low carbon footprint copper in its electromagnetic stirring (EMS) equipment and high-efficiency electric motors. The aim is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions while driving the transition to a more circular economy, ABB says. The partnership with Boliden forms a part[…]

Metso Outotec says it has received orders for four anode casting shops from major copper producers in the USA, China and Africa that come with a total value of around €18 million ($19.2 million). In each of the projects, Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery includes anode casting shops with engineering and state-of-the-art technology. Harri Talvensaari,[…]

BQE Water has signed an Operating Services Agreement to provide operations services for a water treatment plant using its Selen-IX™ process technology for selenium removal at a base metal project in south-western USA. The plant will treat impacted waters to remove selenium and dissolved metals in compliance with permitted water quality requirements, BQE said. Under[…]

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Company (AMMC) has awarded Metso Outotec an order worth €70 million ($74 million) for the delivery of two sulphuric acid plants to be built for its zinc roasting facility in Almalyk, Uzbekistan. Metso Outotec’s scope of delivery includes the design and delivery of Planet Positive equipment for two gas cleaning and[…]

Anglo American says it has implemented cutting-edge technology at the Quellaveco copper mine in Peru with which it is possible to create a virtual replica that simulates everything that happens in its process plant, and with this, digital mining specialists can carry out predictive tests that help reduce security risks, optimise the use of resources[…]

Metso Outotec says it has been awarded a shutdown service contract worth more than €10 million ($10.5 million) for a flash smelting furnace at a copper processing facility in South America. The company’s scope of delivery includes a complete reconstruction of the furnace, consisting of demolition of the furnace, mechanical reconstruction of the walls and[…]

Ivanhoe Electric Executive Chairman Robert Friedland and President and Chief Executive Officer Taylor Melvin have announce that Ivanhoe Electric’s subsidiary, Cordoba Minerals Corp and Chinese mine developer and mining contractor JCHX Mining Management Co Ltd have agreed to a strategic arrangement for the joint development of Cordoba’s flagship Alacran Project in Colombia. Ivanhoe Electric owns[…]

Marking a milestone in Latin American sustainable mining, copper operation Cobre Panama recently became the mine with the most significant number of electric drills in the region by acquiring another Epiroc Pit Viper 351 E drill rig, the largest zero-emission surface drill rig in the world. The acquisition of this advanced drilling equipment marks another[…]