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Production director of Krakatau Steel suspected of bribery
The Jakarta court has suspected one of the heads of the state-owned company of receiving a multi-billion dollar bribe when purchasing equipment....
Philippine Philex Delays Copper & Gold Mine Launch By Four Years
The company is considering an alternative project to implement underground ore mining...
Glencore suspends work at Australian zinc mine
Rio Tinto, BHP and Fortescue have removed their ships from Australian ports ahead of the expected departure of Cyclone Veronica....
Mechel's debts grow by a billion
Profit of steel producer Mechel fell 7 percent in 2018 amid declining sales....
Norsk Hydro continues to rebuild after a series of cyber attacks
The attack used a virus known as LockerGoga, a relatively new type of so-called ransomware that encrypts computer files and requires a fee to...
Two people killed in clashes near Vedanta's Indian alumina refinery
One of the protesters and a police officer were killed in clashes near the Vedanta Ltd alumina refinery in eastern India, a police officer said on...
Palladium is rapidly rising in price due to possible sanctions against the Russian Federation
Palladium nearly reached a record high in the spot market amid risks of a possible ban on supplies from Russia....
India's capital to launch smart waste bins for smart waste stations
The largest state-owned metallurgical company in the country, naala, produces stainless containers for garbage, which can transmit data on their...
ArcelorMittal achieves its goal in the acquisition of Essar Steel
The Indian Court of Appeals has approved ArcelorMittal's plan to take over steel giant Essar Steel....
Australia's Pilbara Minerals will produce battery chemicals with Posco
Pilbara announced earlier this year that it had agreed to sell about 240,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate per year to Posco....
China iron ore exchange prices rise 3 percent
Quotes jumped amid a possible disruption in iron ore supplies from Vale....
US and Brazil may partner to build small nuclear reactors
The two countries intend to sign a memorandum that will include a provision for the creation of a bilateral forum to discuss investment...
Scientists have made metal pipes safer for health
Scientists at Purdue University in the USA have invented a new alloy for making water pipes....
South African court blocks union plan to go on strike
The South African Labor Court rejected a request from the Association of Miners and Buildings Union (AMCU) for an industry strike covering the...
Copper production in China still falls short of growing demand
China will import less refined cathode copper, forecasting imports this year at 2.9 million tonnes, up from 3.4 million tonnes in 2018....
Sterlite Copper appoints new CEO
Sterlite Copper, a subsidiary of Vedanta, appoints a new CEO amid competition to open a plant in India....
Steel production projected in India
India does not intend to curtail its programs to support the metallurgical industry and plans to achieve an annual production of 300 million tons....
Projected growth in consumption of steel by Japanese shipbuilding companies
Ship steel orders in Japan will grow by 3 percent....
Ferroalloys market has great prospects
The rapid pace of industrialization and the growing consumption of steel in infrastructure projects create conditions for the rapid growth of sales...
Australian and New Zealand stocks decline due to global problems
Australian stocks tumbled on Monday as mining and financial assets dwindled after US and Chinese economic data were released, signaling further...
Rio Tinto says Amrun bauxite mine is fully operational
Weipa has been mining bauxite for over 50 years, and the new mine will extend operations for another 50 years...
Australian metals index rose 0.7 percent
Stocks in Australia and New Zealand rally amid modest trade and optimism for China....
Metallic Additives Manufacturing Conference Program Launched
North American metal additive company AT is going to hold an online conference where it will talk about its plans to develop a new metal additive....
The increase in Chinese imports of lead is not yet able to stir up the market
China last year imported 128,000 tons of refined lead, bringing the cumulative two-year volume to 206,000 tons. This is the highest figure since...
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Prefers Indian Steel Makers
Toyota has two factories near Bengaluru. One of them produces Fortuner and Innova models, and the second one produces Corolla, Liva, Etios, Yaris...
Yanshan Iron & Steel will build a new lithium processing plant
China's Yanshan Iron & Steel has signed an agreement to build a new lithium carbonate plant in China's Nanbao National Economic Development...
New 3-D printing material outperforms high speed steel
A staff member at the Australian Government Research University (RMIT) has developed a high-strength material for 3D printing tools....
China cuts VAT to 13 percent
Reducing the value added tax will increase the revenues of the PRC manufacturing sector....
Indian metallurgists move to 100% quality control of steel
Indian metallurgists are going to implement one hundred percent quality control of their products....
