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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
PROCESSING
Tronox to buy ilmenite smelter
The smelter will process ilmenite to produce high-grade titanium slag.
14 May 2020
ENVIRONMENT
Nornickel to clean up its act
Russian major pledges to drastically reduce sulphur dioxide emissions from its operations by 2030
18 November 2019
MANAGEMENT
Rio Tinto, First Nations unveil tunnel boring machine
TBM will be crucial to completing the Kemano second tunnel project in British Columbia, Canada
24 October 2018
PROCESSING
Olympic Dam copper smelter on hold
BHP Billiton has confirmed an outage at its Olympic Dam copper smelter
23 August 2018
MANAGEMENT
Hatch and Lopes to rebuild Vales No 3 roaster
Hatch has been retained by Lopes to provide engineering, post-engineering fabrication inspections, on-site
08 October 2014
EQUIPMENT
Outotec to deliver copper flash smelting technology to Iran
Outotec announced it has agreed with Tech Talk on the delivery of its flash smelting technology to a
12 May 2011
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