Monthly production of chromite with 44-48% Cr2O3 content was down both on a sequential and year-on-year basis, as reduced mining capacity is denting overall sales volumes. South African output of high-purity chromite fell in October after a surge in the previous month, while the latest output remained some 15,000 tonnes below the same time in …

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El pasado 23 de febrero tuvieron lugar en la sede de ANFRE en Madrid la Junta Directiva, la Asamblea General, y las reuniones de los Comités Técnico y de Montadores. Como viene siendo habitual en las últimas reuniones hemos tenía aforo completo. Tenemos que agradecer, una vez más, a los asociados de ANFRE su asistencia …

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The historian R.G. Collingwood believed, as do many others, that only by studying the past can the present and perhaps future be better understood. Whilst most people have a good grasp of where they currently are, almost everyone would ideally like to have more information to try to establish where they may be going in …

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Emirates Global Aluminium chief executive Abdulla Kalban says he expects fierce Chinese competition to keep a lid on world aluminium prices for the next couple of years. EGA is one of the world’s top 10 aluminium producers but is heavily reliant on export markets to sell its product, where it meets competition from China, which …

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Delegates at this year’s MagMin2016 were told that there were opportunities for growth for refractories producers in the glass market. Delegates at this year’s MagMin 2016 were told that there were opportunities for growth for refractories producers in the glass market. Addressing the conference, which this year was held in Dusseldorf, Fabrice Rivet, technical director …

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