Metso has expanded its solvent extraction offering with a wider capacity range and improved features, and is now also introducing the VSF X solvent extraction plant with extended scope. The modular VSF X plant, part of Metso’s Planet Positive offering, allows copper, cobalt, nickel and manganese producers, among others, to purify desired metals from the leach solution in a safe,…
Read MoreLithium. Copper. Nickel. What do you think of when you hear those minerals? Most people hear “lithium” and immediately think of electric vehicles – in particular, the batteries that power them. Full story.
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Metso said it has modernized its pilot facility at the Metso Research Center in Pori, Finland, with expanded capabilities for lithium hydroxide (LiOH) and other battery chemicals process testing. The unique pilot line serves mining and battery industry customers processing battery minerals. In connection with the expansion, Metso has also opened a battery materials precursor (pCAM) pilot plant, available now…
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Nickel Industries said it has completed the acquisition of 10% equity interests in two producing assets from Shanghai Decent: the Huayue Nickel Cobalt and Oracle Nickel projects in Indonesia. The transaction increases the miner’s stake in Oracle Nickel to 80%. Read the full story here.
Read MoreAn employee at the Moa Joint Venture open-pit mine in Moa, Cuba, has died due to a vehicle-related accident.
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State-owned Saudi Arabian Mining Co. (Ma’aden) has agreed to form a joint venture with the kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund to invest in mining assets globally, reported Reuters. Ma’aden will own 51% in the venture while the Public Investment Fund will own 49%, the company said in a regulatory filing. The miner said the new venture’s strategy “will initially be to…
Read MoreThe U.S. State Department said recently that the country has entered an agreement with Canada and other countries to secure supplies of critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel. Read full article.
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The Copper Mark assurance framework is no longer only about copper: the responsible production initiative is collaborating with the International Molybdenum Association (IMOA), the International Zinc Association (IZA) and the Nickel Institute (NI) to promote cross-commodity best practices to make the program also available to molybdenum, nickel and zinc producers.
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As part of a plan to fast-track the movement of its project, UK-based producer Horizonte Minerals said its Araguaia Niquel Metais (ANM) arm is acquiring both new and used ferronickel processing equipment for its Araguaia project in Brazil. The deal with seller Companhia Brasileira de Alumínio (CBA), part of investment group Votorantim SA, was made for US$600,000 cash up front,…
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Australian miner Nickel Mines Limited said that first nickel pig iron from the Angel nickel project in Indonesia, will be ready long before its target date of October 2022 – it is now focusing squarely on the first quarter of the new year.
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