| 单词 | smelter |
| 例句 | Sheep kept near the smelters developed cancers of the nasal sinus; at their death arsenic was found in the brain, liver, and tumors. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Comforting sounds of work and activity, the air tanged with the coal reek of smelters and the salt fresh breeze coming off the water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z True, it had been noticed that skin cancer was prevalent among workers exposed to arsenic fumes in copper smelters and tin foundries in Cornwall and Wales. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The air around Nailer was hazed with the black work of shoreline smelters, but out there, beyond the smoke, he could see sails. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z His invention, it turned out, could also cleanse noxious vapors and particulates from smelter effluent, coal particles from mine air, and much more. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In the area about Freiberg, Saxony, smelters for silver and lead poured arsenic fumes into the air, to drift out over the surrounding countryside and settle down upon the vegetation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The festival is expected to return next year, as the Hunter Valley town of 4,000 people is dependent on the tourist dollar after losing its largest employer, an aluminum smelter, in 2012. Australian town crowns most impressive hairstyle at inaugural... 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z "We got organized, we resisted and we won," said smelter production manager Alexander Ilarionov, adding that most workers were ready to defend the plant and the city once again. Ukraine steelmen hold their ground as frontline marches towards port 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z Nearby, metal smelters hammered weapons into shape, spice merchants prepared remedies and tradeswomen spun and dyed wool. Knight fever! Irish village transformed into medieval battlefield 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z And yet, Berlin is not only a soulful chronicler of the lost corners of America, whose semi-autobiographical stories brim with red caliche clay, arroyos, drainage ditches and smelter towns. A New Story Collection and a Memoir by Lucia Berlin, Patron Saint of Soulful Cool 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z They seem to be in thrall to a mysterious character named Thorpe, and, like those experimental communities bankrolled by Robert Owen, they’re funded, skimpily, by a rich copper smelter from Swansea. While You’re Waiting for the Next Hilary Mantel, Try Andrew Miller 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z No one else dares smelt without their knowledge and they want to smite the smelters. 'Poldark' Episode 6 Recap: Tragedy vs. Troublemaking 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z Get ready, they seemed to be saying, because here comes the hot smelter. Game of Thrones has finally, thankfully ditched the sex for good 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z The festival is expected to return next year, as the Hunter Valley town of 4,000 people is dependent on the tourist dollar after losing its largest employer, an aluminum smelter, in 2012. Australian town crowns most impressive hairstyle at inaugural... 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The recipe for rabbit empanadas, a main course served with garden peppers, came from Spanish immigrants who worked for generations in nearby zinc smelters, extracting metal from mined ores. Serving Up West Virginia History, Not All of It Sweet 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Intent on halting the construction of a new aluminum smelter outside Reykjavik, she sabotages power lines and demolishes the drones deployed to deter her. ‘Woman at War’ Review: Industrial Blight as Icelandic Fable 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Downtown isn’t much, just the county courthouse with its sandstone tower, a few rowdy-looking bars and a largely vacant Main Street; the smelter closed years ago. Personal Journeys: Would a Gay Man Be Welcomed Home in Montana? 2013-08-21T16:14:33Z He built a smelter to refine the copper and traded it himself quite pitilessly. Goldenballs 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Zeffira grew up in "a little hick town" in Canada, notable only for having the world's largest lead and zinc smelter. When Cat's Eyes met Ron Arad 2011-08-16T20:31:00Z The company, which is also a miner and smelter, is also accelerating exploration of a new nickel mine, another executive said. Sumitomo Metal Mining looks to boost battery materials output, possibly in US 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The only U.S. nickel mine is set to close in a few years, and the country has no nickel smelter, a risk to Biden's goal for the United States to lead in EV manufacturing. Exclusive: US, Indonesia to discuss potential for deal on EV minerals 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z "Ferrochrome production has also been marked lower, due to additional smelter off-line days on account of electricity pricing and load curtailments in South Africa," Glencore said. Glencore cuts 2023 nickel production guidance 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Since colonization, the shore of the deep water cove has exploded with dirty energy production and other manufacturing, supporting an aluminum smelter, oil refineries and a liquefied petroleum gas facility. WA’s largest oil refinery ramps up cleaner fuels as climate laws take hold 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z The smelter run by global mining firm Vale and powered by electricity from three dams churns out 75,000 tons of nickel a year for use in batteries, electric vehicles, appliances and many other products. Facing increasing pressure from customers, some miners are switching to renewable energy 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z However, the country’s energy-hungry smelters are now benefiting from improved electricity supply thanks to the rainy season in southern provinces. China powers global aluminium output to record high: Andy Home 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z The global copper concentrate market is expected to see a steep deficit during 2025-2027 as Asian and African smelters ramp up capacity, outpacing mine supply. Codelco ends long-term mined copper deals to China clients from 2025 -sources 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z The project’s blueprint includes a smelter to make aluminum for electric vehicles and other factories to produce petrochemicals, batteries for EVs and polycrystalline materials used in solar panels. Reports show new Indonesian industrial park on Borneo, feted as ‘green,” will be powered by coal 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The person did not specify how much the smelter is buying but said the purchases are of low-grade limonite ore. Indonesian nickel smelters turn to Philippines for ore as local supply tightens 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The odor has subsided in recent decades, especially after a nearby smelter closed its doors in the 1980s — though Korsmo said you can still find it if you sniff closely enough. Century-old paper mill once famous for wafting ‘Aroma of Tacoma’ to close 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The Indonesian government also plans to build new coal-fired power plants to power strategic infrastructure projects such as smelters, raising concern amongst stakeholders and environmental activists alike. A plan for how Indonesia will spend $20 billion to transition to cleaner energy has been submitted 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Private firms in China have struggled to access credit compared with state-owned peers, leaving capital-intensive copper smelters largely controlled by local governments. Exclusive: China's Nanfang to open major copper smelter ahead of expectations 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The withdrawal of funding for the smelter was a “strong signal that this project is not green,” she said. Reports show new Indonesian industrial park on Borneo, feted as ‘green,” will be powered by coal 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z Some firms are now buying ore from neighbouring Philippines, the world's No. 2 supplier, in the event that new mining quotas are further delayed, said three smelter managers, two nickel traders and a Chinese analyst. Indonesian nickel smelters turn to Philippines for ore as local supply tightens 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z Due diligence to check if the minerals originate from conflict zones could be done using supplier surveys, smelter and refinery audits as well as traceability methods. Some U.S. companies still failing to meet conflict minerals rules, GAO says 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z The country requires vast amounts of energy to power the desalination plants that irrigate its desert golf courses, air conditioners that cool its sprawling malls, and heavy industries such as aluminum smelters. UAE announces plans to invest $54B in energy and triple renewable sources 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z It was also forced to halt output at its largest production unit, the Ronnskar smelter in Sweden, after a fire broke out overnight. Exclusive: Newmont declares force majeure on metal products from Mexico's Peñasquito 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z “All investors must be concerned that a smelter marketed as ‘green’ and ‘low-carbon’ for aluminum is relying on new coal fired power plants for its early stage.” Reports show new Indonesian industrial park on Borneo, feted as ‘green,” will be powered by coal 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z The Quebec government will provide up to $113 million in support for the latest smelter expansion. Rio Tinto to invest $1.1 billion to expand aluminum smelter in Canada 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z It has in the past been impacted by industry, including the former Columbia Gorge aluminum smelter. Proposed pumped-storage energy project on sacred Yakama Nation site gets key permit 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The most astonishing finding to emerge during the preliminary phase of the restoration was the skill with which the smelters fused mercury to gold, making the gilded surface more enduring. Vatican experts uncovering gilded glory of Hercules statue struck by lightning 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z California’s budget proposal commits $67 million to clean thousands of lead-contaminated parkways in front of homes, schools and parks near the former Exide battery smelter in southeast Los Angeles County, state officials announced Friday. State proposes $67 million to clean toxic parkways near former Exide battery plant 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Copper ore and concentrate imports are likely to resume if the talks go well, according to an official surnamed Wang at a Chinese copper smelter, who said smelters want extra supply from Australia. Chinese buyers anticipate end to soft ban on Australian copper 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Construction will run over two-and-a-half years, with commissioning of the new pots expected to start in the first half of 2026 and the smelter fully ramped up by the end of 2026. Rio Tinto to invest $1.1 billion to expand aluminum smelter in Canada 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Bahlil said the government will require future smelters to be powered by renewable energy sources, but details are still being ironed out. Indonesia cuts tax breaks to discourage low quality nickel investment-minister 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z Europe's largest copper smelter and producer, no longer buys the red metal from Russia after it let supply contracts lapse, its CEO told Reuters on Monday. Aurubis CEO says has stopped buying copper from Russia 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Indian manufacturers, including aluminium smelters and paper mills, are set to boost thermal coal imports for a second consecutive year due to a shortage of trains, even as state-run Coal India plans to increase output. Germany waters down plan to legalise cannabis after talks with Brussels 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z An analyst and second smelter official speculated the copper shipment’s high gold content may have allowed importers to classify the cargo as precious metal. Chinese buyers anticipate end to soft ban on Australian copper 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Indian manufacturers, including aluminium smelters and paper mills, are set to boost thermal coal imports for a second consecutive year due to a shortage of trains, even as state-run Coal India plans to increase output. Kyiv compares Russia to Islamic State after beheading video 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Indian manufacturers, including aluminium smelters and paper mills, are set to boost thermal coal imports for a second consecutive year due to a shortage of trains, even as state-run Coal India plans to increase output. Swiss parliament meets for a second day over Credit Suisse rescue 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Indian manufacturers, including aluminium smelters and paper mills, are set to boost thermal coal imports for a second consecutive year due to a shortage of trains, even as state-run Coal India plans to increase output. Asia likely to grow 5% faster than developed economies by year-end - Morgan Stanley 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z It was the old aluminum smelter, now home to the Bitdeer mine. The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z The Soviets built “the world’s largest locomotive, bulldozer, sugar factory, iron smelter” and so on, one critic, Serhiy Marchenko, wrote on Facebook. Restoring a Giant Plane: Ukrainian Resilience or Folly? 