Archives: Metallurgy

Roskill reported yesterday that the Association of China Rare Earth Industry (ACREI) has proposed that selling off some of the government rare earth stockpiles will relieve pressure on the rapidly rising rare earths prices seen since June this year. The rise in rare earth prices is following the growing demand in the electric vehicles industry[…]

Technology minerals company, Talga Resources provides an update on its cobalt-focused activities in northern Sweden. Highlights of recent activities include positive metallurgical results from Kiskama IOCG Project: Up to 91% recovery of cobalt to concentrate and 99% to solution Up to 86% recovery of copper to concentrate and 99% to solution Up to 77% recovery[…]

Tharisa, the PGM and chrome co-producer, hasentered into a five-year strategic co-operation agreement with Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co Ltd (TISCO’s) joint venture (JV) company Shanxi Taigang Wanbang Furnace Charge Co Ltd. Tharisa will be supplying the JV with a minimum of 240,000 t/y at market prices starting in September 2017.  This represents approximately[…]

This is the title of a Keynote address by Mark Benz, President, MRB Business Services (Canada), available in the Proceedings of ALTA 2017 Nickel-Cobalt-Copper Sessions. That paper is now available as a free download from the Alta Metallurgical website www.altamet.com.au The feedstocks for ore beneficiation and subsequent extraction and recovery of metals have always had[…]

Alan Taylor (AT), Metallurgical Consultant/Managing Director of ALTA Metallurgical Services has provided notes of the discussion. As he explains, “the contributions of the panel members and delegates are not presented verbatim, but rather have been paraphrased and condensed for clarity and brevity. They are not recorded in order, but are grouped into major topics. Also,[…]

University of Colorado Boulder engineers have revamped a World War II-era process for making magnesium that requires half the energy and produces a fraction of the pollution compared to today’s leading methods. The breakthrough process, developed in the labs of Professor Alan Weimer, could vastly improve production of the strong, lightweight metal that’s used in[…]

Previous rumours have been confirmed by the recently published EPA documents that instead of its traditional induction engine, Tesla has decided to use a Permanent Magnet Motor (PMM) in its Model 3. “This means PMMs have nearly 100% market share in automotive applications – underpinning the great growth potential for NdPr,” says Peak Resources. “So[…]

Collerina Cobalt , following on from the recent successful drill program which intercepted high grade nickel, cobalt and aluminium within wide mineralised intercepts, has now commenced its metallurgical test work program aimed at initially producing a mixed cobalt‐nickel sulphide precipitate which will be further economically enhanced through the production of HPA. Approximately 45 kg of[…]

The Metallurgy & Materials Society of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (MetSoc of CIM) is proud to host both 2017 conferences on World Gold and Nickel-Cobalt as part of the 2017 Conference of Metallurgists (COM2017; August 27-30). The three-day conference, taking place at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, features a technical program[…]

Hastings Technology Metals Ltd has signed the first Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Baotou Sky Rock Rare Earth New Material Co. Under the MOU the parties have outlined their intent to enter into a binding commercial offtake agreement for the sale by Hastings and purchase by Sky Rock of mixed rare earth carbonate (MREC), which[…]