(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 24-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall announce that they are now advancing on their plan to make fossil-free steel for the global market. The partners establish the world’s first production plant for fossil-free sponge iron … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Anna Borg, fossil free electricity, fossil-free pellet plant, fossil-free sponge iron, fossil-free steel, fossil-free steel production, fossil-free value chain, Gällivare, HYBRIT, hydrogen gas, industrialization, iron ore, Jan Moström, LKAB, Luleå, Martin Lindqvist, mining, Net zero emissions, Oxelösund, reduce carbon dioxide emissions, sponge iron, sponge iron plant, SSAB, Steel Industry, steelmaking, Vattenfall
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 16-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — British multinational mining company Anglo American plc (“Anglo American”) announces the appointment of Elisabeth Brinton as a non-executive director, effective 1 March 2021. Elisabeth Brinton is EVP of Global Renewables & Energy Solutions … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Anglo American, Anne Stevens, appointment, Board of Directors, Byron Grote, clean energy strategies, Elisabeth Brinton, Hilary Maxson, Hixonia Nyasulu, Ian Ashby Marcelo Bastos, Mark Cutifani, mining, Nonkululeko Nyembezi, Royal Dutch Shell plc, Stephen Pearce, Stuart Chambers, Tony O’Neill
(PRESS RELEASE) BAAR, 3-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Sika (SWX: SIKA), a Swiss multinational specialty chemical company, has announced it has further expanded additive production for shotcrete at Spånga, near Stockholm in Sweden, and upscaled to the latest-generation technology. The new … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, News, Sweden, Switzerland
Tagged additive production, construction, COVID-19, infrastructure, investments, Ivo Schädler, mining, mining projects, shotcrete, Sika, Spånga, Stockholm, Sweden
(PRESS RELEASE) HEERBRUGG, Switzerland, 15-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announces Leica Cyclone ENTERPRISE. The new, user-managed, enterprise-level platform provides a central tool for managing, collaborating and accessing reality capture projects to view, share and analyse rich … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Industrial, News, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged 3D, autonomous, autonomous solutions, CAD, collaboration, construction, Faheem Khan, geospatial, Hexagon, infrastructure, JetStream Enterprise, Joseph Romano, LANGAN Engineering, Leica CloudWorx, Leica Cyclone ENTERPRISE, Leica Geosystems, Leica TruView LIVE, mapping, mining, project management platform, reality capture, sensor, software, surveying
(PRESS RELEASE) COPENHAGEN, 13-Nov-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — FLSmidth (CPH: FLS), a Danish multinational engineering company serving the global mining and cement industries, has announced the appointment of Carsten Riisberg Lund as new Cement Industry President and member of Group Executive … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Denmark, Industrial, Management
Tagged appointment, Carsten Riisberg Lund, Cement, FLSmidth, Jan Kjaersgaard, mining, Nicolai Mauritzen, Rasmus Windfeld, Thomas Schulz
(PRESS RELEASE) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 17-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a leading global professional services company, has announced it has extended its IT services agreement with Anglo American (LON: AAL), a multinational mining company, until 2023. The new … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) UTRECHT, Netherlands, 2-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Solidaridad announces cooperation with Dutch-based gold company Aunexum Precious Metals Group on artisanal and small-scale (ASM) gold mining. The investment will look into suitable methods for mercury-free gold mining in Ghana and … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Investment, Metals and Minerals, Netherlands, News, Society
Tagged ASM gold mines, ASM gold mining, Aunexum Precious Metals Group, female miners, GHANA, gold, gold mining, Golden Line programme, Healthy Entrepreneurs, Heske Verburg, mercury-free gold mining, mining, responsible gold, Simavi, Solidaridad, Stephen Kithuka, Tanzania, Vincent Kersten
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 30-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Rio Tinto started the process of resuming operations at Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) in South Africa. Following discussions led by the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Sihle Zikalala, with all stakeholders about securing stability to … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 24-Jul-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Anglo American plc appoints Nolitha Fakude as Chairman of Anglo American’s Management Board in South Africa, effective 1 September 2019. In order to take up this new executive role, Ms Fakude will step … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Investment, Metals and Minerals, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Anglo American, appointment, Mark Cutifani, metals, minerals, mining, Nolitha Fakude, South Africa, Themba Mkhwanazi
(PRESS RELEASE) BAAR, 28-Jun-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Glencore‘s subsidiary Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) is not connected to the incidents and the fatalities of illegal artisanal miners across its industrial mining concessions in the Kolwezi area, Democratic Republic of the Congo. … Read the full press release
Posted in Commodities, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, News, Security & Safety, Society, Switzerland
Tagged agriculture, Commodities, concessions, Congo, copper mine, Glencore, human rights, illegal artisanal miners, illegal miners, illegal trespassing, Kamoto Copper Company, KCC, Kolwezi, Metallurgy, miners, mining, mining concessions, natural resource, oil, rescue operations, safety
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
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
