Metallurgy news

• China's steel output fell 12% year-on-year in October, accelerating from a 5% fall in September. The recent decline in output comes as Beijing plans to cut “excessive” steel output in 2025 (to 5% of China's 2024 supply, according to market estimates) and strictly prohibit new capacity expansion in 2025-26. Although local crude steel production fell 4% year-on-year in the first 10 months of 202... 17.11.2025  06:00

• Kazakhstan — focus on mining industry Cove Capital (USA) — invests 1.1 billion in the development of tungsten deposits. This is one of the largest C51 projects in the USAChina is the main producer and consumer of tungsten in the world. He mines it at home and uses it in industry, mainly in steelmaking. Another role of tungsten in the f... 17.11.2025  06:00

• How can we make people happy when they go to work? 1. Respect every person regardless of their position and status2. Never try to deceive people and profit from them3. Finding time to listen and help an employee who has problems in life or a difficult periodThese three simple rules have never failed me.... 16.11.2025  20:00

• Solikamsk Magnesium Plant, RUSAL, RUSNIKEL - hurry up to join! We announce the speakers and guests of honor of the 3rd international forum and exhibition “Non-ferrous metals of Russia and the CIS: mining, construction and modernization of enterprises.”• Igor Ignashov (Aluminum Association)• Andrey Trenin (Arkmineral-Resource)• Victor Petrukhin (Bai Tau Minerals... 16.11.2025  12:00

• Engineer's Ring Canada has an interesting tradition: each graduate of an engineering university signs a special text of commitment, after which he receives a symbol of Canadian engineers - a stainless steel ring.In 1922, Canadian civil engineering professor Herbert Holtain decided to create a ceremony for... 16.11.2025  11:00

• British court finds BHP liable for Brazilian Samarco accident The High Court in London, England, found BHP responsible for the 2015 Mariana dam collapse, which killed 19 people and caused the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history. Judge Finola O'Farren said BHP, although not the owner of iron ore and pellet producer Samarco, a joint venture... 15.11.2025  20:00

• If you haven’t started collecting coins yet, then it’s time... the cost of metals has long exceeded their face value A signal for investment.Potanin collects olympic medals for a reason;)The US Treasury officially stopped issuing one-cent coins - on November 12, the last penny was minted at the Mint in Philadelphia. The authorities announced that they would sell the last minted copies at auction.They decided to... 15.11.2025  15:00

• Aluminum: prices rise to three-year highs Since the beginning of the year, aluminum prices have increased by 13% and are now trading at 2,850 per ton, which is close to three-year highs. However, market participants are divided on the future price dynamics.Reasons for rising pricesPrices have risen in the last few months due to a number of... 15.11.2025  11:00

• Over the past 60 years, the price of silver has followed the price of gold, although gold itself has risen faster most of the time. The ratio between their prices more than doubled from the 1960s to the period 2000–2015 and has remained at a high level since 2016. As of December 2024, this ratio was 42% higher than the 2000–2015 average.However, in 2025, the situation changed. From the beginning of the year to October, silver ha... 15.11.2025  10:00

• Chinese scientists were the first in the world to extract rare earth metals from plants It turned out that ferns like "vacuum cleaners" absorb elements from the environment, as a result of which minerals crystallize in their tissues. For example, they managed to extract monazite from them, which usually contains radioactive elements, but was "clean and safe" in the plant.In theory,... 15.11.2025  10:00