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Botswana to keep unprofitable copper miner alive just to save jobs
Botswana's state-owned BCL, the country’s biggest copper and nickel miner, will continue to receive about $130 million (1.4 billion pula) a year, even if the company has to stop mining, the country’s vice president said. |
Tata Steel KZN finally sold
Durban - A bidding war between two companies to buy out the “hopelessly insolvent” Richard’s Bay-based Tata Steel KZN has been put to bed with a ruling by a Durban High Court judge sanctioning its sale to an international metals merchant with mining interes... |
Researchers Produce Low-Cost Super-Strong Titanium Alloy
[www.ferro-alloys.com]Given the urgent need for improved fuel economy in the transportation sector, there has been a renewed interest in titanium as a structural material. The fact that titanium is lightweight and corrosion resistant makes it an ideal choice f... |
Site Visit: Vanadium miner Largo ‘all smiles’ in Brazil
[www.ferro-alloys.com]MARACAS, BRAZIL — About an hour-drive from Maracas — the city of flowers — is the first producing vanadium mine in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia. Toronto-based Largo Resources’ (TSX:LGO) Maracas Menchen is also one of world’s... |
NIIST’s novel technology to check acidic pollutants in TiO2 production by PSUs
[www.ferro-alloys.com]THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Cancer causing Acidic effluent flow from public sector undertakings (PSUs) in Kerala involved in the production of titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment could be minimised if it opts for a novel technology. This innovative t... |
UET to Deliver ReFlex? Vanadium Flow Battery for Utility Grid Modernization Project
[www.ferro-alloys.com]Solar-plus-energy storage project with EPB of Chattanooga and national laboratories will deploy and optimize long duration and unlimited cycle storage in the electric grid UniEnergy Technologies (UET), the leading flow battery provider... |
July International Steel Market Will Continue to Render Differentiation Pattern
[www.ferro-alloys.com] It is reported that June the international steel market remained uncertain. The European sheet market remained steadily, while import and export prices continues to fall, Mills tried to stabilize prices. The North American steel plate m... |
United States to Determine Third Times Anti-dumping Sunset Review on Imports of Carbon Steel Butt-weld Pipe Fittings against Five Countries
[www.ferro-alloys.com] July 7, 2016, US DOC to determine third times anti-dumping sunset review on imports of carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings against Brazil, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand and China. If canceled the case anti-dumping tax, will led to China, Taiw... |
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