Commodities
Yinhawangka people and Rio Tinto agree new cultural heritage plan
(Posted on 15/02/22)Yinhawangka Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) and Rio Tinto have agreed on a new co-designed management plan to ensure the protection of significant social and cultural heritage values as part of Rio Tinto’s proposed development of the Western Range iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.The Social, Cultural...
Rusal introduces a new aluminium alloy for anodizing
(Posted on 11/02/22)RUSAL , a leading global aluminium producer, has developed an optimized 5xxx series aluminuim alloy for further anodizing. Production has now started at the Bratsk Aluminium Smelter (BrAZ).RUSAL's Technical Directorate conducted a general assessment of this alloy and organized its mass production. Furthermore, the production of...
BHP extends low carbon steel research partnership
(Posted on 07/02/22)BHP will extend its partnership with the Centre for Ironmaking Materials Research (CIMR) at the University of Newcastle with a further A$10 million in funding to support ongoing research into decarbonising steelmaking.The expanded research program will focus on low carbon iron and steelmaking using BHP’s iron ore and metallurgical...
BHP Unification - Scheme of arrangement becomes effective
(Posted on 01/02/22)BHP has announced that the UK Court had sanctioned the BHP Group Plc (Plc) scheme of arrangement (the Plc Scheme) to effect the unification of BHP’s corporate structure. BHP has confirmed that the Plc Scheme became effective at approximately 9:00pm (GMT) on 28 January 2022 in accordance with its terms and the entire issued...
Glencore and Managem announce cobalt partnership
(Posted on 28/01/22)Glencore and Managem are pleased to announce that they have entered into a partnership to produce Cobalt from recycled cobalt, nickel and lithium at Managem’s CTT Hydrometallurgical Refinery at Guemssa (37 km from Marrakech).This partnership highlights Glencore and Managem’s commitments to support the electric vehicle...
Trafigura transaction for new cobalt hydroxide and copper cathode supplies
(Posted on 20/01/22)Shalina Resources (“Shalina”) and Chemaf SA (“Chemaf”), a leading vertically integrated copper and cobalt producer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have concluded a financing and marketing transaction with Trafigura Pte. Ltd. (“Trafigura”), one of the world’s leading independent...