Category Archives: Metals and Minerals

Metals and Minerals Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

Neue Werkstoffe für Mobilität und Energie – EIB unterstützt Forschungsprojekt der voestalpine

Neue Werkstoffe für Mobilität und Energie – EIB unterstützt Forschungsprojekt der Voestalpine from left to right: Mr Robert Ottel, Member of the board of Voestalpine AG (CFO), Mr Wilhelm Molterer, Vice-President of the EIB and Dr. Wolfgang Eder, CEO Voestalpine AG 30.11.2012

3-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Für die Erforschung und Entwicklung neuer Stahlsorten für Anwendungen in den Bereichen Mobilität und Energie erhält der voestalpine-Konzern ein Darlehen der Europäischen Investitionsbank (EIB) in Höhe von 250 Mio. Euro. Mit diesen Mitteln wird voestalpine am Standort … Read the full press release

Nieuwe methode om poreuze materialen te ontwikkelen

1. Het oorspronkelijk zeoliet kan voorgesteld worden als lagen (grijs) verbonden door twee kubussen (geel).2. De kubussen worden systematisch uit het oorspronkelijk materiaal geknipt.3. De lagen worden niet aangetast en op alternatieve manieren aaneengeschakeld.

27-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Zeolieten zijn mineralen met een poreuze structuur. Dat maakt hen interessant als katalysator in industriële toepassingen. Kunstmatige zeolieten zijn helaas zeer complex aan te maken. Onderzoekers van de universiteiten van Leuven, Gent en Antwerpen ontdekten een manier … Read the full press release

GLENCORE PUBLISHES SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2011

BAAR, Switzerland, 26-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ —  Glencore International plc today published its second sustainability report. The report evaluates Glencore’s performance in 2011, its progress in contributing to sustainable development and the level of commitment it has shown towards all of its … Read the full press release

DSM awarded for its integrated reporting

Heerlen, NL, 26-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has been awarded three prestigious awards in the Netherlands for its 2011 Integrated Annual Report. For the second year in a row, the company was awarded … Read the full press release

DSM to sell participation in DEXPlastomers JV to Borealis

Heerlen, NL, 23-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, announced today that it has reached an agreement with Borealis AG for the sale of DEXPlastomers V.o.F, a 50/50 Joint Venture of DSM with an affiliate of … Read the full press release

Mergers: Commission approves Glencore’s acquisition of Xstrata, subject to conditions

Brussels, 23-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Xstrata, the world’s fifth largest metals and mining group, by Glencore, the world’s leading metals and thermal coal trader. The clearance is conditional on … Read the full press release

DSM to acquire Fortitech to strengthen human nutrition business

DSM to acquire Fortitech to strengthen human nutrition business

DSM (NYSE Euronext: DSM KON) to acquire Fortitech for total enterprise value of USD 634 million (about €495 million) in cash Fortitech expected 2013 net sales: about USD 270 million, with EBITDA of about USD 70 million, including synergies and … Read the full press release

Environmental efficacy rewarded with the 2012 Swedish Steel Prize

21-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — This year, the Swedish Steel Prize has been awarded to A-Ward Attachments Ltd. of New Zealand. The company has designed a flexible system using high-strength steel which compresses and packs metallic scrap in containers. The aim of the … Read the full press release

voestalpine Groundbreaking Ceremony in the USA

voestalpine Groundbreaking Ceremony in the USA

19-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — On November 14, the voestalpine Group held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Metal Forming Division’s new US plant in Cartersville, Georgia. The most recent US investment into the future production of automotive components is worth around EUR 50 … Read the full press release

voestalpine Group: Great stability despite challenging environment: earnings expectations for year as a whole lowered roughly 10% due to economic uncertainties

Great stability despite challenging environment: earnings expectations for year as a whole lowered roughly 10% due to economic uncertainties

