Archives: Metallurgy

IBC Advanced Alloys and NioCorp Developments Ltd have announced the successful manufacture of several aluminium-scandium alloy ingots.  These test pours occurred at IBC’s Wilmington, Massachusetts Engineered Materials facility using scandium purchased commercially by NioCorp. The ingots, representing a range of scandium content, will now undergo chemical analysis and other metallurgical testing to confirm the microstructure[…]

Alcoa Corp, a global leader in bauxite, alumina and aluminium products, has announced decisions regarding smelting assets in the USA and Italy. The actions support the company’s strategic priorities to reduce complexity and to strengthen the balance sheet. In the US, Alcoa intends to permanently close its Rockdale Operations site in Texas, which has been[…]

Outotec has been awarded a contract for the delivery of minerals processing technology to a new copper concentrator to be built in Turkey. The contract value booked in Outotec’s 2017 fourth quarter order intake is approximately EUR 13 million. Outotec’s scope includes engineering of the concentrator and the delivery of main process equipment including a[…]

MEI has issued a Call for Papers for Process Mineralogy’18. Sponsored by ZEISS, Bruker, Thermo Fisher Scientific and International Mining, this is the 5th International Symposium on Process Mineralogy MEI has organised in consultation with Dr Megan Becker, of the University of Cape Town, and will take place once again at the Vineyard Hotel in[…]

Zimbabwe Alloys (ZimAlloys) has approved a $100 million investment deal with Balasore Alloys Group, an Indian ferroalloys producer. The investment will settle ZimAlloys’ $50 million debt and work towards refurbishing and restarting the blast furnaces within the next 18 months. Roskill View: “Zimbabwe Alloys, formerly part of Anglo American, was Zimbabwe’s second largest ferrochrome producer[…]

Dr Stephen Grocott, Chairman, AMIRA International Ltd and Chief Technical Development Officer, Clean TeQ Ltd (Australia) will open the ALTA 2018 conference with his presentation: What Has Changed in Our Industry, and the Role of AMIRA.  The event will run May 19-26, in Perth, Australia. ALTA 2018 is the 23rd year of one of the[…]

Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), the largest industrial company in the United Arab Emirates outside oil and gas, has signed a three-year alumina supply agreement with Vinacomin, a Vietnamese state-owned firm. Under the agreement, Vinacomin will supply EGA with up to 300,000 t/y of alumina. The deal is the first long-term agreement to supply Vietnamese alumina[…]

Outotec has been awarded a contract by Shalina Resources Ltd for the delivery of copper and cobalt processing technology to the Mutoshi project near Kolwezi in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The order value, approximately EUR65 million, is booked in Outotec’s 2017 fourth quarter order intake. Outotec’s scope includes basic engineering, technology and equipment deliveries[…]

Iluka Resources Ltd has approved the development of the Cataby mineral sands deposit in Western Australia. Iluka’s Board approved the development after the company entered into take-or-pay offtake agreements for a minimum of 175,000 t/y of synthetic rutile, or approximately 85% of the production capacity from Iluka’s Synthetic Rutile kiln 2 (SR2). Cataby mineral sands[…]

More than 2,000 delegates, industrial leaders and a hundred exhibitors are expected to attend and, according to the organisers, “create the world’s largest international cooperation platform in gold industry.” Hosted by China Gold Association and World Gold Council, the 3rd China Gold Congress and Expo will be held on July 24-26, 2018 in China National[…]