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Mining news: smelterAusmelt Wins New Copper Smelter Contract in ChinaAusmelt Ltd has won its seventh copper smelter contract in China. The Company will supply design services and core equipment for a copper smelter with a production capacity of 100,000 tonnes a year of cathode copper. The client is Xinjiang Wuxin Copper Co., Limited and the new smelter will be located in China’s Xinjiang Province…..more [...] EC Italian power tariff decision prompts Alcoa smelters shutdownThe European Commission’s ruling that Italy must end its preferential electricity tariffs to Alcoa is a “dark day for European heavy industry,” Alcoa’s CEO Klaus Kleinfeld said. New Ausmelt nickel smelter in China is a massive successAusmelt has successfully completed provision of its Top Submerged Lance (TSL) smelting technology for the new nickel smelting plant built by Jinchuan Nonferrous Metals, China’s largest nickel producer, in the Gansu Province of China. At more than 1 Mt/y of concentrate feed, it is presently Ausmelt’s largest operating smelting plant and the first application of TSL [...] Technology ramped upWhen it is completed, RTA CEO Dick Evans says the new Kitimat Works will be “the most modern smelter anywhere in the world”. That’s because it will be using what’s called AP39 technology - Sohar, for example, … MIPAC wins 2008 PACE Zenith awardKazzinc New Metallurgy Project Awarded for Technical Excellence Alcoa seeks power supplies to save Texas smelterAlcoa Inc is talking to anyone who can help secure a reliable supply of low-cost power for its Rockdale, Texas, aluminum smelter after temporarily idling half of the facility’s production on Thursday, an Alcoa … Ghana buys Alcoa’s stake in aluminium smelterGhana’s government has bought Alcoa’s 10 percent stake in the 200,000 tonne/year VALCO aluminium smelter for $2 million, the West African country’s presidency said in a statement on Friday. Alcoa to Temporarily Idle Half of Rockdale, TX Smelter Due to Local Power Supply IssuesAlcoa today announced it will temporarily idle half the production at its Rockdale, Texas aluminum smelter effective today as a result of ongoing supply issues with Luminant’s onsite power generating unit, …more at topix Copper Smelting Charges May Drop Again, Freeport SaysCopper processing charges may drop again this year because supplies to smelters are falling short of demand, strengthening the position of mining companies in annual talks, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. BHP hopes to export more nickel concentrateBHP Billiton Ltd hopes to export more nickel concentrates to other processing plants over the next four months while its Australian nickel smelter and refinery is closed for repairs, the miner said on Friday….more at topix BHP to rebuild Australia nickel furnaceGlobal miner BHP Billiton Ltd said on Thursday it has brought forward the rebuilding of a furnace at its Kalgoorlie nickel smelter due to deterioration, forcing the shutdown of its Kwinana refinery…more at topix Rio Tinto pours first metal at Oman aluminium smelterThe Sohar aluminium smelter, in Sohar, Oman, has poured its first metal and is expected to reach full production, at an initial 360 000 t/y, in December, diversified miner Rio Tinto said on Thursday….more at topix |
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