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Paper: SCGP to invest in new production base in northern Vietnam
SCGP is pursuing an expansion plan to establish a new production complex in northern Vietnam and establish a packaging paper production base within the complex with a total investment of over 11,793 million baht. Commercial start-up is planned for early 2024 to...
Zinc: Teck Resources cuts production forecasts
Teck Resources, Canada’s largest diversified miner, has cut its refined zinc production estimates for 2021 due to widespread wildfires in British Columbia over the summer. Operations at the Vancouver, BC-based miner were temporarily shut down in August for about...
Rare Earth: Chinese imports from Myanmar drop after border closure
Chinese imports of rare earth from neighbouring Myanmar slowed in August as the closure of a key border crossing to contain the spread of the coronavirus prevented shipments. China is the world’s dominant producer of rare earths, a group of 17 minerals used in...
DS Smith sells De Hoop paper mill in the Netherlands
DS Smith is to sell its De Hoop paper mill in the Netherlands to De Jong Packaging for €50m in cash. The deal is expected to take place in the second quarter of fiscal 2022. As part of the deal, DS Smith will continue to purchase and supply the mill with a certain...