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Tata Steel to install acid regeneration plant in Port Talbot
17.12.2025
Tata Steel has commissioned Andritz to supply an acid regeneration plant for its steelworks in Port Talbot, Wales, UK. The new plant will meet the highest environmental standards and support the planned capacity expansion of the steelworks' pickling line.
Spartan UK pilots AI technology to cut emissions and energy use
16.12.2025
Spartan UK has launched a pilot project with industrial AI start-up Deep.Meta to reduce emissions and improve energy efficiency at its Newcastle upon Tyne plant.
Rio Tinto’s Nuton technology produces first copper
15.12.2025
Rio Tinto has produced the first copper from the Johnson Camp mine in Arizona using its Nuton Technology, marking a pivotal step forward in the development of this innovative copper processing technology, the company said.
Sail to install India's largest blast furnace
12.12.2025
Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has awarded the contract for the new, greenfield blast furnace No. 6 at their IISCO Steel Plant in Burnpur to Danieli Corus. IISCO blast furnace No. 6 will be the largest on the Indian subcontinent.
SMS commissions Germany’s largest air-to-water heat pump
10.12.2025
SMS has commissioned Germany’s largest air-to-water heat pump at its Hilchenbach site. With the all-electric power-to-heat system, the metallurgical plant manufacturer makes savings of 6,000 tonnes of CO₂ per year. The company has thus completely dispensed with the fossil fuels previously used.
Novelis boosts energy efficiency in aluminium recycling
09.12.2025
Aluminium company Novelis and engineering company Fives have successfully modernised three aluminium smelting furnaces at the Novelis site in Voerde. Energy-efficient burners have reduced the carbon footprint by more than 40% and significantly lowered gas consumption.
Precious metal recycling in continuous electro-galvanizing
08.12.2025
Rethinking materials cycles: Salzgitter and Umicore cooperating in the recycling of a rare precious metal.
Rare earths: Our options for countering geostrategic dependencies
04.12.2025
For many modern technologies, rare earths are indispensable. To maintain our independence from regions that hold a monopoly over these resources, we need to invest in suitable research infrastructures, says Jens Gutzmer, mineralogist and founding director of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology.
Aurubis secures copper raw material from Sweden
02.12.2025
Aurubis AG, a leading global supplier of non-ferrous metals, and the Swedish mining company Viscaria agreed to enter into a memorandum of understanding for a long-term copper concentrate supply contract.
Climate-friendly metals from deep-sea ores
01.12.2025
If manganese nodules can be mined in an environmentally friendly way, the critical metals needed for the energy transition could be produced with low CO2 emissions.