Metal plants feeding Europe’s factories face an existential crisis
Aluminum production in Europe has dropped to the lowest levels since the 1970s.
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Bahrain to restructure board of wealth fund Mumtalakat, BNA reports
One of Mumtalakat Holding's assets is Aluminium Bahrain, the world's largest aluminium smelter outside of China.
Swiss steel mill readies for shorter hours as energy bills soar
Stahl Gerlafingen wants to put staff on shorter working hours to contend with soaring energy bills.
How machine learning can help identify new, deeply buried porphyry copper deposits
Two novel machine learning techniques are able to identify new, deeply buried porphyry copper deposits by characterizing magma fertility.
Mining title applications in Colombia to include stricter environmental considerations
Colombia’s State Council demanded that authorities correct a long-standing deficit in environmental protection when it comes to the granting of mining titles.
German Greens deny report on nuclear plant extensions
Germany’s Green Party denied a report that it will back a plan allowing some of the nation’s nuclear power plants to continue operating beyond a previously set phase-out date.
Nigeria to pay $496 million to settle claims over steel plants
Global Steel had acquired rights to Nigeria's entire state steel industry via five major concessions and share purchase contracts.
Mining industry on track to meet decarbonization targets, say analysts
The availability of risk capital for miners is biased towards those with concrete plans for achieving net-zero emissions targets by 2030.
Chile, Codelco face another lost decade of output growth
World's no.1 producer Codelco’s annual copper production is set to fall 400,000 tonnes below its peak while Chile’s output is back to levels last seen in 2004.
