Electric smelting furnace technology, hydrogen fuel alternatives for blast furnaces: Experts
India, like other nations, must gradually phase out blast furnaces to achieve its goal of net-zero emissions, paving the way ...
Mongabay on MSN2d
US defense think tank warns of China’s grip over Indonesian nickel industry
More than 75% of the nickel refining capacity in Indonesia, home to the biggest reserves of this critical mineral, is ...
Mining Weekly3d
South Africa’s chromite recovery potential broadened by Glencore, Sibanye deal
South Africa’s chromite recovery potential has been broadened by Wednesday’s joint venture agreement between Glencore ...
Trump's tariffs expose Ukraine's steel industry to another war
The tariff order was not the only action by the president or his administration to cause alarm in Kyiv last week.
China Slows Rather Than Halts Copper Smelting’s Breakneck Growth
The Chinese government is getting serious about constraining the blind expansion of copper smelters, although its new policy ...
USA Today15d
California Delta smelt controversy ranges from lawsuits to Trump executive orders
For a small fish found only in the San Francisco Estuary, the Delta smelt has caused much controversy over the years, ranging from lawsuits to executive orders. In 1993, the smelt was listed as ...
Courthouse News Service16d
Ninth Circuit won’t rehear delta smelt defenders’ challenge to Central Valley Project water contracts
The “smeltdown in the Delta,” as the extinction trajectory of delta smelt is known according to the Center for Biological Diversity, has left the once-abundant species in critical condition because of ...
Metal17d
CMOC: TFM's January Copper and Cobalt Production Reached 104.2% and 123.8% of the Plan, Respectively
strengthening process control in ore dressing to continuously improve flotation indicators; and enhancing tank management in the smelting plant to improve current efficiency, product output, and ...
The Australian20d
BHP has awarded a major contract supporting its proposed Olympic Dam refinery expansion
BHP has awarded a $40m contract to progress the proposed expansion of its copper smelting and refinery facilities ... the large Oak Dam deposit. Copper ore is refined into cathode at the Olympic ...
The Taipei Times21d
Greece provides oldest evidence of lead pollution
In antiquity, lead was released into the atmosphere as a byproduct of smelting ore for copper and silver. The toxic metal later condensed as dust and settled onto the soil. “Silver was used for ...
New York Post22d
Here’s where the oldest evidence of lead pollution comes from
In antiquity, lead was released into the atmosphere as a byproduct of smelting ore for copper and silver. The toxic metal later condensed as dust and settled onto the soil. “Silver was used for ...
Euronews22d
'World's first industrial pollution': Evidence of toxic lead found in ancient Greece
In antiquity, lead was released into the atmosphere as a byproduct of smelting ore for copper and silver. The toxic metal later condensed as dust and settled onto the soil. “Silver was used for ...