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z In addition to the Phillips 66 plant, the area has hosted a second oil refinery, a lead smelter and a dynamite factory. Huge Phillips 66 biofuels project will test the industry’s green promises 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z To extract more value from its copper, Mongolia announced an agreement this week with Rio Tinto to look at building a smelter. Mongolia looks to copper to transform stagnant economy 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z The resulting record-high energy bills forced some fertiliser, chemicals and aluminium smelters to curb production - with some yet to reopen. Analysis: Pain and gain for industry as EU carbon hits 100 euros 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z "In practice it is virtually impossible for them to completely exclude artisanal cobalt, especially when it is sent to smelters and refiners in DRC and China." Microsoft calls for 'coalition' to improve Congo's informal cobalt mines 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z Anti-pandemic restrictions had also prolonged smelter maintenance and curtailed copper production growth last year, especially in the Guangdong area. China's copper costs driven up by Maike's woes, output glitches 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Rio also flagged a tough start to copper production for the year due to smelter rebuild that is required at its Kennecott operations in Utah in the United States. Rio Tinto sees increased volatility as China reopens 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Several company vehicles were torched and about 100 dormitory rooms were damaged, Didik said, adding that 71 people were detained and operations at the smelter had been suspended. Violence at Indonesia nickel smelter protest kills 2, dozens detained 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Aluminium Dunkerque, which operates one of Europe’s biggest aluminium smelters, has started relaunching production capacity idled last year when it was hit by soaring electricity costs, a spokesperson said on Wednesday. South African power cuts worsen as Eskom extends worst-ever outages 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z A portion of the lower reservoir would be on a small section of the former Columbia Gorge aluminum smelter site and would need to be studied further before being excavated for construction. Clean energy project clashes with important Yakama site 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z For annual supply contracts as well, Guangdong smelters hiked their premium to nearly 250 yuan a tonne for this year, up from 130 yuan a tonne in 2022, a mid-sized Chinese copper buyer said. China's copper costs driven up by Maike's woes, output glitches 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z “The market was probably disappointed by mined copper and obviously they are flagging a tough first half with a major smelter rebuild in Kennecott,” Lawcock added. Rio Tinto sees increased volatility as China reopens 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Codelco's smelter near the port was already shut down due to maintenance, while the refinery is operating normally, according to Codelco, the world's top copper producer. Major fire hits Chilean port, Codelco operations unaffected 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Once the world’s biggest exporter of nickel ore, Indonesia stopped exports in January 2020, a move that had enticed foreign investors, mostly from China, to build smelters in the resource-rich country. Indonesia to announce ban on exports of a commodity, without saying which 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Electricity makes up about 40% of production costs in aluminum smelters, according to a federal report. What’s next for WA aluminum manufacturing? The fight goes on 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z Some smelters there have hiked their offers for 2023 copper premiums to 300 yuan a tonne, up from 200 yuan a tonne last year, a Shanghai-based trader said. China's copper costs driven up by Maike's woes, output glitches 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Rio expects refined copper production at Kennecott to be challenged until it rebuilds its smelter operations, which is planned for the second quarter of 2023 and is expected to take approximately three months. Rio Tinto sees increased volatility as China reopens 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z With easing power restrictions on industrial users this year, smelters in China ramped up their production. China Nov aluminium imports fall amid rising domestic supply 2022-12-18T05:00:00Z Two months ago, the government announced another set of exceptions to its ban, allowing new coal plants that support “national strategic projects” such as smelters for battery minerals. Indonesia tries to go green for G-20. But it just can’t quit coal. 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Trade figures compiled by Reuters show all nine zinc smelters in the bloc have either cut or stopped production, which was replaced by imports from China, Kazakhstan, Turkey, and Russia. Energy crisis chips away at Europe's industrial might 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z As a result, many energy-hungry businesses like aluminum smelters, steel mills and fertilizer plants have at least temporarily shut down. Why Natural Gas Prices in Europe Are Suddenly Plunging 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z Raw materials to produce lead have also been in short supply, including lead residues from energy-intensive zinc smelters that have been closed in response to high power prices. Lead set to shine on tight supplies, winter battery failures 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z With that lawsuit still going on, Marsam this month was quietly removed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative from a public list of smelters and refiners deemed to follow best sourcing practices. Big Brazilian gold refiner delisted amid Amazon mining probe 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The majority of the nearly 700 acre site is undeveloped; the lower reservoir would be located on a portion of the former Columbia Gorge Aluminum smelter site. Stop sacrificing Indigenous sacred sites in the name of climate change 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z Alcoa, a global aluminum products producer, is cutting a third of production at its smelter in Norway. ‘Crippling’ Energy Bills Force Europe’s Factories to Go Dark 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z The project’s lower reservoir would be located on lands previously used by an aluminum smelter, and about $10 million will go to cleanup of the brownfield site. Goldendale energy project can help meet state’s clean-energy needs 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Symptomatic of the reduced supplies, refiners have lowered the treatment charges that miners pay smelters to process their ore. Lead set to shine on tight supplies, winter battery failures 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z “If a smelter or refiner is unable or unwilling to meet our strict standards, we remove them from our supply chain, and since 2009, we have directed the removal of over 150 smelters and refiners.” Big Brazilian gold refiner delisted amid Amazon mining probe 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The process is also important in the recovery of valuable products from the smoke and flue dust of smelters, furnaces, and kilns. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z They are made of relatively low-density rock that solidified on the cooling Moon like slag floating on the top of a smelter. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z “The one-time fill is about 7,000 acre-feet of water. The smelter, when it was running, was using that amount of water per year.” Goldendale energy project can help meet state’s clean-energy needs 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z With all this new, low-cost renewable electricity, Interior should guarantee power to restart aluminum smelters until the tribal renewables grid can reliably produce long-term clean energy. After Biden's climate bill: Three big steps toward America's energy transition 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z But the reopening of the Intalco Works aluminum smelter in Ferndale — sought by a coalition of unions, environmentalists and Washington politicians pitching design changes to reduce carbon emissions — remains uncertain. Will federal climate legislation help reopen Ferndale aluminum plant? 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z But the price of energy used by smelters has shot up, particularly in Europe, which has less Russian gas and oil since Russia invaded Ukraine, and further price rises are expected in winter. Sky-high energy costs to fan fire under aluminium and zinc prices 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Instead, the winter may well prove to be a nail-biter with energy-intensive industries like metal smelters and makers of fertilizer and glass under pressure. Europe’s Race to Secure New Energy Sources Is on a Knife’s Edge 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z Today, the highest levels of lead in air are usually found near lead smelters. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z One example is the lead and zinc smelter at Trail, B.C. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z On the supply side, tin smelters in China are cutting output or bringing forward care and maintenance. Consumer belt tightening hobbles demand for solder metal tin 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z People who grew up in Butte and nearby didn’t often question what the presence of mines or smelters meant for their health. Some people in this Montana mining town worry about the dust next door 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z An aluminum smelter and cable mill ran on the property for almost 60 years, leaving contaminants like fluoride and cyanide in the soil, the state says. Cleanup of former Reynolds Metals site in Longview could begin in 2023 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Workers had blocked roads outside Codelco facilities around the country, lit fires, and held up banners and Chilean flags calling for more investment in the smelter. Chile's Codelco and workers reach agreement to end strike 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Europe's top copper smelter, said it is also looking for substitutes, but that adapting power plants is expensive and time-consuming. As Russia cuts gas, German industry grapples with painful choices 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z These workers were eventually sent to work in the conglomerate’s mines, a smelter and factories that produce some of the most highly sought minerals on earth, including lithium, nickel, manganese, beryllium, copper and gold. Red Flags for Forced Labor Found in China’s Car Battery Supply Chain 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z "The board of directors decided to start a path to close the Ventanas smelter," said a union source who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the meeting. Chile's Codelco will close Ventanas smelter, union source 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Codelco said last week it had stopped operations at the smelter while maintenance is carried out, following a recent incident in the heavily industrial area that left dozens ill with signs of sulfur dioxide poisoning. Workers at Chile's Codelco say strike imminent if investment demands not met 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z “We’re with the workers; we plan on meeting their demands,” Sougarret said, saying that retraining, relocation and exit packages were on the table for workers currently employed at the smelter. Chile's Codelco and workers reach agreement to end strike 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Workers at Chilean state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, maintained the threat of a strike on Wednesday if a solution was not reached on investments required by a troubled smelter. Chile tax reform, mining royalty 'priority number one,' minister says 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z Pantoja said that Ventanas, the area in central Chile where the smelter is located, needs $53 million capsules that retain gases and would allow operations to continue while being environmentally compliant. Chilean Codelco workers keep strike threat due to lack of smelter investment 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Workers at the state-owned company had threatened to strike if the board of directors failed to make necessary investments to update the smelter. Chile's Codelco will close Ventanas smelter, union source 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Codelco explained that on June 6, when the incident occurred, its air quality stations recorded normal parameters of sulfur dioxide concentrations and smelter has subsequently remained stopped. Chile's Codelco stops smelter for maintenance after environmental incident 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Closing the smelter will take years, according to Sougarret and the process is reliant on Congress modifying a law that forces the company to use the Ventanas smelter, which could take months. Chile's Codelco and workers reach agreement to end strike 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Like similar initiatives, reopening the Alcoa-owned Intalco smelter could help advance President Biden’s domestic manufacturing agenda, reduce U.S. reliance on Russian aluminum, cut worldwide greenhouse gas emissions and create hundreds of well paying jobs. A factory wants to reopen making ‘green’ aluminum. Now it just needs clean energy. 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z The Tamil Nadu state government ordered the permanent closure of the Vedanta copper smelter a week after the shooting. Indian police charge 30 anti-Vedanta protesters over deadly 2018 demonstration 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Other smelters have shut down or reduced output in recent months, too. Why the 'shocking' price of aluminium matters 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Investment globally of $200 billion in additional mining and smelter capacity is needed to meet critical mineral supply demand by 2030, 10 times what is being committed currently, Kettle said. South Korea hunts tungsten treasure in race for rare minerals 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z According to the Financial Times, French prosecutors also visited GFG's Paris office and an aluminium smelter in Dunkirk earlier this week, where they questioned executives. Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty Steel offices raided 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Those advantages are what interested Blue Wolf Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in New York, to offer to buy the defunct Intalco smelter, which began production more than half a century ago. A factory wants to reopen making ‘green’ aluminum. Now it just needs clean energy. 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Canada has a handful of nickel smelters and refineries, though it mines more than those facilities can handle and relies on refineries in Norway and the United Kingdom. Analysis-Musk's tweets fuel mining industry's hopes of a buyout by Tesla 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z Shihabi said the low wages in northern Syria and abundance of scrap metal after years of war offer big advantages to his iron smelter. In north Syria, business hub hopes to drive recovery from war 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Yet projects have faced resistance from communities who don't want a mine or smelter near their homes. South Korea hunts tungsten treasure in race for rare minerals 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z They will use hydrogen to run smelters and other industrial operations. Truck Makers Face a Tech Dilemma: Batteries or Hydrogen? 2022-04-11T04:00:00Z In 1985, there were 31 aluminum smelters in the United States. A factory wants to reopen making ‘green’ aluminum. Now it just needs clean energy. 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z It sells data to fund managers, traders and miners and publishes a free monthly index of global copper smelter activity. Global nickel smelting up in March despite Ukraine, satellite data shows 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Second, restarting Intalco — the last remaining smelter west of the Mississippi River and the largest by capacity — will provide a reliable domestic supply of green aluminum for years to come. Intalco plant: ‘Investment in the public good’ 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z "Russia could turn to China, but the country does not have enough export surplus given their requirement to feed domestic smelters," she said. China faces challenges supplying Russia with alumina - analysts 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The 600 megawatts could power two former Kaiser Aluminum Mead smelters operating at full capacity, he said. Inside the international push to turn a bankrupt rural Washington newsprint mill into a crypto capital 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z Blue Wolf has told local officials that it has also signed a letter of intent with Alcoa to buy the smelter, pending a deal on the power supply. A factory wants to reopen making ‘green’ aluminum. Now it just needs clean energy. 