• QME Mining Equipment Ltd will take delivery of the helicopter in early 2019 • Leonardo and official distributor in UK and Ireland Sloane Helicopters have delivered 15 aircraft in the last 18 months confirming Leonardo’s dominance in the regional … Read the full press release
Hydro has appointed John Thuestad as new Executive Vice President for the business area Bauxite & Alumina effective June 1. Thuestad has more than 30 years of international experience from the metal and mining industry OSLO, 16-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, Norway
Tagged aluminium, Bauxite & Alumina, Hydro, John Thuestad, metal, mining, Svein Richard Brandtzæg
LUXEMBOURG, 08-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — ArcelorMittal (‘the Company’) announces that it has been granted merger clearance by the European Commission (‘EC’ or ‘the Commission’) for AM Investco Italy Srl (AM Investco)’s proposed acquisition of Ilva S.p.A (Ilva). EC merger clearance … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, European Union, Investment, Italy, Luxembourg, Metals and Minerals
Tagged acquisition, AM Investco Italy Srl, ArcelorMittal, EU, European Commission, Ilva S.p.A, merger clearance, mining, STEEL
COPENHAGEN, 26-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Effective from 1 July 2018, FLSmidth’s organisation will consist of two industries – Cement and Mining – supported by a regional setup to strengthen customer focus and life-cycle solutions – combined with a new central digital … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Denmark, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Cement, FLSmidth, Management, mining, Thomas Schulz
LTE Advanced network will be deployed three kilometers below ground – the deepest LTE network in Canada Data and voice access network will be built completely on Ericsson equipment New LTE network will increase mine safety, efficiency and pave the … Read the full press release
LONDON, 25-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Rio Tinto is further strengthening its presence in Mongolia, underscoring its commitment to the country. Rio Tinto will establish a new office in Ulaanbaatar and expand its national employee numbers to around 80 through the course … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, United Kingdom
Tagged metal, mining, Mongolia, Munkhtushig Dul, Rio Tinto, Ulaanbaatar
New Tufftalk allows workers to be more productive, conduct more effective interactions and make the job site safer and healthier SAN JOSE, Calif., USA, 22-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Sena Technologies, Inc., the global leader in Bluetooth communication devices for motorsport, … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, News, Security & Safety, Sweden, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 1.4 km communication range, Bluetooth, Bluetooth 4.1, Bluetooth communication devices, Bluetooth integrated intercom device, communication devices, HD quality speakers, headset, industrial mobile workers, intercom communication, intercom device, Jog Dial design, landscaping, military, mining, motorsport, outdoor and industrial solutions, quarrying, Railways, Sena Technologies, shipping, Tae Kim, Tufftalk, Tufftalk headset, two-way radio devices, voice commands, VOX technology, Warehousing
Luxembourg, 5-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — On 30 April 2015, ArcelorMittal signed a US$6,000,000,000 Revolving Credit Facility (incorporating 3 and 5 year tranches) (the “Facility”). The Facility will replace the US$2,400,000,000 revolving credit facility agreement dated 6 May 2010 and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Metals and Minerals
Tagged ArcelorMittal, mining, revolving credit facility, STEEL
MOSCOW, 16-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ROSATOM announces management changes at its mining division: Vadim Jivov is stepping down as President of Uranium One Holding and Uranium One Inc., giving up his operational management responsibilities as his family relocates due to children’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Metals and Minerals, Russia
Tagged mining, ROSATOM, Uranium One Holding, Uranium One Inc., Vadim Jivov, Vasily Konstantinov
Luxembourg, 20-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — ArcelorMittal today announces its financial calendar for 2014. Earnings results announcements: 7 February 2014 Earnings Release Q4 2013 + FY 2013 9 May 2014 Earnings Release Q1 2014 1 August 2014 Earnings Release Q2 2014 7 November … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Luxembourg, Metals and Minerals
Tagged 2014 financial calendar, ArcelorMittal, ArcelorMittal financial calendar 2014, Earnings Release, financial calendar, General Meeting of Shareholders, Group Management Board, mining, Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders, STEEL
Stockholm, Sweden, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Hexagon AB, leading global provider of design, measurement and visualisation solutions, has signed an agreement to acquire Devex, a leading player in the field of automation solutions for mining operations. Devex is a Brazilian company with … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 3D environments, acquire, acquisition, Brazil, Devex, Hexagon, Kristin Christensen, Mattias Stenberg, measurement technologies, mine activities real-time control, mine activities remote monitoring, mine-management software solutions, mining, Ola Rollén, open-pit mines, optimising mine performance, software, underground mines, visualisation technologies
A reliable partner for your gold operations Finland, 27-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Outotec provides the mining and metallurgical industry with advanced solutions for processing a variety of gold ore types ranging from free-milling ores to refractory gold ores. Our process solutions include … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Metals and Minerals
Tagged comminution, flotation, free-milling ores, gold, gold ore, gold ores, hydrometallurgy, leaching, metallurgical industry, metals processing, minerals processing, mining, ores, Outotec, pressure oxidation, pyrometallurgy, refractory gold ores, roasting