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Canada has banned the import of aluminium products from Russia due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, effective immediately, the country's deputy prime minister said on Friday March 10. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

First Quantum Minerals and the government of Panama are currently holding talks to secure the long-term future of one the world's largest copper mines and prevent its suspension, the Canada-based mining company said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Noranda Income Fund (NIF) needs to replace all the cells in the cellhouse of its electrolytic zinc processing facility in Canada, a process that would not start until at least 2024, the company said on Monday November 14. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Noranda Income Fund (NIF) is to close the cellhouse at its electrolytic zinc processing facility in Canada for up to six weeks and potentially longer for repairs, the company said on Wednesday October 19. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electra Battery Materials Corp has entered the commissioning phase of a black mass recycling demonstration plant at its battery materials park in Ontario, Canada, the company said on Thursday October 13. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Teck Resources and PolyMet Mining Corp (PMC) have agreed to form an equal joint venture to advance the NorthMet project, owned by PMC subsidiary PolyMet Mining Inc, and Teck's Mesaba mineral deposit, Canada-based Teck said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Barrick Gold Corp is seeking leading project financing partners for its Reko Diq copper-gold project in Balochistan, Pakistan, the Canada-based company said on Monday July 18. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electra Battery Materials Corp has begun preliminary talks with the government of Quebec to build a new cobalt refinery that will integrate with an emerging battery materials park in the Canadian province, the company said on Wednesday June 22. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Nano One Materials has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Quebec, Canada-based Johnson Matthey Battery Materials (JMBM Canada), Nano One said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electra Battery Materials Corp has signed a battery recycling and cobalt sulfate supply agreement with Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corp, the Canada-based company said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Consumers bore the brunt of the Section 232 tariffs imposed on aluminium imports into the United States, the head of the Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC) said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subsidized aluminium production should be kept for domestic use, not exported around the world to the detriment of global markets, according to the head of the Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aluminium industry's quest to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050 is creating a multi-pronged approach by companies depending on their location, access to financing and technology opportunities, the head of the Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC) said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Europe's planned Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will have a big impact on the aluminium sector when it begins to focus on reducing scope 2 emissions, according to the president and chief executive of the Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

First Cobalt has held preliminary discussions with Canadian government officials on the creation of a lithium-ion battery park on the same site as its battery materials hydrometallurgical refinery north of Toronto, the company said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mineral sequestration could be used to develop the world's first-ever carbon-neutral nickel mine, according to the president of Giga Metals Corp, which is developing the Turnagain project in British Columbia, Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Canada will seek to work with its allies and partners to develop supply chains that will help them to meet global climate goals, according to the associate deputy minister at the Department of Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

First Cobalt Corp has finalized long-term cobalt hydroxide feed deals with Glencore and trading company IXM, a subsidiary of mining company CMOC, as part of a plan by the Canada-based company to recommission and expand a currently idle cobalt refinery in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Imports of standard P1020 aluminium to the United States from Canada continued to decline in September, while as demand for value-added products (VAP) has revived, US Census Bureau data shows. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Canada-based Lundin Mining Corp is to suspend operations at its Candelaria copper mine in Chile after mediation talks with a second union at the site failed to result in an agreement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Virtus Industries has acquired Canada-based brass and aluminium tube maker Arzon Ltd, aided by a direct investment by global alternative investment manager Ares Management Corp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aluminium industry neither deserves nor can afford the shock that would come from the United States' reintroduction of Section 232 tariffs on imports from Canada, according to Aluminum Association president and chief executive officer Tom Dobbins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sometimes it is better to let a situation speak for itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aluminium industry participants - many of which lobbied against Section 232 tariffs - respond to US President Donald Trump's decision to reinstate the tariffs on imports of non-alloyed unwrought aluminium from Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Exports of standard P1020 aluminium from Canada into the United States in July have declined as demand for value-added products (VAP) resumes and smelters rebalance their production, according to the Aluminium Association of Canada (AAC). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

First Cobalt is entering the second phase of financing discussions for the recommission and expansion of its currently idled cobalt refinery in Canada, with proposals under review with its financial advisor, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aluminium premiums in the United States could almost double if Section 232 tariffs or quotas were imposed on imports of aluminium from Canada, and would have a "financially disastrous" effect on American manufacturers, according to a group of US trade associations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Just over a year ago, US Section 232 tariffs against imports of aluminium from Canada were removed. Now there are calls to reintroduce them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The feasibility study for an expansion of the currently idled First Cobalt cobalt refinery in Canada continues despite the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, with a restart in the fourth quarter under consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Noranda Income Fund (NIF) is assessing whether capital investments at its facilities could help improve its production capacity and profitability in light of a decline in the quality of global zinc concentrates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The government of Canada has announced measures to prevent the transshipment of aluminium into the United States, building on commitments made when the US removed its Section 232 import tariffs in May. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

First Cobalt Corp has agreed on a term sheet with Glencore AG, outlining the framework for a phased approach to recommission a cobalt refinery in Ontario, Canada, in less than a year with an expansion to 55 tonnes per day in 2021. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Glencore AG has signed an agreement to supply cobalt feedstock and financing to recommission the First Cobalt refinery in Ontario, Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Canada-based Cobalt Blockchain Inc (COBC) expects final ratification shortly for a copper/cobalt trading and export license that will allow it to establish regional buying depots in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), process minerals in-country and export internationally. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Total mining exploration may decline by around 25% this year, Bakes Mitchell, vp of sales at SNL Metals Economics Group, said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]