- 1. Protest turns deadly at Indonesian nickel smelter
- (Latest)
- Two workers were killed during clashes between protesters, workers and security guards at the PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI) smelter in Indonesia, over the weekend, reported Reuters. Production ...
- Created on 17 January 2023
- 2. MARKET REPORT: COPPER
- (Features)
- ... Copper prices are projected to increase by 8% in 2022 as constraints in Chile and Peru persist, and as one of China’s major smelters is facing credit issues. Prices are expected to ease in 2023, however, ...
- Created on 28 June 2022
- 3. Djakarta Mining Club Ninth Anniversary
- (From the Editor)
- ... Investment. This is an opportunity for mining stakeholders and investors to hear about project updates and new development of nickel projects including smelter development; plus challenges and opportunities ...
- Created on 27 June 2022
- 4. Vedanta to sell long-idled Indian copper smelter
- (Latest)
- Indian natural resources company Vedanta Ltd has placed a copper smelter complex in the southern Tamil Nadu state for sale, reported Reuters. The smelter has been closed since May 2018 after 13 people ...
- Created on 22 June 2022
- 5. Metso Outotec to deliver milestone anode casting shop to PT Smelting
- (Latest)
- Metso Outotec will deliver its 100th anode casting shop to PT Smelting’s copper smelter in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia. The OEM said it is one of the world’s largest twin wheel systems with a capacity ...
- Created on 26 April 2022
- 6. Ecolab launches complete end-to-end flotation optimisation solution
- (Product News)
- ... help a customer achieve multiple benefits, such as reduced float cell valve failures, reduced troubleshooting time, optimal chemical reagent dosage and fewer product quality violations or smelter penalties. ...
- Created on 03 January 2022
- 7. IMPROVING MINING SAFETY IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
- (Features)
- ... is trucked to the Sriracha Harbour in southern Thailand, approximately 1,000 kilometres (404 miles) from Phu Kham, for export to smelters mainly in Asia. About 25 kilometres (15.5 miles) west of Phu ...
- Created on 27 December 2021
- 8. Civmec wins A$130 million worth of projects
- (Latest)
- ... aluminium smelter near Gladstone in Queensland. The BHP and Roy Hill projects are within Civmec’s newly formed Maintenance and Capital Works, Resources and Energy area. The BHP contract is part of the ...
- Created on 20 October 2021
- 9. BHP’s first nickel sulphate inches it forward in battery path
- (Latest)
- ... using local suppliers and skills, the miner said, and will process the input once it exits the Kalgoorlie nickel smelter and is transported to the kwinana nickel refinery and refined into briquettes ...
- Created on 05 October 2021
- 10. MOVING MATERIAL
- (Features)
- ... haulage. SAFETY FIRST The company’s latest endeavour is a five-year contract on a US$30 billion project to extract nickel ore and transport it to the smelter at the Weda Bay Nickel Project ...
- Created on 30 September 2021
- 11. Freeport goes it alone on new smelter
- (Leading Developments)
- Producer PT Freeport Indonesia is reportedly going out on its own to develop a copper smelter in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia, after failed talks about a joint venture for the project with Chinese group ...
- Created on 23 September 2021
- 12. Freeport goes it alone on new smelter
- (Latest)
- Producer PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is reportedly going out on its own to develop a copper smelter in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia, after failed talks about a joint venture for the project with Chinese ...
- Created on 21 July 2021
- 13. GFG new owner of Tasmanian smelter
- (Latest)
- GFG Alliance has taken ownership of the Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company (TEMCO) smelter from miners Anglo American and South32. The smelter in Bell Bay will continue to be used as a component ...
- Created on 07 January 2021
- 14. Trends in Indonesian mining
- (Features)
- ... of some unprocessed commodities, including nickel and bauxite. While there have been inconsistent approaches to implementing the policy, there has nevertheless been large-scale investment in smelters and ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 15. COVID-19 Update
- (Features)
- ... to avoid turning off smelters. This has recently been relaxed to allow all mining activities to resume provided that mines only produce at 50% of capacity. Maintaining social distancing protocols in the ...
- Created on 16 September 2020
- 16. Rio Tinto releases second quarter operational update
- (Latest)
- ... was 2 per cent lower than the second quarter of 2019 primarily due to pot relining at Kitimat (Canada), the decision to operate the ISAL smelter (Iceland) at 85 per cent capacity and the curtailment ...
- Created on 22 July 2020
- 17. GlobalData supports standard for responsible production, trading of copper
- (Sustainability)
- ... this year, with the launch of its formal application process. The organisation will begin accepting applications from copper producers (including mines, smelters and refiners) this year, while applications ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 18. Freeport Indonesia exceeds East Java smelter progress targets
- (Around the Region)
- PT Freeport Indonesia’s chief executive told a parliamentary committee in Jakarta that the company has not only exceeded progress targets on its copper concentrate smelter in Gresik, East Java, Indonesia, ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 19. Make money while the sun shines – Indonesia
- (Features)
- ... (being prepared) will give them a floor price to end the predatory pricing practices of some of the nickel smelters. Bauxite miners and smelters are keeping their heads down and keeping out of the lime ...
- Created on 30 June 2020
- 20. Mining projects may boost PH mining industry
- (Around the Region)
- ... by Fitch Solutions Macro Research. “We believe nickel smelters in China, which currently import the majority of their ore from Indonesia, will likely look to the Philippines as an alternative source ...
- Created on 30 June 2020