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Under the dispersion index, 50 points indicate smelters are operating at the average level of the past 12 months. Global nickel smelting up in March despite Ukraine, satellite data shows 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z Such illegal offerings to aluminum smelters have been tried before, repeatedly challenged and rejected by the courts. BPA can’t make sweetheart deal to restart Intalco plant at expense of public utilities 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z When it was closed two years ago, Intalco Aluminum, which has provided jobs to thousands of union members over the past 50 years, was the last aluminum smelter in the entire western U.S. BPA stands in way of green-aluminum jobs in Whatcom County 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z For instance, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings, Apple is supplied by 10 smelters in Russia, producing gold, tungsten and tantalum used in products like the iPhone. Apple pauses all product sales in Russia, citing concern for Ukraine 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z “We recognize, however, that securing a competitive power agreement for the smelter will be a critical condition,” he said in a statement. A factory wants to reopen making ‘green’ aluminum. Now it just needs clean energy. 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z It also has a second index showing the percentage of active smelters. Global nickel smelting up in March despite Ukraine, satellite data shows 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z However, we cannot support the request from Blue Wolf Capital, a private equity investment firm, to acquire and restart Alcoa’s Intalco aluminum smelter in Ferndale with other citizens and businesses essentially subsidizing the new venture. BPA can’t make sweetheart deal to restart Intalco plant at expense of public utilities 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z “We are seeing some inflationary pressure across the business...so we’ve taken action at our smelters. We’ve cut back production at our smelters in Europe because of these high energy prices,” Nagle said. Glencore sets aside $1.5 billion for probes, reports record earnings 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z Aurubis said it continues to benefit from a good operating performance at its smelters and high metal prices. Aurubis confirms 85% quarterly profit rise, raised earnings forecast 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z “It’s all coming down to electricity,” said Luke Ackerson, business representative with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers who was chief shop steward at the Intalco smelter. A factory wants to reopen making ‘green’ aluminum. Now it just needs clean energy. 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z In copper, smelting activity edged higher in March, despite problems at a Chinese smelter that halted output, the statement said. Global nickel smelting up in March despite Ukraine, satellite data shows 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z High gas prices raise electricity costs, threaten big increases in consumers’ bills and have pushed some energy-hungry factories like fertilizer plants and metal smelters into temporary shutdowns. What Happens if Russia Cuts Off Europe’s Natural Gas? 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z Chinese ventures in Serbia, which include a smoke-belching steel works near Belgrade, the capital, and a copper mine and smelter in the southern town of Bor, have helped stoke this anger. ‘Miserable and Dangerous’: A Failed Chinese Promise in Serbia 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Microsoft reported 46 “major” slavery-related issues, including fees paid by suppliers to recruiters, while Apple uncovered seven metal smelters or refiners that didn’t meet the company’s sourcing requirements. Microsoft, Apple suppliers exposed by anti-slavery law 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z But unlike so many places gutted by American industrial decline, Chapman and hundreds of other laid-off employees of the Alcoa Intalco Works aluminum smelter are tantalizingly close to recapturing that past. A factory wants to reopen making ‘green’ aluminum. Now it just needs clean energy. 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z In his last campaign he touted his efforts to protect his Whatcom County district’s farms, oil refineries and an aluminum smelter. Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen dies after battle with COVID 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z “Our analysis does not support the long-term operation of the Wenatchee smelter, so we are now focused on preparing this site for a new future,” Alcoa President and CEO Roy Harvey said. Alcoa officially pulls plug on Wenatchee Works aluminum smelter 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z The looming shutdown of the mine comes as miners and smelters hold negotiations on copper concentrate supply deals for 2022. HK-listed MMG to cease copper operations at Peru mine 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Apple closely monitors plans to fix issues found in metal smelters and refiners within its supply chain. Microsoft, Apple suppliers exposed by anti-slavery law 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z And it would make the smelter the only one functioning west of the Mississippi. A factory wants to reopen making ‘green’ aluminum. Now it just needs clean energy. 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Mr de Kluijver also hopes that Closing the Loop will be able to finance recycling plants and smelters in Africa, but until then, the next best option is to ship phones to Europe. Why broken African phones are shipped to Europe 2021-11-29T05:00:00Z The new data centers would go on the site of a former aluminum smelter, shuttered in 1987, that emitted so much pollution it became a Superfund cleanup site. City OKs Google data centers amid secrecy, water worries 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Behind him loomed Dubai’s mammoth aluminum smelter near the port. In fast-changing Dubai, once-isolated village to be razed 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z China's magnesium output is about 50% of normal levels, industry sources said, as soaring coal prices and energy rationing prompted smelters to cut or shut down operations. Automakers say magnesium shortage not a problem, for now 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The smelter has also faced criticism as a big polluter. A factory wants to reopen making ‘green’ aluminum. Now it just needs clean energy. 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z The plastics and glass will go off to be separated out and processed, while the aluminium and other metals can be taken to smelters to be re-melted and turned into new things, such as bicycles. Wishcycling: The dos and don'ts of being good at recycling 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Miners pay TC/RCs to smelters to process their copper concentrate into refined metal. Aurubis optimistic despite impact of pandemic, chip crisis, energy prices 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z In the distance, we could see the Lummi reservation and Lummi Island — as well as Cherry Point, home to two oil refineries and a shuttered aluminum smelter. Opinion | They Are a Tribe of ‘Salmon People.’ Can They Pull Off One More Big Win? 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The first proposal involves a company acquiring the Alcoa facility and reopening the aluminum smelter for its own operations. Whatcom County aluminum plant could get new owners and reopen 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Nearly 90 percent of the carbon released by the steel-making process comes from reducing it to “pig iron” in a blast furnace or smelter powered by fossil fuels. Can a Carbon-Emitting Iron Ore Tycoon Save the Planet? 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Already, Indian aluminum producers have complained about power shortages bringing smelters to a halt. An energy crisis is gripping the world, with potentially grave consequences 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z In Europe, GFG said it had launched a legal action against private equity firm AIP, which said it had taken control of GFG’s smelter in Dunkirk, Europe’s largest primary aluminium producer. Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance strikes debt deal with Credit Suisse 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Provincial authorities in Inner Mongolia and Guangdong have both ordered industries - including energy-intensive aluminium smelters - to reduce electricity use. Explainer-What is behind China's power crunch? 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z But he pointed out that converting the smelter into a steel plant would be a significant undertaking that includes licensing, permits and construction. Whatcom County aluminum plant could get new owners and reopen 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z Such smelters popped up in Kenya to feed demand for lead-acid batteries paired with solar arrays, and poisoned children in the process — including Omido’s son. These climate stars are among the world’s most ‘influential’ people 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z “I’ll tell you, the first thing he did when he could get a job working at the aluminum smelter, he took that job at the aluminum smelter.” Dems’ proposed Civilian Climate Corps fuels fears of Green New Deal army 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z One committee member recently opined that preference may be futile, comparing it to support for aluminum smelters that have since closed. Renew state support for newspapers 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z And in Tasmania, it owns the Infrabuild steel manufacturer and distributor, and a manganese smelter, which it bought as recently as August 2020. What is the GFG Alliance and what does it own? 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Restarting aluminum smelters, too, can be a long, costly process on its own. Whatcom County aluminum plant could get new owners and reopen 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z "There was a real concern that the smelter might close, so I understand the government going to lengths to secure its future. It is in an economically sensitive part of the country," he says. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The zone took effect in 2005, two years after the smelter shut down. Solar farms are booming in Washington state, but where should they go? 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Their exposure to lead includes breathing dust and fumes from informal and backyard lead-acid battery recycling units and open-air smelters, eating food contaminated by lead-glazed pottery and working in electronic waste dumps. Factbox: Key facts about used lead-acid battery recycling 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z Smelting aluminium requires vast amounts of electricity, which is provided by a hydroelectric dam in the hills above the smelter. What is the GFG Alliance and what does it own? 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z However, during the Industrial Revolution, people started burning coal and other fossil fuels to power factories, smelters and steam engines, which added more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. The Science of Climate Change Explained: Facts, Evidence and Proof 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z There is a wider unhappiness in Fort William with how Mr Gupta has managed the giant tracts of land acquired with the smelter. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z All the same, he said, given the few jobs available in the region, his son would still like to get work at the smelter, which pays relatively well. Serbia Hails Chinese Companies as Saviors, but Locals Chafe at Costs 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z Elsewhere in commodities, aluminum prices hit their highest since June 2018 as investors worried Chinese efforts to reduce smelter pollution would curb output. Asian shares follow Wall St advance as inflation panic eases 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z The firm owns the UK's last aluminium smelter, in Fort William, Scotland, where bauxite ore is turned into eight-tonne bars of pure metal, ready to be made into finished products. What is the GFG Alliance and what does it own? 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z It transmutes into charcoal when burned in the absence of oxygen and is a fuel still used by millions around the world for cooking and feeding the fires of some iron smelters. Review | How wood shaped human history, from spears to boats to books 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z The quarterly payments will continue, the documents make clear, even if the power station breaks down, or the smelter can't afford them. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z In 1960 he moved to Helena, Montana, to play in a semi-pro team that guaranteed the players employment in a lead smelter. Charley Pride obituary 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z His days were spent toiling in Helena, Mont., at a smelter operated by the Anaconda Copper Mining Co., and he spent his free time playing for its semipro baseball team, the East Helena Smelterites. Charley Pride, first major Black star in country music, dies at 86 of covid-19 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z He was working as a zinc smelter in Helena, Mont., when Red Sovine heard him sing and urged Pride to get to Nashville. Charley Pride: 10 essential songs 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z His days were spent toiling in Helena, Mont., at a smelter operated by the Anaconda Mining Co., and he spent his free time playing for its semipro baseball team, the East Helena Smelterites. Charley Pride, first major Black star in country music, dies at 86 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z He and his family have bought steelworks, mines, power stations and smelters from Australia to the Czech Republic. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z He was drafted into the Army in the 1950s and later worked as an iron smelter before getting his break in the 1960s with a recording of producer Jack Clement’s “Just Between You and Me.” Trailblazing country music legend Charley Pride dies at 86 2020-12-12T05:00:00Z My grandfather was born in New Mexico to a father who worked at a smelter. The myth of the Latino vote and what newsrooms must learn from 2020 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z The ore smelters and steel mill employed tens of thousands, but also blew toxins from smokestacks a half-mile to the Bessemer, Eilers and Grove neighborhoods. EPA speeds up Colorado cleanup as climate change takes back seat to Superfund 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z In April, the aluminum giant Alcoa idled a smelter in Ferndale, Wash., saying that production there was “uncompetitive” based on current market conditions. ‘Like a Bad Horror Movie’: U.S. Weighs Reinstating Canadian Aluminum Tariffs 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z The future of the smelter - and the other assets that go with it - are now inextricably linked to the wider fate of Mr Gupta's empire. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The move appears to signal the end of jobs for most of the 700 workers employed by the Intalco plant in the town of 14,500, barring a last-ditch sale of the smelter. Alcoa begins laying off workers at its Ferndale aluminum plant ahead of schedule 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z The city of 14,500 will lose 700 jobs if the international aluminum manufacturer shutters this summer its last remaining smelter in the West, a community fixture since 1966. Ferndale’s smelter workers deserve federal aid 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The smelter reclaimed its place as one of New Madrid’s biggest employers, with more than 500 workers. Trade war tradeoff: How a Missouri town got America’s dirtiest air 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Indonesia was a major nickel ore exporter until last year, before the government stopped exports in January to support the development of domestic smelters. Indonesia processing requests for deep-sea mining waste disposal, says gov't official 2020-05-31T04:00:00Z In the five years since he bought it, the owner of the smelter and the surrounding countryside, the metals tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, has managed a similar feat of engineering, this time financial. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The environmental movement, they said, should reckon with the disproportionate effects of environmental contamination — from petrochemical facilities, landfills, waste incinerators, oil refineries, smelters, and freeways — on low-income residents and communities of color. The coronavirus pandemic is not just a health crisis — it’s an environmental justice catastrophe 2020-04-26T04:00:00Z Many sectors of the economy are hurting badly because of the COVID-19 economic crisis, but the specific problem of the smelter shutdown deserves focused attention. Ferndale’s smelter workers deserve federal aid 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z By contrast, readings in 2017 – the year the monitors were installed, and before the smelter restarted – were consistently less than 10 ppb. Trade war tradeoff: How a Missouri town got America’s dirtiest air 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The court said the homeowners cannot proceed with efforts to decontaminate their own property near the shuttered Anaconda smelter without the permission of the Environmental Protection Agency. Justices rule against Montana homeowners near Superfund site 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z It was far from certain that the smelter would continue operating. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z The justices tossed a state court decision that allowed the claims for restoration damages by the private landowners within the sprawling site of its former Anaconda copper smelter in western Montana to proceed to trial. U.S. Supreme Court sides with BP unit to curtail Superfund site cleanup lawsuits 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z The grim economic reality is that the shut down smelter may never operate again. Ferndale’s smelter workers deserve federal aid 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The smelter polluted the air before the smelter’s bankruptcy, too, said Darcy Bybee, director of Missouri air pollution control program, but there were no air monitors to capture daily readings. Trade war tradeoff: How a Missouri town got America’s dirtiest air 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Environmental Protection Agency settlement over dust pollution at an Arizona smelter. Copper company fined $33K over Arizona smelter air pollution 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z "There is only one smelter operating in the world which is smaller that I know of - one in Cameroon," Ami Shivkar, an aluminium specialist at the consultancy Wood Mackenzie tells the BBC. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Proponents of phytomining see the greatest potential in Indonesia and the Philippines, two of the world’s biggest nickel ore producers, where hundreds of mines shovel topsoil into smelters. Down on the Farm That Harvests Metal From Plants 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Robust government support has helped keep the smelter running before, through tax breaks and negotiated utility rates. Ferndale’s smelter workers deserve federal aid 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Construction of the smelter was completed in 1971, after Missouri’s governor at the time convinced Associated Electric Cooperative to build the coal-fired plant next door to provide power. Trade war tradeoff: How a Missouri town got America’s dirtiest air 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The dust plan is designed to address the release of lead, coarse dust and other hazardous air pollutants at ASARCO’s copper smelter in Hayden. Copper company fined $33K over Arizona smelter air pollution 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Many bidders were interested in the hydroelectric plants, few in the smelter. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Nature’s smelters are already as efficient as the extractive industry would want. Down on the Farm That Harvests Metal From Plants 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Trump’s trade policies protect the generic aluminum product made by Magnitude 7 Metals LLC, a 50-year-old smelter on the banks of the Mississippi in southeastern Missouri. Exclusive: Aluminum smelter resurrected on Trump tariffs may close as losses mount 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z But the smelter’s parent company landed in bankruptcy in 2016, under heavy debt and facing a flood of cheaper metals from China. Trade war tradeoff: How a Missouri town got America’s dirtiest air 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z The location was originally developed in 1905 as a primary zinc smelter by the Mineral Point Zinc Company and was operated continuously in various capacities until 1989. EPA orders cleanup of zinc smelter site in DePue, Illinois 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Scotland was a world pioneer in making aluminium using hydroelectric power, with the first British Aluminium Company smelters commissioned in the final years of Queen Victoria's reign. Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z A typical smelter costs hundreds of millions of dollars and requires increasingly scarce ore that is at least 1.2 percent rich with nickel. Down on the Farm That Harvests Metal From Plants 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z Also last week, two sources said a copper smelter in southwest China had also declared force majeure on deliveries of copper concentrate. Explainer: As coronavirus fails to ease, interest in 'force majeure' 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z “The fact is that we live in the shadows of countless brownfield sites and lead smelters … that used to crush and incinerate batteries from the auto industry that contain lead,” says Wilkins. The blackest city in the US is facing an environmental justice nightmare 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z The coal terminal, he noted, would replace an old aluminum smelter that shuttered in 2001, eliminating about 1,500 jobs. Trump Rule Would Exclude Climate Change in Infrastructure Planning 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z But they benefit from government policies that provide cheap energy to the smelters that produce aluminum and from export limits that lead to a domestic glut, which keeps aluminum prices down too. Initial U.S.-China trade deal has major hole: Beijing’s massive business subsidies 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z This “juice” is actually one-quarter nickel, far more concentrated than the ore feeding the world’s nickel smelters. Down on the Farm That Harvests Metal From Plants 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The minerals are then purified at temperatures up to 1,800 degrees at smelters — a process that, without proper controls, releases harmful levels of heavy-metal byproducts including lead, cadmium and arsenic into the atmosphere. Chinese metal mines feed the global demand for gadgets. They’re also poisoning China’s poorest regions. 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z The owner of the smelter, the Atlantic Richfield Company, says it has spent more than $450 million to fulfill that obligation. Supreme Court Considers Fight Over Superfund Site in Montana 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The court was considering a massive cleanup of arsenic from a 300-square-mile section of Montana where a copper smelter operated for nearly 100 years. Supreme Court seems skeptical that Superfund landowners can seek more extensive cleanup than EPA approves 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The BP-owned company is the owner of the shuttered Anaconda smelter that is at the center of a 300-square-mile Superfund site. Court seems ready to curb claims over Montana Superfund site 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z A Greenpeace study published in August said: "In terms of individual hotspots, the Norilsk smelter complex continues to be the largest SO2 emission hotspot in the world." Arctic coal passage to India threatens wildlife 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z The project is among 25 planned mine-smelter combinations to be opened by 2022 across the country, currently home to 11 smelters. Mining turned Indonesian seas red. The drive for greener cars could herald a new toxic tide. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Metals leave the city’s sulfur-dioxide-belching smelters by railway for an Arctic Ocean port. On ‘Island’ in Russian Arctic, Arrival of Fast Internet Shakes Political Calm 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z There were only five operating primary aluminum smelters left, down from 23 in 2001. How a small aluminum maker won U.S. trade protection 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The coastal port city is home to coal-burning power plants, an oil refinery and a copper smelter, some of which operate very near to residential areas. Officials at Chile's ENAP to face charges over toxic fumes: prosecutor 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z He later worked as a smelter, a tortilla dealer, a corn miller and an upholsterer. Celso Piña, Mexican cumbia artist and ‘accordion rebel,’ dies at 66 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Part of his village is built on slag, the waste of nickel smelters. Mining turned Indonesian seas red. The drive for greener cars could herald a new toxic tide. 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z Prisoners from Joseph Stalin’s labor camps built the first smelters there 80 years ago. Russia's Norilsk and South African coal town Kriel top SO2... 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Century’s lobbyists emphasized that unlike steel, which still produces about 80% of U.S. needs at domestic plants, primary aluminum smelters were on the brink of disappearing entirely. How a small aluminum maker won U.S. trade protection 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z In late December, he said, an aluminum industry consultant alerted him to a new low-carbon smelter that Rusal was building in Siberia. How a McConnell-backed effort to lift Russian sanctions boosted a Kentucky project 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Two Shandong-based industry sources said on Monday that logistics were proving difficult for smelters in the wake of the floods, even if production was not affected. China Hongqiao aluminum facilities flooded as typhoon lashes Shandong 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z The smelter delay will also affect the output of molybdenum, a byproduct of copper smelting and used to make stainless steel, where Codelco is the world’s second largest producer in the 265,000-tonne market. Exclusive - Codelco's Chuquicamata smelter restart delayed until... 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z These features were produced downwind of sources of human-made aerosols such as coal-fired power plants, oil refineries, smelters, cities, ships and wildfires. Weak sensitivity of cloud water to aerosols 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Lester notes that he spent much of his four-decade career helping U.S. companies build smelters in other countries, while smelters back home fell like dominos. How a small aluminum maker won U.S. trade protection 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z Local employment rate considerations may prevent closures being made at smelters if aluminum prices remain low, “but we may see the ramp-ups slow down,” Wang said. China June aluminum output climbs to daily record - Reuters... 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z As I prepare to retire in a couple of days, 54 years after starting work as a copper puncher at the Inco smelter, the relationship between massive, multinational corporations and workers is different. Is there a global future for unions? 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z But the smelter produced toxic lead and arsenic that required Superfund designation and a multicounty cleanup that is still going on 34 years later. New Tacoma park exemplifies civic reinvention 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The Anaconda smelter, near the small community of Opportunity, Montana, operated between 1884 and 1980 and provided much of the world’s copper supply. U.S. Supreme Court to hear BP unit's dispute over Montana Superfund... 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z “The only place that didn’t seem to want smelters was the U.S.” How a small aluminum maker won U.S. trade protection 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The smelter was shuttered by a Tamil Nadu government order soon after the killings. A year on, Indian anti-Vedanta protesters say still await justice 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z This international brotherhood and sisterhood stood with Canadian mine and smelter workers for a year beginning in July 2009. Is there a global future for unions? 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z The pollution fell densest at the smelter site and the adjoining slag peninsula. New Tacoma park exemplifies civic reinvention 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The refinery is the world’s largest, transforming bauxite from mines in Brazil into alumina, the material used for making aluminum at smelters owned by Hydro and others around the world. Brazil court lifts one of two embargoes on Norsk Hydro plant 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Passengers of a bus driving past smelters, mines and dilapidated suburbs engaged in a fierce debate after one commuter praised Poroshenko for “feeding” the army. In Ukrainian candidate’s hometown, a cry for change 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z At the same time, people surrounding the Vedanta Ltd smelter, since shuttered by the state authorities for allegedly poisoning groundwater, say they are still being intimidated by local police. A year on, Indian anti-Vedanta protesters say still await justice 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z I started work in the smelter at age 18 after graduating high school. Is there a global future for unions? 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Although the smelter shut down more than three decades ago, that peninsula of lead- and arsenic-tainted waste material long remained a conspicuous artifact of Tacoma’s long run as a deeply polluted industry town. New Tacoma park exemplifies civic reinvention 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Rusal plans to supply aluminum slab alloys and primary metal for the new mill from its Taishet aluminum smelter that is currently under construction in Siberia. Russia's Rusal lands first U.S. investment since sanctions lifted 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z If the new smelting process under development proves commercially viable, he said, Rio would retrofit its entire fleet of existing smelters with the technology. Rio Tinto talking to Apple on next step of carbon-free aluminum... 