World of Metallurgy ERZMETALL 68 2015 No 3120 Economics Technology and Science ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Pro ducts unterzeichnet Abnahmever einbarung für Seltene Erden Thys senKrupp Metallurgical Products hat eine Abnahmevereinbarung mit dem Bergbauunternehmen Rainbow Rare Earths Limited unterzeichnet Im Rahmen der zehnjährigen Verein barung sichert das Unternehmen der Business Area Materials Services zu 5000 t Seltene Erden Konzentrat und nachgelagerte Produkte wie z B Neo dymoxid Praseodymoxid und Lan thanoxid pro Jahr zu vermarkten Mit diesem Offtake Agreement sind die Rohstoffhandelsexperten exklusiver Vertriebspartner der Rainbow Rare Earths die sich mit der Erforschung und Entwicklung Seltener Erden im ostafrikanischen Burundi beschäftigt Mit dem Offtake Agreement wird ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products seine Pläne die Minenproduktion im Testbetrieb im 4 Quartal 2015 zu be ginnen weiter vorantreiben Pres se Information v 14 4 2015 Outotec to deliver zinc concentrate direct leaching technology to Boliden in Norway Outotec has agreed with Boliden on the delivery of zinc concen trate direct leaching and iron precipi tation technologies and site services for the expansion of the Odda zinc production facilities in Norway The parties have agreed not to disclose the contract value Typically such solutions are worth 10 to 20 mill depending on the scope Boliden is a leading resourc es company in the Nordic countries and Ireland and is currently investing in a capacity increase at the Odda zinc plant from 170 000 to 200 000 t a of zinc This plant on the shore of Har dangerfjord in western Norway is com mitted to very strict environmental regulations and sustainable way of op erating The plant has been using Ou totec s atmospheric zinc concentrate direct leaching process since 2004 and become a benchmark in low emissions high metal recoveries and operational safety Outotec s solution comprises the direct leaching technology basic and detailed engineering and delivery of proprietary OKTOP reactor plant units for leaching and iron precipita tion as well as filters and anode han dling machines In addition Outotec provides extensive services starting from engineering to installation com missioning and start up The deliveries will take place during 2015 and 2016 Press Release April 13 2015 Rio Tinto initiative to help create Australia s largest national park in the Kimberley A Rio Tinto initiative to free up one of the world s great wilderness areas marks an important step in supporting the West Austra lian Government s plans to establish Australia s largest national park Rio Tinto and joint venture partner Alcoa have agreed to terminate a historic State Agreement Act intended to fa cilitate the mining of bauxite and the development of an alumina refinery in the north Kimberley region clearing the way for the area to be included in the Kimberley National Park The area is internationally recognised for its rich flora and fauna tourist draw cards such as the spectacular Mitchell Falls Figure 1 and indigenous rock art dating back over 40 000 years Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh said The Kimberley National Park can now include the Mitchell Plateau area where Rio Tinto and other mining companies have undertaken explora tion since the early 1970s More than 175 000 hectares of land on the Mitch ell Plateau will become part of what is intended be Australia s largest na tional park covering over two million hectares across the Kimberley Since the State Agreement was established more than 40 years ago the Mitch ell Plateau Joint Venture Rio Tinto and Alcoa has actively evaluated the development of an integrated baux ite mine and alumina refinery project The termination of the Alumina Re finery Mitchell Plateau State Agree ment Act is expected to occur with the finalisation of legislation being pro gressed in the State Parliament Press Release March 24 2015 Wuppermann celebrates first stone laying in Hungary Wuppermann group celebrates the first stone lay ing at its new production site in the Hungarian harbor Győr Gönyű With an investment volume of nearly 100 mill the steel processor plans a release in Hungary of a pickling and hot dip galvanizing line with an annu al manufacturing capacity of 500 000 t of steel starting mid 2016 At full capa city Wuppermann Hungary Kft WH will employ about 200 employees Af ter Wuppermann s signing of the lease for the new site in Hungary on May 15 of 2014 the planned expansion of the infrastructure by the Hungarian authorities can start This includes the enlargements of the port the realiza tion of the quay the embankment and the construction of the railroad tracks Furthermore Wuppermann entrust ed mid of June SMS Siemag with the supply of a hot wide strip pickling and hot dip galvanizing line for the new plant Wuppermann group is building on a land of 80 000 m four produc tion and logistics halls with a total area of about 32 000 m guaranteeing the existing customers of Wuppermann Bandstahl GmbH a seamless transi tion As previously announced in 2014 the galvanizing line at the Wupper mann site in Linz Austria is shutting down end of 2016 due to expiring lea ses and supply contracts with voestal pine Stahl GmbH The new plant shall also supply the Austrian sites of Wup permann in Altmünster and Juden burg Press Release April 29 2015 Fig 1 Mitchell falls land scape part of the proposed Kimber ley National Park and located near the land covered by the terminated State Agreement Act Photograph Tony Bartlett AAP

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