Oman to Become a Major Copper Exporter by 2027 The official groundbreaking ceremony for the Mazoon Copper project, a copper ore mining and beneficiation facility, has taken place in Oman, with Minerals Development Oman as the investor. The general contractor is the Canadian firm Lycopodium, which will provide all the necessary engineering, procurement, and construction…
READ MOREConstellium Begins Using Hydrogen for Aluminium Casting French metallurgical company Constellium has launched a project to produce aluminium semi-finished products using hydrogen as a fuel. The company’s research and development center has successfully cast its first aluminium plate using hydrogen. Given the odorless and highly flammable nature of hydrogen, the research center installed an additional…
READ MOREPlatinum and palladium are platinum group metals (PGM), a classification which also includes iridium, osmium, rhodium and ruthenium. Both metals are highly valued for their rarity, durability and wide-ranging applications, which makes them particularly important in the automotive industry, jewellery making and clean energy. Today, the importance of these metals to global markets is growing,…
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