UC RUSAL, the world’s largest aluminium and alumina producer, has completed the conversion of one potroom at its Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter (KrAZ) to the colloidal anode paste technology and says “the economic effect from this innovation at one potroom alone can be up to $1 million annually.” Using colloidal anode paste is one of the key […]

Rio Tinto Alcan has sold its 50% equity share of the Alcan Ningxia aluminium joint venture in China to Qingtongxia Aluminium Group (QTX) for gross cash consideration of $125 million. In addition, Rio Tinto Alcan received $13 million for the cancellation of an option right to expand at the Qingtongxia smelter complex. Alcan Ningxia joint […]

On January 23, The Doe Run Co announced that all eight of its air monitors near the company’s Herculaneum, Missouri, USA, smelter, successfully met the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for lead during the fourth quarter of 2008. This marks the third consecutive quarter of attainment since Doe Run completed installation of the 60-plus engineering […]

In a ceremony on January 23 at the Bucyrus facility in Lünen, Germany the company celebrated the completion of the 400th CST (Controlled Start Transmission) drive system since 1994. The “Jubilee System” is a gearbox of model size KP-CST 65 and will be delivered to one of its largest customers in the US together with two […]

Dragon Mining Limited released the December 2008 quarterly report which highlights record quarterly gold production for the group of 21,061 oz at an average cash cost of $520/oz. At Svartliden in Sweden gold production for the quarter was 11,332 oz at an average cash cost of $476/oz. Encouraging final results were received from diamond core […]

Potash One and Potash North Resource have entered into a binding letter of intent (LOI) containing the principal terms by which, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, Potash One will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Potash North through a Plan of Arrangement or other form of business combination. This will […]