MONTREAL – Mining giant Rio Tinto Aluminium announced on Monday that it is now offering independently certified, responsibly produced aluminium from all of its Canadian operations, with the extension of the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s (ASI) Chain of Custody certification to…
BRITISH COLUMBIA – Teck Resources of Vancouver issued a terse news release regarding the failure of some electrical equipment at its zinc refinery in Trail. On Aug. 25, 2019, one of the four rectifiers failed. There were no injuries or…
TORONTO – The challenge came from one of the world’s leading integrated steel and mining companies that uses gigantic industrial ladles to transport hundreds of tons of molten steel each day within its facility. Due to the extreme heat of…
ONTARIO – Toronto-based First Cobalt Corp. has begun testing cobalt hydroxide material as feedstock for its refinery in Cobalt. SGS Canada has been retained to assess the suitability of different feed materials using the current refinery flowsheet. Last month the…