“The Best Weapon” peace bench will be on display in front of the UN headquarters in New York until September 2019 (PRESS RELEASE) OSLO / NEW YORK, 21-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — “Peace Bench” made out of aluminium from Hydro will … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Metals and Minerals, News, Non Profit, Norway, Politics, Society
Tagged aluminium, compassion, compromise, dialogue, diplomacy, Hilde Merete Aasheim, humane ideals, Hydro, Ina Strander John, Liv Tørres, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela Day, Nobel Peace Center, Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo City Hall, PEACE, piece of art, Snøhetta, The Best Weapon, The Peace Bench, UN headquarters, Vestre
(PRESS RELEASE) GRAZ, 19-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — ANDRITZ to supply two continuous annealing and processing lines to Qinghai Zhuofeng New Material Co., Ltd. in China. The new lines each with an annual capacity of 110,000 tons. Start-up for line 1 … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Automotive, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged aluminum, Andritz, annealing line, automotive sheets, CHINA, coating technologies, processing line, Qinghai Zhuofeng
The SLM-XL project included the development of a prototype machine capable of producing large parts that meet the commonly used 316L stainless steel specifications (PRESS RELEASE) LISBON, 29-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Additive manufacturing technologies are increasingly used, as they allow … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, News, Portugal, Technology
Tagged 316L, 316L stainless steel, additive manufacturing, ADIRA, aser Powder Bed Fusion, Instituto Superior Técnico, laser powder bed fusion, LPBF, LPBF technology, PT2020 Program, Rodolfo Oliveira, scan speed, Selective Laser Melting, selective laser melting process, SLM machine, SLM-XL - 3D project, SLM-XL project, Tiled Laser Melting, Tiled Laser Melting printing process technology, TLM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia, welding
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 22-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Board of Directors of Albras has just announced that it decided to resume the normal aluminium production at the Albras aluminium plant in Brazil. Albras had to limit its production by 50% … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, International Trade, Law, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway
Tagged Albras, Albras aluminium plant, aluminium, aluminium plant, Alunorte, Belem, Brazil, Halvor Molland, Nippon Amazon Aluminium, Norsk Hydro, Stian Hasle
The SLM-XL – 3D project puts together leading research and industrial organizations to develop a prototype capable of coping with the most demanding real-life scenarios (PRESS RELEASE) LISBOA, 9-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Utilization of laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) technology … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, News, Portugal, Technology
Tagged 316L full hardened stainless steel, 316L stainless steel materials, additive manufacturing, ADIRA, Adira Metal Forming Solutions, anisotropy, complex shaped components, COTEC-ANI, direct metal laser sintering, DMLS, fabricate large metal parts, FEDER, hatch distance, Instituto Superior Técnico, large scale parts production, large-scaled LPBF machines, laser powder bed fusion, Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF), laser power, layer orientation, LPBF, MCG – Manuel Conceição Graça, POR Lisbon 2020, Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade, prototyping, PT2020 Program, Rodolfo Oliveira, scan speed, Selective Laser Melting, selective laser melting process, SLM machine, SLM-XL - 3D project, Tiled Laser Melting printing process technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Faculdade de Ciência e Tecnologia, vector length, welding
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 9-May-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Statkraft signs long-term power supply agreement with Alcoa Norway. For the period 2020 to 2026, the total delivery will be just above 3 TWh, with annual deliveries of approximately 440 GWh. The contract … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, News, Norway
Tagged Alcoa Norway, aluminium production, ENERGY, Hallvard Granheim, hydropower, Kai-Rune Heggland, power, renewable energy
(PRESS RELEASE) BAAR, 26-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Glencore has announced it has been notified by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) about an investigation they are going to carry out in regard to possible violation of certain provisions … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Commodities, Government, International Trade, Law, Metals and Minerals, News, Switzerland
Tagged Ash Lazenby, CFTC, CFTC investigation, CFTC Regulations, Charles Watenphul, Commodities, Commodity Exchange Act, corrupt practices, DOJ, Glencore, Martin Fewings, United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, US Department of Justice
