Archives: Metallurgy

ALTA 2018, organised by ALTA Metallurgical Services, is the 23rd year of one of the world’s premier annual metallurgical events. This annual event is a gathering of the global nickel, cobalt, copper, uranium-REE-Li and gold-PM industries and features highly focused programs, topical forums and presentations by key international speakers. Held over eight days, it comprises[…]

While reducing costs during the economic downturn has been a harsh reality for most of the mining sector, companies need to be careful not to slash plant maintenance budgets to the detriment of their operation’s long term health. “Pursuing short term savings can be foolhardy if it undermines the ability of plant to generate value[…]

The President of the mining company First Quantum Minerals, Clive Newall, will participate in the Metallic Mining Hall (MMH) technical conference. This second edition of MMH will be held in Seville Conference and Exhibition Centre (FIBES), October 17 to 19 and Newall will also be a member of this meeting’s Honour Committee, whose webpage (www.mmhseville.com)[…]

Newly generated slag at the Aksu ferroalloys plant in Kazakhstan will be processed into marketable finished products for the country’s metals and construction industries at a facility which will have a production capacity of up to 130,000 t/y of metal concentrate and should process over 4 Mt of waste within five years. The plant belongs[…]

For 200 years, Johnson Matthey has been at the forefront of technological breakthroughs that make life cleaner, healthier and more efficient. From the development of new battery technologies to advanced materials used in medical devices, catalysts that clean emissions from one in three car engines worldwide and hydrogen fuel cells, Johnson Matthey is applying science[…]

Metalloinvest has launched its third hot briquetted iron production facility (HBI-3 plant) at Lebedinsky GOK in Gubkin, Belgorod region. The plant is the largest HBI production facility in Russia and one of the biggest in the world. In the picture you can see three facilities – the biggest one is HBI-3, to the left of[…]

South Africa´s Minister of Mineral Resources Mosebenzi Zwane (MP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with his Chilean counterpart, Ms Aurora Elvira Williams, on cooperation in the mining and minerals field. The MoU, which was signed in Santiago during the LatAm Mining Cumbre, commits the two countries to cooperation in areas including the following: Mineral[…]

Glencore has been engaged by Nyrstar to provide, through the Kazzinc operation in Kazakhstan, training and ramp-up support services in connection with Nyrstar’s Transformation Project in Port Pirie, South Australia. This follows the successful implementation of Kazzinc’s New Metallurgy Project, which was completed in 2012. The Transformation Project includes the installation of an Ausmelt furnace[…]

SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall have formed a joint venture company to continue to drive the HYBRIT initiative. The three companies will each own one third of the company, which will seek to develop a steelmaking process that emits water instead of carbon dioxide. “HYBRIT is a very important initiative for SSAB and a fossil-free Sweden[…]

In 1987, the first demonstration-scale copper ISASMELT™ was constructed at Mount Isa Mines (MIM). Over the past 30 years its technology has evolved and is now regarded as the first choice for copper production around the world, reports the company. Development of the ISASMELT started in the late 1970s as a joint research project between[…]