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𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗩𝗲𝗹𝘁𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗘𝗨 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗲𝗰𝗼-𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 Titanium miner Velta has been granted €7.3M (US$8.1M) in financial support from Horizon Europe to explore the full titanium production cycle and develop more efficient processes. The funding is part of the Resilient Value Chain 2024 competition under the REPTiS project, which aims to improve #titanium extraction processes and aligns with Velta’s goals to develop an integrated titanium supply chain. 🔵 Our experts explore this further here - https://lnkd.in/eSuPyhNy 🔵 Speak to our team for more on our 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 including our market outlook for supply, demand and prices - https://lnkd.in/eSKmuTHh #criticalmaterials #energytransition

𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱-𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝘂𝘅𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 Metro Mining, one of Australia's four bauxite producers, achieved a new bauxite shipment record in August 2024, marking a major milestone for the company. The bauxite producer, established in 2018, has an estimated resource base of 124.5Mt at its flagship project, Bauxite Hills Mine. Its initial capacity since its 2018 commission date was approximately 2Mtpy of bauxite and grew its production to 3.5Mtpy in 2019. Since then, Metro Mining has increased its production and, as of May 2023, has made an investment decision towards a 7Mtpy production capacity target by 2025, aiming to ramp up production from 2024. 🔵 More coverage available here - https://lnkd.in/ehzvU_cd

Project Blue is pleased to share that Robert Burrell, PhD, Senior Analyst at Project Blue, will be attending the European Battery Raw Materials Conference 2024 hosted in Amsterdam.    If you’re attending the conference, please reach out to Rob to arrange a meeting. #BatteryMaterials #CriticalMaterials #EnergyTransition 

Project Blue is excited to announce that Dominic Wells will deliver a Rare Earths market presentation at the upcoming European Battery Raw Materials Conference 2024. The presentation is entitled “Why are rare earths important to the energy transition?” and will take place on Tuesday 17 September. If you’d like to meet Dominic at the conference to discuss Project Blue’s price outlook and cost analysis for Rare Earths, please reach out to him to arrange a meeting. #BatteryMaterials #RareEarths #EnergyTransition

📣 Project Blue is delighted to announce our 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 in Washington DC on Thursday 17 October. Join industry and government leaders alongside senior Project Blue speakers for an afternoon of presentations and discussion for #criticalmaterial and #energytransition markets, followed by drinks and networking. 📍 Grand Hyatt, Washington DC 📆 Thursday 17 October 🕰️ 14.00-17.00 🔵 Register here - https://lnkd.in/eR2veU9P

𝗨𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟲𝗠𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝘅𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 The Governor of Baja California Sur, Víctor Castro Cosío, recently went to the #salt manufacturer Exportadora de Sal (ESSA) to find out what it needed as it was rumoured that thousands of tonnes of product could not be marketed. The trip revealed that 5 to 6 million tonnes of salt have not been sold. The Governor reported that the salt is not being sold because the asking prices are too low and ESSA prefers to hold onto the salt while it looks for new markets and obtains a price above US$20/t. Read more on our website here - https://lnkd.in/dksB_uTB

𝗨𝗦 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗘𝗤 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗹𝗺𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 On 2 September, Australia-based EQR announced that it had signed a multi-year offtake agreement for #tungsten concentrate with USA-based Elmet. As per the agreement, Elmet will purchase tungsten concentrate worth AU$30M (US$20.3M) from EQR over a five-year period. Elmet can secure the contract by making an advance payment of AU$2M (US$1.3M) to EQR. As such, EQR will offer Elmet 20,000,000 shares at AU$0.1 per share, with this offer to remain valid for two years. 🔵 Read more on our website - https://lnkd.in/e2tjpchE 🔵 Learn more about our Tungsten Research Service - https://lnkd.in/e3TcXrt4 #criticalmaterials #energytransition

💫 Thank you to all our sponsors and partners for helping us to deliver an excellent 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. 🔵 We are grateful for your support and look forward to working together to serve our shared customers and markets again. #ferroalloys #steel #criticalmaterials #energytransition

🎉 A very successful 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗙𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 in Johannesburg, South Africa, comes to an end! 💡 Two days of in-depth presentations, panel discussions and great networking opportunities for ferroalloys market participants. 🔵 A huge thank you to all our delegates, presenters and the Project Blue team for making the conference a success. 📆 Our events continue in London and Washington in October this year, and more to come in 2025 - https://lnkd.in/edqGSbRC

Melissa Oosthuizen, Senior Editor, introduces Project Blue's research for the global #ferrosilicon market in the conference's closing session.