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The Evansville Courier & Press reports that the mine’s planned closure follows Alcoa Warrick Operations’ recent announcement that it planned to buy coal from other sources to fuel its restarted aluminum smelter lines in nearby Boonville. SW Indiana coal mine to close this spring, costing 80 jobs 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z It didn’t take long for the guys at the smelter to see that I had a big mouth. Is there a global future for unions? 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Beneath the smelter’s 571-foot smokestack, kettles of industrial waste were carted along rails to the peninsula’s edge, where it was dumped, still glowing, into Puget Sound. New Tacoma park exemplifies civic reinvention 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z The government of Tamil Nadu state ordered the smelter shut permanently in May after violent protests at the plant in the city of Thoothukudi in which 13 people were killed. India's top court order revokes order to open Vedanta smelter 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Starting out with a stake in a Siberian smelter, he built one of the world’s largest aluminum conglomerates. ‘Whatever he wants’: Inside the region Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska runs like a personal fiefdom 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z In Anaconda, there’s the Old Works Golf Course, which brings in visitors to play on a Jack Nicklaus-designed course built on the site of a long-gone smelter. ‘Recreation is the new mining’ in Butte, Anaconda 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z By then, Vale had 100,000 workers in mines and smelters across the world. Is there a global future for unions? 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Production was likely spurred by new smelter openings late last year and higher utilization rates following a plunge in the cost of raw material alumina, said Helen Lau, an analyst at Argonaut Securities. China December aluminum production surges to record monthly high 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z The EPA has proposed a seven-month, $26.5 million cleanup that includes treating and removing tainted soil from the area, where a lead smelter previously was located. Shutdown suspends federal cleanups at US Superfund sites 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z The Tamil Nadu state government appealed against the Indian environment court’s order in December to set aside Tamil Nadu’s order to close the copper smelter permanently. India's Supreme Court clears reopening of Vedanta's copper smelter 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The smelter was ordered shut by Tamil Nadu over alleged pollution that led to violent protests in May, which culminated in police opening fire on demonstrators and killing 13. Indian court orders Vedanta to not reopen copper smelter for at... 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z It got me started and I expanded this study to Dallas and found all the city-owned smelters were located in black and brown neighborhoods. Robert Bullard: ‘Environmental justice isn’t just slang, it’s real’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Alunorte plant, fell almost 30 percent in the fourth quarter, easing the pressure on smelters. China December aluminum production surges to record monthly high 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Besides bringing mineral wealth to the Silver Valley, the Bunker Hill’s smelter blanketed the area around Kellogg with heavy metals. Effort to reopen Bunker Hill Mine runs into problems 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The smelter was ordered shut by Tamil Nadu over alleged pollution that led to violent protests in May, culminating in police opening fire on demonstrators and killing 13. India's Supreme Court clears reopening of Vedanta's copper smelter 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z The court directed the Tamil Nadu state pollution regulator to pass a fresh order of renewal of consent for Vedanta’s copper smelter within 3 weeks. Indian court sets aside state government order to shut down Vedanta... 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z A panel of experts set up by India’s National Green Tribunal, informally known as the environmental court, in November said authorities in Tamil Nadu state failed to comply with procedures before shutting down the smelter. India's green court to issue judgment on Vedanta smelter next week 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Vaidyanathan, the lawyer for the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, questioned the power of the expert panel to decide on whether the ban on the smelter in the southern town of Thoothukudi be lifted. India court panel extends hearing on Vedanta smelter case 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Current efforts to reopen the mine don’t include a smelter operation, Reid said. Effort to reopen Bunker Hill Mine runs into problems 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z State authorities permanently shut down the smelter after police fired on protesters calling for the closure of the plant in the southern town of Thoothukudi in May. Indian court expected to reopen Vedanta copper smelter but appeal... 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z State authorities responded by permanently shutting down the smelter. Indian court panel says state government overreached by closing... 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Vaidyanathan, a lawyer for the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board, questioned the power of the expert panel to decide that the ban on the smelter in the southern town of Thoothukudi should be lifted. India's green court to issue judgment on Vedanta smelter next week 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z The smelter is one of the two largest in India. India court panel extends hearing on Vedanta smelter case 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z After nearly a century of operations, the mine and its smelter closed in 1981 when the owner, Gulf Resources Corp., went bankrupt. Effort to reopen Bunker Hill Mine runs into problems 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Vedanta said on Thursday its copper business accounted for five percent of the company’s overall profit before the smelter was shutdown. Indian court expected to reopen Vedanta copper smelter but appeal... 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Vedanta is a subsidiary of billionaire Anil Agarwal-controlled Vedanta Resources and the smelter is India’s second biggest. Indian court panel says state government overreached by closing... 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Tribal members live downstream from several major industrial facilities, hydro dams, and aluminum smelters. Tribes have climate wisdom — and good reason not to share it 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z Apple has since mapped its cobalt supply chain and made public the smelters involved. Apple Stores to employ trafficking victims 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Alunorte transforms bauxite into alumina, which is turned into aluminum at huge smelter. Brazil lawmakers slam Norsk Hydro, regulators for Alunorte leak 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z It was not clear if a court order to reopen the smelter would trigger more protests. Indian court expected to reopen Vedanta copper smelter but appeal... 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Magma Copper Co. began mining the site in 1911 and the smelter opened in 1924 and melted copper from ore for almost five decades. Old copper smelter’s smoke stack is demolished in Superior 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z Tariffs on foreign aluminum benefit U.S. aluminum smelters, including Kentucky-based Century Aluminum, which is investing millions of dollars in a push to double its output. Trump’s tariffs squeezed Canada. Now American beer is feeling the pinch. 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Alunorte transforms bauxite into alumina, which is turned into aluminum at huge smelters. Brazil court upholds partial shutdown at Hydro Alunorte alumina... 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Opponents charged the measure would cost Washington families hundreds of dollars, and unfairly exempted some industries, including an aluminum smelter and wood-burning power plants. Climate and energy measures fall flat in Colorado and Washington 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z They argue the measure would hit consumers while offering exemptions to utilities, aluminum smelters, and pulp and paper mills. 4 States Have Ballot Measures That Could Shape U.S. Climate Policy 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z By 2000, he commenced a decade of overseas expansion, buying a smelter in Montenegro, an aluminum factory in Ireland and bauxite mines in Africa. Two Capitals, One Russian Oligarch: How Oleg Deripaska Is Trying to Escape U.S. Sanctions 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z In an interview, he cited bills and budget items over the years to keep the smelter viable, including provisions he secured for worker training. Climate change, oil industry at center of Washington state Sen. Doug Ericksen’s re-election race 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Lead Superfund site, a portion of which once housed a lead smelter. EPA turns to judge for lead-testing at 9 NW Indiana homes 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Both Century Aluminum Co. and Alcoa Corp. recently decided against restarting more production after activating some smelter lines last spring and summer. Foreign Aluminum Producers Shake Off U.S. Tariffs 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The company said Wednesday that it paid $29 million in duties in during the third quarter, mostly on aluminum imported from its smelters in Canada. Alcoa Raises Profit Outlook as Tariffs Lift Aluminum Prices 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z The short distance between mine, smelter and steel furnace eliminates the need to reheat the ferrochrome and adds to the cost savings. When Designer Steel From Lapland Makes Sense, DespiteTariffs 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z The other 40 percent is for projects that include improving smelter operations and renewing equipment and machinery. Chile's Codelco plans to raise $1 billion in 2019 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z At issue is Teck Cominco’s giant lead and zinc smelter in Trail, British Columbia, 10 miles north of the U.S.-Canada border. Federal appeals court upholds judgment against Teck Cominco 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z After years of foreign competition that eroded Century’s market share, prompted layoffs and put its smelter here on the brink of perpetual collapse, the company is now riding high. Trump’s Tariffs Are Paying Off for Century Aluminum 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Century Aluminum said in a news release the ceremony Wednesday at Hawesville marks the return to full capacity of the first of three lines to be restarted at the smelter. Kentucky aluminum smelter returning to full production 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Babu was reluctant to be photographed near the smelter because police might recognise and harass her. To the ends of the Earth: the activists risking their lives to defend the environment 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z “Since alumina accounts for 40% of aluminum smelter cash costs, a price spike would be likely to put upward pressure on aluminum’s price,” Ms. Bates said. Labor Unrest Strikes Mining Giants 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z A senior Alcoa official informed the Wall Street Journal that the United States would need to import most of its aluminum even if the tariffs succeed in their declared objective of rekindling idled U.S. smelters. Opinion | Trump’s tariffs are clogging the system. That’s what they do. 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z China produces 49 times more aluminum than the United States, where only six smelters remain. Trump’s Tariffs Are Paying Off for Century Aluminum 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Century closed three lines and laid off about 320 workers at the smelter in 2015 in a dispute over electricity prices. Kentucky aluminum smelter returning to full production 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z Alunorte transforms bauxite to alumina, which is turned into aluminum at huge smelters. Brazil studying possible social, environmental deal with Hydro 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z There are many polluting industries upstream, including the largest lead smelter in the Philippines, gold smelters, jewellery workshops and tanneries. How to deliver sound science in resource-poor regions 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z The Vedanta subsidiary that operates the Thoothukudi smelter did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Ground water in Vedanta's Indian smelter contains heavy metals:... 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Alcoa also wants to get Canada exempt from the tariff as the company operates three smelters there. Alcoa Shares Drop as Tariff Impacts Add Up 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The smelter produces aluminum that supplies the defense and aerospace industries. Kentucky aluminum smelter returning to full production 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z That’s because the aluminum company’s main assets are giant smelters in east Siberia, a reality he said Treasury officials failed to grasp. Lobbying firm sought envoys help to salvage Russian company 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Getting the smelter back was a long shot, locals say, just like getting a high-paying factory to this rural corner of Missouri in the first place. Trump's trade war splits a Missouri county into winners and losers 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z A lawyer for the state’s pollution regulator this month told the federal environmental court that long-term exposure to arsenic in drinking increases the risk of cancer among residents of villages near the smelter. Ground water in Vedanta's Indian smelter contains heavy metals:... 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z However, only a handful of smelters still operate in the United States. How Trump’s Policy Decisions Undermine the Industries He Pledged to Help 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z But the sanctions are already weighing on the residents of this Siberian factory town more than 2,000 miles east of Moscow, where Rusal and its smelter anchor the local economy. U.S. Sanctions Echo Through Russian Factory Towns 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The chemicals were left more than a century ago by the Everett smelter, whose smokestacks spewed arsenic and lead as the plant heated ore to separate its metals. Many Everett families still live amid arsenic and lead 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z They told him they were grateful he gave them work after they lost their jobs at the smelter. Trump's trade war splits a Missouri county into winners and losers 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z District Judge Dana Christensen made the ruling Tuesday in the cleanup of a former smelter in East Helena that is now a Superfund site. Atlantic Richfield ordered to pay $29M for pollution cleanup 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The tariffs raise prices for aluminum, which helps smelters, the companies that make raw aluminum here. How Trump’s Policy Decisions Undermine the Industries He Pledged to Help 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z District Judge Dana Christensen made the ruling Tuesday in the cleanup of a former smelter in East Helena that is now a Superfund site. Atlantic Richfield ordered to pay $29M for pollution cleanup 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The company ran another smelter in Tacoma and mines around the state that also required action. Many Everett families still live amid arsenic and lead 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z But instead of building refineries and smelters, many mining firms simply shut up shop. Why Indonesia is so bad at lawmaking 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Locals and activists see the smelter as a risk to fisheries. Vedanta says acid leak severe at south Indian copper smelter 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z It sought to clamp down on cyberintrusion and persuaded Beijing to close some of the steel mills and aluminum smelters that were flooding global markets. This was not the dream for U.S.