Archives: Metallurgy

ArcelorMittal has begun construction of new premises at its site in Ghent, Belgium, to house a pioneering new installation which will convert carbon-containing gas from its blast furnaces into bioethanol. If proved successful, the new concept has the potential to revolutionise blast furnace carbon emissions capture and support the decarbonisation of the transport sector, and[…]

We will be closing the nominations for the International Mining Technology Hall of Fame in August. Do you wish to nominate someone who has contributed in an outstanding way to technology development in metallurgy or efficiency, safety, productivity, etc.in that discipline? Contact [email protected] about nominations. The chosen nominees will be inducted at the International Mining[…]

Canada Cobalt Works Inc reports that as crews prepare for imminent and first-ever underground drilling targeting cobalt at the Castle mine, Canada Cobalt’s proprietary Re-2OX process has made an important breakthrough in dealing with recovery of cobalt and other metals in the Northern Ontario Cobalt Camp. SGS Lakefield in Peterborough, Ontario, has used the environmentally[…]

With just about two weeks to the opening of Euro Mine Expo the conference is nearly fully booked, 200 exhibitors are on their way and Project Manager Jaana Tengman looks forward to this year’s event. When it opens on June 12, it is with two fully booked exhibition halls, about 30 learning sessions, social events[…]

Nemaska Lithium Inc has entered into an agreement with National Bank Financia, BMO Capital Markets and Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corp, as co-lead underwriters and joint bookrunners, on behalf of a syndicate of underwriters, pursuant to which the Underwriters have agreed to purchase on a bought deal basis 280,000,000 common shares for gross proceeds of C$280,000,000.[…]

Margaux Red Capital and its wholly-owned subsidiary Sigma Lithium Resources have made an important step towards completing the feasibility study of Sigma’s foothold deposit at its Grota do Cirilo Property in Minas Gerais state, Brazil. Sigma has finalized the environmental licensing process for its Dense Media Separation (DMS) pilot plant and expects to complete its[…]

The following is based on an article in yesterday’s Financial Review Digital Edition. While investors scout for potential winners among lithium and nickel plays, an ASX-listed rare earths miner is on the cusp of cashing into the looming growth in the electric vehicles market. Eight years after it was first considered as a greenfield exploration[…]

Tianqi Lithium will buy Nutrien’s 24% stake in SQM, held in series A shares, for $4 billion, taking its share in the Chilean lithium, potash, iodine and speciality chemicals producer to 26% following the purchase of 2% from a US-based asset manager in 2016. Tianqi had an option on another 7% of shares, secured at[…]

Peak Resources reports that the Planning Permission for the planned rare earth separation plant in the UK has been granted by the Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council. The permission is a substantial milestone in the development of the Teesside Refinery and the primary regulatory hurdle required to allow the construction of the plant. The receipt[…]

NioCorp Developments Ltd, a developer of superalloy metals, has awarded a major contract to Rockwell Automation to engineer, design and procure process automation and instrumentation for NioCorp’s proposed critical minerals, mining and processing facility in Elk Creek, Nebraska. Three superalloy metals – niobium, scandium and titanium – are expected to be produced by the facility[…]