Revenue virtually unchanged at EUR 5.9 billion (EUR 6.0 billion in BY 2011/12) In comparison to first half of previous year, operating result (EBITDA) declined from EUR 824 million to EUR 730 million (−11.5%) Slight drop of EBITDA margin from … Read the full press release

UGent en Umicore organiseren Workshop Urban mining for Metal Recovery

16-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — De UGent en Umicore organiseren in samenwerking met Gent BC op 9 november een internationale workshop rond ‘Urban Mining for Metal Recovery’. Een aantal internationale deskundigen zullen zowel de huidige als toekomstige mogelijkheden ter recuperatie van kritieke metalen … Read the full press release

A new way of making glass

Making glass by changing the structure of a liquid. Left: normal liquid alloy of nickel (silver) and phosphorous (orange) atoms. Encouraging atoms to form bicapped square antiprisms (inset) turned the liquid into a solid glass (right) where the nickel (turquoise) and phosphorous (green) atoms in antiprisms are drawn larger

A new way to make glass has been discovered by a collaboration of researchers at the Universities of Düsseldorf and Bristol using a method that controls how the atoms within a substance are arranged around each other. The research is … Read the full press release

Zielitz potash plant – Investment in new production facility strengthens sustainability of the site

12-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — At its Zielitz site in Saxony-Anhalt, K+S KALI GmbH will invest about 21 million euros in the building of a new production facility, which will produce high-purity potassium chloride (KCl 99) in compacted form as of 2014. Today’s … Read the full press release

ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe reports €303 million Q3 operating loss

ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon Europe reports €303 million Q3 operating loss

Luxembourg, 8-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — ArcelorMittal today announced results for its Flat Carbon Europe segment for the third quarter of 2012. The segment recorded an operating loss of €303 million which includes restructuring costs but excludes interest and tax costs. The … Read the full press release

Mergers: Commission approves Outokumpu’s acquisition of Inoxum, subject to conditions

Brussels, 8-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Following an in-depth review, the European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Inoxum, the stainless steel division of ThyssenKrupp of Germany, by the Finnish stainless steel company Outokumpu. The approval is … Read the full press release

voestalpine reducing earnings expectations by EUR 100 million for FY 2012/13 despite development in the first half according to expectations

* according to IFRS all results after Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) ** before minority interest and hybrid capital interest

With an EBITDA of EUR 730 million and EBIT of EUR 441 million based on almost stable revenues in the first half of 2012/13 voestalpine is well on track to repeat the (adjusted) earnings figures of the business year 2011/12. … Read the full press release

voestalpine AG – Streaming of the press conference on the results of the first half year

6-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — This year you have again the possibility to watch the press conference on the results of the first half year 2012/13 live via internet. The event where the Management Board of voestalpine AG will present the results … Read the full press release

VTB provides financing to Vyksa Steel Works

3-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — VTB Bank has opened a revolving credit line with a limit of RUB 6 billion (US$ 190.6 million) for Vyksa Steel Works, part of Russia’s United Metallurgical Company (OMK), for a period of three years. The company will use … Read the full press release

RWE Dea sichert sich Bohrkapazitäten für das Feld Titan in Norwegen

Bohranlage Bredford Dolphin / Foto: Dolphin Drilling

RWE Dea Norge AS, die norwegische Tochter des deutschen Erdöl- und Erdgasunterneh-mens RWE Dea AG, hat mit Dolphin Drilling AS ein Abkommen über den Einsatz der Bohranlage Bredford Dolphin unterzeichnet. Die Anlage wird mit drei weiteren Ölgesell-schaften gemeinsam genutzt. Oslo, … Read the full press release

Outokumpu’s third quarter 2012 – Continued positive cash flow but unsatisfactory profitability in a challenging environment

OUTOKUMPU OYJ INTERIM REPORT 25-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Third-quarter 2012 highlights – Underlying operational result was EUR -57 million – Operating loss was EUR 89 million including raw material-related inventory losses of some EUR 18 million and net non-recurring items totalling EUR -14 million … Read the full press release