-China trade 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z The police shootings on May 22 came after at least 50,000 people gathered on the 100th day of their campaign to oppose the expansion of the smelter. 'Avatar' tribe poses second challenge to Vedanta after deadly India... 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Nearly three decades after the state discovered the large amounts of arsenic and lead surrounding the former smelter site, about 150 homeowners are still waiting for the contamination to be cleaned up. Many Everett families still live amid arsenic and lead 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z The first in Tuticorin to turn against the smelter were the fishermen, who feared its wastewater was being dumped in the ocean. 'The martyrs did it': bloody end to Indian copper plant saga 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The smelter, which has been shut for about three months, annually produces about a million tonnes of sulphuric acid, a corrosive byproduct of copper smelting used as a raw material by the fertilizer industry. Vedanta says acid leak severe at south Indian copper smelter 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The southern state of Tamil Nadu ordered the permanent closure of the smelter on Monday after police fired on protesters demanding its closure on environmental grounds. Vedanta prepares legal challenge to India copper plant closure... 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z In the wake of the police shootings, the Tamil Nadu state government ordered the closure of the Thoothukudi copper smelter on environmental grounds, wiping tens of millions of dollars off Vedanta’s market value and sales. 'Avatar' tribe poses second challenge to Vedanta after deadly India... 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z “Once we got the settlement, we knew there wasn’t enough to complete all the cleanup that needed to get done,” said Sandra Matthews, the Department of Ecology project manager for the former smelter site. Many Everett families still live amid arsenic and lead 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z The same year, activists say gas from the plant leaked into a neighbouring flour mill, hospitalising about 20 people and prompting the government to briefly shut the smelter. 'The martyrs did it': bloody end to Indian copper plant saga 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The copper smelter was built in 1996 - after it was granted an environmental clearance from Tamil Nadu's pollution board and environment ministry despite public outcry. The movement that shut down a copper plant 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Residents have been staging protests for months, saying that the smelter is causing environmental damage. Mining group Vedanta 'should be delisted' 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Earlier, authorities cut the power to the smelter. Indian state seeks permanent closure of Vedanta's copper smelter:... 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, police opened fire on protesters demanding that the smelter in the port city of Thoothukudi be shut down. India cuts power to smelter after deadly anti-pollution protests 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z By that time, Babu, a literature teacher at a local college, was spearheading a campaign against the facility, organising protests and trying to fuse disparate concerns about the smelter into a larger movement. 'The martyrs did it': bloody end to Indian copper plant saga 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The Sterlite plant in Tamil Nadu is the seventh largest copper smelter in the world, and accounts for 36% of India's copper demands. The movement that shut down a copper plant 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z P. Ramnath, chief executive of Vedanta's India copper business, said it was not planning to set up a smelter elsewhere. Mining group Vedanta 'should be delisted' 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z The pollution control board of Tamil Nadu said the smelter, which was shut pending renewal of its operating license, was found last week to be preparing to resume production without permission. Indian state seeks permanent closure of Vedanta's copper smelter:... 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The agency will update residents on residential soil sampling and cleanup work in areas of Hammond and Whiting near Federated Metals’ abandoned smelter. EPA to update NW Indiana residents on lead, arsenic cleanup 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Then, in September 2016, Vedanta applied to double the capacity of the plant, making it the largest copper smelter in the country. 'The martyrs did it': bloody end to Indian copper plant saga 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Vedanta says the protests are based on “false allegations” and that it plans to double capacity at the smelter to 800,000 tonnes per year. Nine people killed as Indian police open fire on pollution protesters 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Vedanta has previously denied that the smelter has been responsible for air and water pollution. Mining group Vedanta 'should be delisted' 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z It’s a two-step process: refine aluminium oxide powder from bauxite ore and then convert it to aluminium in smelters. Aluminium producers promise a cleaner smelting pot 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z The Spokesman-Review newspaper reports that residents petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to install air monitors in Northport, about 20 miles south of a lead and zinc smelter. Washington state steps in after EPA declines to test air near Canadian smelter 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Outrage over their killings turned the smelter in Tuticorin into a national issue. 'The martyrs did it': bloody end to Indian copper plant saga 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z The neighborhoods are located near the former Federated Metals property, an abandoned smelter that put lead, arsenic and other heavy metals in the air from 1937 to 1983. EPA finds more lead contamination in northwest Indiana 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z India's Tamil Nadu state - where the copper smelter is based - has said it wants it permanently closed on environmental grounds. Mining group Vedanta 'should be delisted' 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z And if fully implemented at all of the Canadian smelters, it would reduce emissions by an estimated 6.5 million tonnes each year, according to the company. Aluminium producers promise a cleaner smelting pot 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z China was Indonesia’s third-largest foreign investor in 2017, with much of the investment going into smelters to refine minerals for export. China Opens Door to More Indonesian Palm Oil as EU Seeks Import Ban 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The Spokesman-Review reports that residents petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to install air monitors in Northport, about 20 miles south of a lead and zinc smelter. State to step in after EPA declines to test air quality 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z The state of Washington will look for money to conduct air-quality monitoring downwind of a Canadian smelter after the federal government declined to restart the testing. EPA won’t test air in Washington state, downwind of B.C. lead smelter 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Century is banking on the tariffs to help it restart idled lines at its Kentucky smelter and bring back 300 jobs. As steel tariffs squeeze U.S. businesses, uncertainty threatens economic growth 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z In the European Union, only 16 smelters are still in operation, compared with 26 in 2008, and a number are at risk of closure, it added. EU starts monitoring aluminum imports after U.S. tariffs 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Rio is selling the Dunkirk smelter to Britain’s Liberty House while the other smelter is owned by Germany’s Trimet. Sanctions batter Rusal's overseas supply chain, restructuring seen 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z That housing was built in the 1970s in the footprint of a former lead smelter. Feds to update NW Indiana residents on lead, arsenic cleanup 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Trail, British Columbia, is home to one of the world’s largest lead and zinc smelters and refineries. EPA won’t test air in Washington state, downwind of B.C. lead smelter 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z It attracted to the Wenatchee Valley aluminum smelters like Alcoa — whose decline was chronicled in the Seattle Times by Paul Roberts, author of the Politico piece. With bitcoin mining, the Mid-Columbia basin joins the tech elite — or a Ponzi scheme 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z An overhead cobweb of ultra-high-voltage power lines connects the power stations to the city’s voracious aluminum smelters. Trump Condemns Chinese Factories. China Is Already Closing Some. 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z The Swedish Kubal aluminum smelter, the only metal producing operation outside of Russia, was still producing but had halted deliveries, a local newspaper said. Sanctions batter Rusal's overseas supply chain, restructuring seen 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z Some wonder about the cost of the president’s effort to boost employment at steel mills and aluminum smelters. This Trump fan would like to ‘buy American.’ So why doesn’t he? 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z The community of Northport, Washington, is about 20 miles south of the smelter. EPA won’t test air in Washington state, downwind of B.C. lead smelter 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z Century Aluminum Co. said before that it will restart lines at a smelter in Kentucky that have been curtailed since 2015, doubling its workforce there to 600. Nucor to Build New Florida Steel Mill as Domestic Producers Study Tariff Impact 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Resulting job losses would far outweigh the boost he’s giving to domestic metal producers, which includes a steel mill in Seattle and smelters in Ferndale and potentially Wenatchee. Shortsighted tariffs imperil Washington industries 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Apple company said that 16 smelters and refiners left its supply chain in 2017, 10 of which were dropped because they would not participate in a third-party audit of their practices. Apple finds supplier problems as its audits expand 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z The mills and smelters that supply the raw material, and that would directly benefit from the tariffs, have been shrinking for years. Trump’s Tariff Plan Leaves Blue-Collar Winners and Losers 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z Based on additional improvements at the smelter, “we expect current day operations to be even lower,” Grandinetti said in the letter. EPA won’t test air in Washington state, downwind of B.C. lead smelter 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z But they also face extra competition from new, mostly state-owned smelters in regions not subject to output curbs. As winter curbs end, China's aluminum smelters face new reckoning 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z He previewed this past week’s announcment of steel tariffs when he said during the campaign that foreign smelters are “killing our steelworkers and steel companies.” Perspective | Trump is so obsessed with winning that he might make America lose 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z Apple company said that 16 smelters and refiners left its supply chain in 2017, 10 of which were dropped because they would not participate in a third-party audit of their practices. Apple finds supplier problems as its audits expand 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Economists say the companies that make aluminum into car bodies and soda cans employ far more people than the smelters that make raw aluminum itself. Trump Trade Sanctions Aimed at China Could Ensnare Canada 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Alunorte is the world’s largest alumina refinery, transforming bauxite to alumina, which is turned into aluminum at giant smelters. No waste spilled from Brazil's Alunorte factory -Norsk Hydro 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z Overseas alumina traders report a dearth of buying from Chinese smelters this year, suggesting no major restocking drive is underway. As winter curbs end, China's aluminum smelters face new reckoning 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z "That middleman and five other middlemen ship what they've got to a smelter in China, and western companies have to buy from that smelter." Electric vehicles' future relies on cobalt. It's often mined by children and is soaring in price 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Commerce says only one of five aluminum smelters in the U.S. produces the high-purity metal required in defense applications. How to Punish American Workers 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Other smelters face steep challenges to firing up production again, even if tariffs are implemented. The Benefits, and Costs, of Higher Metal Tariffs 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Alunorte is the world’s largest alumina refinery, transforming bauxite to alumina, which is turned into aluminum at giant smelters. No waste spilled from Brazil's Alunorte factory -Norsk Hydro 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z A source at a medium-sized smelter in Henan province said his company will“not necessarily” switch its units back on. As winter curbs end, China's aluminum smelters face new reckoning 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z This regional body banned lead from Kenya, forcing the closure of more than a dozen smelters, including the one at Owino Uhuru. Kenya's 'Erin Brockovich' defies harassment to bring anti-pollution case to courts 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z “Should this one U.S. smelter close, the U.S. would be left without an adequate domestic supplier for key national security needs,” the report says. How to Punish American Workers 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z When the 47-year-old smelter operates, it is the largest single user of electricity in Missouri. The Benefits, and Costs, of Higher Metal Tariffs 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Alcoa says the expansion at Liberty Mine is needed to provide fuel for partially restarting a smelter plant at its Warrick Operations