The Crucible: January 2018
‘In the long run…’ Demand, supply, and the economics of resource availability
The mining industry has a problem, bemoaned Codelco chairman Oscar Landerretche…
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Introducing 39th Fastmarkets International Ferroalloys 2023! Don’t miss the premier event uniting 700 industry leaders across the supply chain. Join us in Europe for networking and securing contracts with key…
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Dear Reader It may not be easy to imagine living in a town where almost every person of working age has lost their job – but this is how it… -
2017 Antimony Day: Because we are stronger together…
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COBALT: What about small scale miners? In global markets the price of cobalt, used in batteries for high-tech products from phones to cars , has nearly tripled to $81,500 a…
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Maria Cox discusses her recent visit to China, where she met members old and new.
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Researchers at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany have developed an environmentally-friendly red light flare popular in fireworks displays and among Soldiers who…
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The LME Metals Seminar is one of the key events for the global metals and mining communities. The hybrid conference comprises a day full of informative discussion and debates on…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: April 2024MMTA International Minor Metals Conference – Programme and Speakers
Welcome to Singapore! Here are this week’s conference schedule and speakers: Conference Schedule Wednesday 17 April 2024 07.30hrs – 15:30hrs Golf Tournament kindly sponsored by ICD Group will take place at the…
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The MMTA is pleased to welcome Holman Fenwick Willan as a new Member. Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) is an international law firm with 450 lawyers across the world. We have…
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国际小金属贸易协会（MMTA）很高兴宣布我们即将于2018 年11 月6 日在香港举办
一个以中国小金属市场为主题的为期一天的座谈会。MMTA 在中国和亚洲各地的会员数量在过去五年中大幅增长，鉴于这一点以及中国在
国际小金属和特种合金领域的关键作用，国际小金属贸易协会举办了由Metal Events
组织的首次在中国的活动，该座谈会将在香港九龙香格里拉大酒店举行。 -
Kymera buys AmeriTi Manufacturing In early April, speciality materials company Kymera announced it had closed its transaction to acquire AmeriTi Manufacturing. Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, AmeriTi is a leading manufacturer…
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At temperatures as hot as the sun and under pressures over a million times atmospheric pressure, the metal molybdenum melts. Tracking the molten history of the metal clarified the melting…
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Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Forschungszentrum Jülich have now presented a process that, for the first time ever, allows this so-called lithium plating process to…
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The Coming Radical Change in Mining Practice Dr Simon Michaux, Senior Research Officer, GeMMe University of Liege presents a personal perspective on the environmental impact of resource consumption. I used… -
Unveiling Perspectives, Empowering Trades The Singapore Commodity Market Insights Forum 2024 is a premier complimentary forum that offers unparalleled insights and perspectives into Asia’s commodity markets & economies. Uncover fresh &…
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CrucibleThe Crucible: April 2024The global energy transition depends on mining – but are we going to make it in time?
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable (John Locke, philosopher 1632 – 1704) In this op-ed for The Crucible, Ingrid Putkonen, Managing Director and Founder of…
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The mining and metals industry has an image problem. Dirty, corrupt and exploitative are words that may spring to mind in certain parts of the world. Energy intensive and polluting are probably used even more widely. However, without the mining of ores and their subsequent processing into metals, we would have no buildings, infrastructure, consumer products (not to mention anything even vaguely high-tech), we would literally still be stuck in the Stone Age.