(PRESS RELEASE) SOLOTHURN, 30-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — A new technology transfer center in the Bettlach, canton of Solothurn, Switzerland, aimed at transferring new manufacturing technologies for medical applications to the medtech industry accelerating research at the same time has been established and … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, Science, Small Business, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 3D printing, additive manufacturing, Empa, implants, Industry 4.0, Jaw implant from 3D printer, medical devices, medical technology, medtech, Pierangelo Gröning, printed parts, Swiss industry, Swiss m4m Center, technology transfer
(PRESS RELEASE) OSLO, 16-Jan-2019— /EuropaWire/ — A study carried out by professors from the Federal University of Campina Grande, recognized as a specialist in the field of chemical engineering in Brazil, also concludes that Alunorte, from the point of view of … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) ESSEN, 21-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp AG is to appoint former Evonik CFO Dr. Wolfgang Colberg (59) to the Supervisory Board. Dr. Colberg, who has a degree in business administration and business information systems, has … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged appointment, Bernhard Pellens, Dr. Wolfgang Colberg, Martina Merz, ThyssenKrupp AG
HELSINKI, 11-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Pia Aaltonen-Forsell, M. Soc. Sc. (Econ.), MBA, has been appointed Outokumpu’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and member of the Leadership Team as of March 1, 2019 reporting to CEO Roeland Baan. Outokumpu’s CFO Christoph de la … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged appointment, CFO, leadership, Management, Outokumpu, Pia Aaltonen-Forsell, Roeland Baan
Rio Tinto’s Amrun project in Queensland, Australia, has achieved a significant milestone, successfully making the first shipment of bauxite, six weeks ahead of schedule. LONDON, 03-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The US$1.9 billion (A$2.6 billion) investment in Amrun will replace production from … Read the full press release
LUXEMBOURG, 27-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Befesa S.A. (“Befesa”), the European market leader for steel dust and aluminium salt slags recycling services, today received an upgraded corporate family rating (CFR) from Moody’s Investors Service. Moody’s raised Befesa to a Ba2 grade, … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Germany, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged aluminium, Befesa, grade, Moody’s, rating, steel dust
LONDON, 12-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rio Tinto has completed the lease and sale of a wharf and land in Kitimat, British Columbia, to LNG Canada for a consideration of $576 million. LNG Canada, a joint venture comprising Shell, PETRONAS, PetroChina, Mitsubishi … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, United Kingdom
Tagged aluminium, Jakob Stausholm, LNG Canada, Rio Tinto
CO2-free heat supply for Hamburg’s HafenCity district 20,000 tons of CO2 emissions to be prevented annually Technical potential to extract three times the current heat volume HAMBURG, 31-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — With the words “Wärme frei!” (“Release the heat!”), heat began to … Read the full press release
LONDON, 27-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Anglo American plc (“Anglo American” or “the Company”) announces a number of changes to the roles of its non-executive directors following the decisions of Sir Philip Hampton and Jack Thompson to step down from the Board … Read the full press release
BASEL, 12-Sep-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Glencore refers to the announcement on 4 May 2018 concerning the Consortium’s agreement to sell a 14.16% stake in Rosneft to a wholly owned subsidiary of QIA. This transaction has now completed. As a result of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, Switzerland
Tagged Commodities, equity, Glencore, mining, oil, QIA, Rosneft, stake
Value chain expanded in the area of metal processing Sales contribution of EUR 2.5 million expected in 2018 MAINTAL, 14-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — NORMA Group has successfully closed the acquisition of the supplier Statek Stanzereitechnik GmbH (“Statek”) following approval by the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, Metals and Minerals
Tagged acquisition, Bernd Kleinhens, forming, metal, metal_processing, Norma Group, stamping, Statek Stanzereitechnik GmbH
LONDON, 09-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Anglo American plc (“Anglo American”) announces completion of the sale, by its 73%-held subsidiary Anglo American Inyosi Coal (Proprietary) Limited, of the New Largo thermal coal project and Old New Largo closed colliery in South Africa … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, United Kingdom
Tagged Anglo American plc, closed colliery, coal, mining, New Largo, Norman Mbazima, South Africa, thermal coal
LONDON, 03-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rio Tinto has completed the sale of its remaining coal assets in Queensland, Australia, for $3.95 billion. The transactions include the sale of Rio Tinto’s interests in the Hail Creek coal mine and Valeria coal … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, United Kingdom
Tagged Australia, coal, coal assets, coal_mine, equity, J-S Jacque, PE, Queensland, Rio Tinto
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