along the Ohio River near Evansville. Alcoa refuses to sign compromise over mining regulations 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z But they also face extra competition from new, mostly state-owned smelters in regions not subject to output curbs. As winter curbs end, China's aluminum smelters face new reckoning 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Vincent said companies are eyeing operations from about 20 megawatts, the size of a data centre, to sites as large as 300 megawatts, about the size of a small aluminum smelter. Chinese bitcoin miners eye sites in energy-rich Canada 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Closures of steel plants, coal mines and aluminum smelters have roiled commodities market since the start of 2016, leading to a rally in prices. Provincial China officials used fake data to evade aluminum, steel cap 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Alcoa said Commerce’s options for across-the-board duties and import quotas could affect aluminum shipments from Canada, where the company operates three smelters. The Benefits, and Costs, of Higher Metal Tariffs 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z That does not include the opportunity cost of suspending construction projects for months on end or shutting down some smelters. China has won battles against air pollution, but not the war 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Overseas alumina traders report a dearth of buying from Chinese smelters this year, suggesting no major restocking drive is underway. As winter curbs end, China's aluminum smelters face new reckoning 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Vincent said companies are eyeing operations from about 20 megawatts, the size of a data centre, to sites as large as 300 megawatts, about the size of a small aluminum smelter. Chinese bitcoin miners eye sites in energy-rich Canada 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Closures of steel plants, coal mines and aluminum smelters have roiled commodities market since the start of 2016, leading to a rally in prices. Provincial China officials used fake data to evade aluminum, steel cap 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Legislators last year passed a bill authorizing Missouri’s Public Service Commission to approve a special low electricity rate for the smelter. The Benefits, and Costs, of Higher Metal Tariffs 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z A planned expansion of Liberty Mine will provide fuel for the smelter. Alcoa moves ahead with smelter plans, faces new mining rules 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z A source at a medium-sized smelter in Henan province said his company will“not necessarily” switch its units back on. As winter curbs end, China's aluminum smelters face new reckoning 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z Terrified polluters promptly closed dozens of foundries and smelters. China gets a new system to curb corruption—and ideological lapses 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z Industrial plants, including steel mills, non-ferrous smelters and building materials producers will be asked to further limit output during the alert. China's Hebei to enforce emergency anti-smog measures Dec 1-4 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Alcoa plans to restart a smelter in southern Indiana by the middle of this year, but it is also demolishing a long-idle smelter near Austin, Texas. The Benefits, and Costs, of Higher Metal Tariffs 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Daimler said it was working on identifying the smelters and mines that supplied cobalt to the company. Apple leads way in tracing cobalt from Congo, Microsoft lags: Amnesty 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z In 2012, under his direction, Alcoa opened a smelter on Saudi’s eastern coast that was hailed as a model of low-cost manufacturing. Saudi Arabia Is Open for Business, but Not Everybody’s Buying 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Goldmark had denied permission for the Millennium Bulk Terminals project to use docks at a former aluminum smelter along the Columbia River, saying Millennium hadn’t provided enough information about its finances. Judge sides with developers of Washington coal terminal 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Industrial plants, including steel mills, non-ferrous smelters and building materials producers will be asked to further limit output during the alert. China's Hebei to enforce emergency anti-smog measures Dec 1-4 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z Legislators last year passed a bill authorizing Missouri’s Public Service Commission to approve a special low electricity rate for the smelter. The Benefits, and Costs, of Higher Metal Tariffs 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Daimler said it was working on identifying the smelters and mines that supplied cobalt to the company. Apple leads way in tracing cobalt from Congo, Microsoft lags: Amnesty 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Among these is a requirement for smelters to cut primary aluminum production by at least 30 percent. China's winter cuts heat up aluminum market 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The environmental inspections are also limiting the production of raw material from mines in China, curtailing the amount of supply available for smelters to produce refined lead and also crimping stockpiles, according to analysts. China's environmental crackdown dries up lead supply amid demand surge 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Its neighbors include chemical plants and aluminum smelters. In China’s Hinterlands, Workers Mine Bitcoin for a Digital Fortune 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Alcoa and Century Aluminum, the two companies operating smelters in the U.S., have also opened smelters in other countries in recent years that provide raw aluminum to the U.S. market. The Benefits, and Costs, of Higher Metal Tariffs 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Freeport also agreed to build smelters to process copper concentrate in Indonesia, helping to create more jobs and more valuable processing work there. Freeport to Give Indonesia a Majority Stake in Its Grasberg Mine 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Among these is a requirement for smelters to cut primary aluminum production by at least 30 percent. China's winter cuts heat up aluminum market 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z The environmental inspections are also limiting the production of raw material from mines in China, curtailing the amount of supply available for smelters to produce refined lead and also crimping stockpiles, according to analysts. China's environmental crackdown dries up lead supply amid demand surge 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z But it also helps explain why even surviving smelters, like Wenatchee’s, face a precarious future. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Only two U.S. aluminum smelters are running at full speed. The Benefits, and Costs, of Higher Metal Tariffs 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z The EPA wants to find and remove soil contaminated with lead and arsenic from a silver and lead smelter that operated from 1883 until 1908. Pueblo hopes budget threat will hasten old smelter cleanup 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z Rusal, which makes aluminum by harnessing Siberia's river systems, said there was no premium but clients nevertheless preferred metal from hydro-powered smelters. Hydro-powered smelters charge premium prices for 'green' aluminum 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z See is the executive director of the Keweenaw National Historical Park's Advisory Commission, which owns the smelter site. Michigan smelter focuses on cleaning up lead paint 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z For three generations, the huge smelter converted the region’s surplus power into something increasingly rare today: solidly middle-class jobs. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z When the 47-year-old smelter operates, it is the largest user of electricity in Missouri. The Benefits, and Costs, of Higher Metal Tariffs 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z It’s a subsidiary company of Grupo Mexico with about 2,300 employees and operates mines, mills and a smelter near Tucson and a refinery in Amarillo, Texas. Asarco employee dies in vehicle accident at Arizona complex 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Rusal, which makes aluminum by harnessing Siberia's river systems, said there was no premium but clients nevertheless preferred metal from hydro-powered smelters. Hydro-powered smelters charge premium prices for 'green' aluminum 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z Drawn by that pitch, aluminum smelters began flocking to the island in the 1990s. A Solution to Our Clean Energy Problem May Lie Right Beneath Our Feet 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z But there were downsides, too, as Northwest smelter towns learned when the cheap power went away in 2000. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z This was their ultimatum: Pay them by Saturday, July 7, or they would blow up the mine and the smelter. A mine fading from the landscape hides a history of conflict 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z Now there are just five smelters — all facing an uncertain future. American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland. 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z After six years at a smelter owned by Alcoa, America’s largest aluminium company, his work was hard but the benefits decent. America’s programme to help trade’s losers needs fixing 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The law is intended to entice a steel-works facility and aluminum smelter to open near the southeastern Missouri town of New Madrid. Missouri governor signs electric rate break for metal makers 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z That year, a poor snowpack cut hydropower output, which forced smelters to buy more of their power from other sources, including the newly deregulated wholesale market. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Once there are no more American smelters left, the workers warn that foreigners will charge whatever they want. How Chinese overcapacity hits American workers 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Iceland’s ardor for aluminum smelters, however, may be cooling. American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland. 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Still others waited, hoping the smelter would reopen, swayed by Mr Trump’s promises to help the industry. America’s programme to help trade’s losers needs fixing 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z A third auction of a smelter in La Oroya, one of the world's most contaminated cities, failed to find a new operator in March. Peru relaxes air quality standards to help mining industry 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z At the same time, unscrupulous traders at Enron exploited the shortage and pushed wholesale power prices above $100 a megawatt-hour — just as a recession and oversupply from new foreign smelters were slashing ingot prices. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Of America’s five remaining aluminium smelters, only two are running at full capacity. How Chinese overcapacity hits American workers 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Petur Blondal, the managing director of the Icelandic Association of Aluminum Producers, said he did not expect the construction of any new smelters on the island. American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland. 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z To produce aluminum, smelters run a powerful electrical current through the raw material, alumina. This remote factory is where Trump may finally draw the line on trade The bill will allow aluminum smelters, steel mills and other major electricity users to negotiate lower electricity rates for longer contracts than is allowed under current law. Missouri Legislature passes electricity rate incentives 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z As a consequence, the Wenatchee smelter will likely be treated as an auxiliary producer — run only when aluminum prices are high, and curtailed whenever prices fall. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z EPA is planning to remediate about 1,000 properties in Anaconda for excessive toxic metals in the soil thought to be caused by a copper smelter. Contamination in Montana park; highest in kids’ sand box 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Iceland’s first smelter sits just south of Reykjavik, the capital city and dominant population center. American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland. 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The Wednesday debate will be over a proposal that would allow steel-works companies and aluminum smelters to negotiate lower electricity rates than are allowed under current law. The Latest: Missouri House advances electricity proposal 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z A big community celebration marked the dedication of what was then the largest and most modern smelter in the United States. Today in Arizona History 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z This spring, the utility agreed to defer, for a year, most of a $67 million penalty Alcoa was contractually obligated to pay for idling the smelter. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z His bill would allow Ameren to apply a special rate for the smelter, which Ameren lobbied hard for in last year’s session without success. Recent Missouri editorials 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z A natural gas power plant is planned for the riverside land in Hannibal, Ohio, where the Ormet Corporation operated a smelter until 2013. American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland. 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Bill sponsor Rep. Don Rone said Tuesday that the bill would bring jobs back to an area that saw significant job loss when an aluminum smelter closed last year. The Latest: Missouri House advances electricity proposal 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z When the Noranda aluminum smelter was operating in New Madrid, it used as much electricity as the city of Springfield, Missouri, Wood said. Missouri lawmakers power up for electric special session 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Last month, Alcoa announced plans to restart a smelter in Indiana, and, says a spokesman, it continues to “regularly evaluate all of the curtailed sites, including Wenatchee.” Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z “He said, ‘Work with me at my lead smelter for two years, and I’ll grant you your freedom.’” Wisconsin students document African-American mining history 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z The Alcoa smelter set off protests that led to the creation of a national park encompassing almost a fifth of the country. American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland. 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z An aluminum smelter would use an estimated 180 to 190 megawatts. The Latest: Missouri House advances electricity proposal 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z “The proposed new air standards for sulfur dioxide don’t include a hourly standard and therefore don’t hold the smelter responsible for the hourly peaks that are far greater than anything that is acceptable,” he says. Peru's plans to cut air quality rules would smooth sale of top polluter 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z And yet, standing in front of the nearly empty smelter, where Woodard leads a skeleton maintenance crew, this veteran “Alcoan” is surprisingly ambivalent about a restart. