smelter

PROCESSING

Glencore's Mount Isa smelter gets long-awaited lifeline

Taxpayers to fork out $600 million over the next three years

08 October 2025

OPERATIONS

Glencore readies for Mount Isa smelter closure

MP Katter slams the Swiss mining giant as ‘incapable’

23 July 2025

PROCESSING

Wood assists Teck in developing carbon capture pilot plant

The pilot plant will aim to capture carbon from sulphide ores during smelting

19 May 2023

PROCESSING

Glencore contracts Optel for traceability tool

The technology will be deployed at the Horne smelter and the CCR refinery.

16 March 2022

INFRASTRUCTURE

Metso Outotec strikes deal for Boliden smelter

Zinc capacity to increase by 150,000 tonnes annually

22 December 2021

POWER

Mt. Holly smelter issues layoff warning

South Carolina, US facility eyeing closure if power deal cannot be found

21 October 2020

PROCESSING

Rio Tinto to renew Iceland smelter licence

Icelandic media has interpreted the application as a sign the miner could stay.

21 August 2020

ENVIRONMENT

Aurubis signs solar deal for Bulgaria smelter

Aurubis Bulgaria aims to produce 20% of the electricity needed for its smelter by 2030.

30 July 2020

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Buzzing Perth roundtable picks the brains of sector leaders to help shape the resources

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Navachab Gold Mine boosts recovery & cuts OPEX with STEINERT's sensor sorting technology

Navachab Gold Mine, a low-grade gold ore operation, upgrades its very low-grade ore resources using STEINERT’s suite of innovative dry sorting processes.

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Vale’s Bruno Pelli shares how circular practices turn mining tailings and waste into

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From concept to cathode: How Nuton is redefining copper for a low-impact future

Nuton is pioneering cleaner, more efficient copper production through innovative

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