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Aluminum: Hydro will cut aluminum production in Slovakia due to energy costs
After the Aluminium Dunkirk Industries France (read the article here) also Norsk Hydro's majority-owned aluminum plant in Slovakia will cut its production to about 60 percent of capacity in response to high electricity costs. A surge in energy and natural gas costs...
Brazil suspends Amazon mineral exploration permits
The head minister of the Brazilian presidency's institutional security cabinet, Augusto Heleno Ribeiro, has rescinded his own orders after being criticized for granting mineral exploration permits in a protected area of the Amazon near the border with Colombia and...
Copper: Peru’s government still far from agreement on restarting MMG’s Las Bambas mine
Peru's government is still far from reaching an agreement that would guarantee the restart of MMG Ltd's massive Las Bambas copper mine, a day before a crucial meeting with local communities whose roadblock has derailed the mining company's operations. Protesting what...
Ferrous scrap: Japan’s ferrous scrap exports fall 6 percent month-over-month
Japan, a major ferrous scrap exporting country, recorded 0.46mn tons of foreign sales of the material in November 2021 compared with 0.49mn tons in the previous month, showing a 6% decline. The month-over-month decline in exports is largely due to lower demand from...