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Although many say the smelter’s small size and environmental issues were the reasons for the shutdown, there was a nagging suspicion among some that Alcoa had another motive. Struggling country’s past, future shaped by Alcoa, aluminum 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Today, people work on the flats of the spectacular fjord, where America’s largest aluminum company operates its newest smelter. American Companies Still Make Aluminum. In Iceland. 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z Just one U.S. smelter makes high-purity aluminum, producing enough for peacetime military needs but not enough if the country enters into conflicts, he said. Trump says no plan to pull out of NAFTA ‘at this time’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Serrano describes the La Oroya smelter as for years “serving a toxic cocktail of metals” including lead, cadmium, arsenic and air pollutants like sulfur dioxide. Peru's plans to cut air quality rules would smooth sale of top polluter 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Of the 23 smelters running in the United States in 1993, only six remain operational. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Henk Ramdin, Suralco’s general manager until retiring shortly before the smelter was shuttered, said many employees at the time believed the company could make more money selling the power than it could making aluminum. Struggling country’s past, future shaped by Alcoa, aluminum 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Ross said the review was prompted by the extreme competitive pressures that unfairly traded imports were placing on the US aluminium industry, causing several domestic smelters to close or halt production in recent years. US launches probe into aluminium imports, citing security concerns 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Only two U.S. smelters are fully operational today, with eight others having curtailed operations or closed since 2015. Trump says no plan to pull out of NAFTA ‘at this time’ 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Prospectors found gold near Lincoln in 1865, and loggers quickly followed to harvest the drainage’s big Ponderosa pines for mine timbers and smelter fuel. Little-used Montana trail makes great spring destination 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z In return, the smelters got power for close to what it cost to produce, a rate far below what was available anywhere else in the country. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z While jobs at the smelter paid well — it became unionized in 1914 — few Americans today would want such dangerous work. ‘Job-killing regulations’ mantra and reality 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Vast sums must be invested to build refineries and smelters to turn that ore into metal. Alcan CEO David Culver Bet on Aluminum and Quebec 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Apple said it plans to publish a list of the cobalt smelters, just as it does for its conflict mineral smelters. Apple cracks down further on cobalt supplier in Congo as child labor persists 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z Reduction Co. site, a shuttered aluminum and lead smelter. Indiana trying to address East Chicago lead contamination 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z And in the future, said Jourabchi, of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, manufacturers of aluminum parts may simply buy bulk metal from lower-cost foreign smelters and abandon U.S.-based smelting altogether. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z These factors, more than regulations, killed the smelter. ‘Job-killing regulations’ mantra and reality 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z The flip side of that legacy is the arsenic and other toxic metals that spewed from the smokestack for nearly a century and settled in the ground for miles around the old copper smelter. Landowners say EPA botched cleanup, now they want a shot 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The residents live downwind of a shuttered smelter that processed copper dug up from nearby Butte for nearly a century. Landowners say EPA botched cleanup, now they want a shot 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z The Gresik smelter was forced to halt operations on Jan. 19 because of a labor strike. Freeport warns of arbitration as Indonesia mining dispute escalates 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z The 10 smelters consumed much of the power surplus, which allowed utilities to expand their services for other customers. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z The Yadkin River dams were built beginning a century ago to power an aluminum smelter that once employed 1,000 workers. Alcoa completes sale of 4 NC dams to Cube Hydro 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z Myers, who worked at the smelter for 17 years, said not all Opportunity residents agree with the plaintiffs’ decision to go after Arco. Landowners say EPA botched cleanup, now they want a shot 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z In the Dallas area, clean air advocacy group Downwinders at Risk is holding an event to address lingering hazards, including shuttered lead smelters. U.S. cities move to curb lead poisoning following Reuters report 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z "I believe Alcoa wants to keep this smelter running," he said. Australia government, Alcoa say making progress in aluminum smelter talks 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Soon all 10 Pacific Northwest smelters were curtailed and some 11,000 workers laid off. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z But celebration is far from universal given the sprawling smelter's toxic legacy and Kuczynski's criticism of environmental rules. In Peru, a smelter's future stirs fears of its toxic past 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The revisions to an earlier regulation will allow miners to export as long as they show progress toward building smelters in a five-year period. Indonesia Revises Mining Regulations 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Recyclers can shred wired headphones and send them to a smelter that will melt them down for the copper inside. Apple's new AirPods tough to recycle: report 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z The Scottish government is supporting the plans by guaranteeing the power purchases of the aluminium smelter. Major investment plans for Highlands smelter - BBC News 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z By contrast, many smelters elsewhere were “upgrading their equipment to be more efficient,” said Massoud Jourabchi, manager of economic analysis with the Northwest Power and Conservation Council. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z At the same time, scores of La Oroya residents have been agitating for a full revival of the smelter, which ground to a halt in 2009 but has since restarted some zinc production. In Peru, a smelter's future stirs fears of its toxic past 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The smelters used to account for about two-thirds of Big Rivers’ load and revenue. Regulators allow Big Rivers to sell power to 9 cities 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Shell is going ahead with a $6 billion petrochemical plant on the site of an old zinc smelter on the Ohio River in hard-hit Appalachia. Trump’s Charm of Not Being Obama 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z Much of the gain was driven by diggers, smelters and other heavy industry, led by an 87% rise in mining profits. China’s Debt-Laden Companies Take a Load Off—for Now 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z With prices topping $2,000 a ton recently, many former workers still believe the smelter will open. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Kuczynski said last year the smelter would be able to process copper concentrates from Chinese miner Chinalco's nearby Toromocho mine that contain arsenic levels that surpass Chinese import limits, forcing it to pay special fees. In Peru, a smelter's future stirs fears of its toxic past 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The loss of the smelter load and revenue left Big Rivers with excess generating capacity and necessitated rate increases to allow the utility to maintain financial stability. Regulators allow Big Rivers to sell power to 9 cities 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The biggest hit came from poisons spewed from the old RSR Corp.’s lead smelter plant three miles down Singleton. West Dallas residents share stories of neighborhood, changes 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z By the end of the year, only five aluminum smelters will be operating in the U.S., down from 23 in 2000. U.S. Commerce Department Issues Preliminary Ruling on Aluminum Dumping Investigation 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z In 2001, after nearly a half-century of continuous operation, the smelter was put in standby mode, or “curtailed”, when the industry was hit by low aluminum prices and soaring energy costs. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z But Kuczynski, who declined requests to be interviewed, has said it would be cheaper to revive La Oroya if emission limits were looser, calling current standards an obstacle to investment in smelters. In Peru, a smelter's future stirs fears of its toxic past 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The area was contaminated by smelters that operated for decades. EPA set to begin cleanup of Indiana yards tainted with lead 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z The smelter left behind problems with air quality and soil contamination. West Dallas residents share stories of neighborhood, changes 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Then there’s the toxic legacy from an old lead smelter that operated on the eastern portion of the housing project in the 50s and 60s. Lead contamination in LA housing project only one part of pollution puzzle 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Electricity accounts for about a third of production costs, which is why smelters are usually found in regions with surplus energy. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z In Kentucky, the conventional wisdom - actually more like sacred truth- is that our automaking industry, refineries, aluminum smelters and other manufacturing are built on the state’s traditionally low-cost electricity. Kentucky editorial roundup 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Smokestacks at one smelter next door, shuttered 31 years ago, for decades polluted these grounds. Special Report: Flawed CDC report left Indiana children vulnerable to lead poisoning 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z The dams were built beginning a century ago to power an aluminum smelter that once employed 1,000 people. Federal agency OKs license to run Alcoa’s NC dams to 2055 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z For 79 years, a copper smelter, lead refinery and secondary lead smelter operated on the site just south of the West Calumet Housing Complex. Timeline of a decades-long contamination threat in Indiana 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z The number of workers once employed at smelters in the Pacific Northwest, which at one time produced 40 percent of the nation’s aluminum. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Five years ago, Sawan owned an aluminum smelter and an animal-feed factory. A Libyan arms dealer chased by Gaddafi’s legacy 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Kuczynski has called Peru's air quality standards "unrealistic" and proposed lowering them to spur new smelters that could add value to Peru's exports. Peru to work with companies on environmental efforts: minister 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z That is far below the $2,200 level most Western smelters need to be financially viable, according to analyst Lloyd O’Carroll of CRU Group, a research firm. China vows to cut aluminum output, but producers plan growth 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Garcia’s office said the fees could also pay for cleanups at 14 other sites in California where lead smelters may have operated in the past. Californians would pay $1 car battery fee for toxic cleanup under bill sent to governor 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z In other words, Northwest smelters enjoyed what was essentially government-subsidized power — and the benefits were enormous. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z Most of the contamination is from a smelter that closed in 1985. EPA finding lead inside homes at contaminated Indiana site 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Galarza said she was also open to studying whether Peru might process copper concentrates with high levels of arsenic, as Kuczynski has suggested as part of a plan to revive a polymetallic smelter. Peru to work with companies on environmental efforts: minister 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z And while smelters in central and southern China are closing due to higher costs there, producers are opening in the north, where abundant coal supplies allow them to generate their own power. China vows to cut aluminum output, but producers plan growth 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z Virtually all of them are melted down at smelters, recycling facilities that have frequently run into trouble with environmental regulators for polluting the air, soil and water with lead, arsenic and other dangerous contaminants. Californians would pay $1 car battery fee for toxic cleanup under bill sent to governor 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z If that weren’t enough some smelters began to lose the favorable PUD rates. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z The first U.S. casualties of China’s dramatic ramp-up in aluminum production were smelters, a capital-intensive business that depends on low-cost energy. China Crinkles Aluminum Foil Makers 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z The smelter dumped hundreds of tons of slag daily into the river until 1995, when the B.C. government halted the practice after determining the smelter byproduct was toxic to aquatic life. State, tribes to challenge ruling on cross-border emissions 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Officials in eight provinces last month began inspecting metals producers including tin smelters, forcing some to shutter production while they look to comply with environmental standards, according to industry officials and analysts. Pollution crackdown on China tin producers could spur imports, lift prices 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z With the closure of Exide last year under a deal with federal prosecutors, the only lead-acid battery smelter still operating in the state is Quemetco Inc. in the City of Industry. Californians would pay $1 car battery fee for toxic cleanup under bill sent to governor 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Simply put, a less efficient smelter needs a higher aluminum price to operate. Wenatchee waits and wonders about aluminum smelter’s future 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z “I’m near the point of closing the shop,” said Ms. Vasquez, who sells crackers, chips and soda from her store near the smelter. The Andean Town at the Center of Peru’s Pollution Dilemma 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z |
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