Copper cathode production of National Iranian Copper Industries Company (NICICO) reached 247,000 tons during last Iranian year (ended March 20,2019), indicating a 15 percent growth compared with the corresponding period of the previous year.

Revelo Resources (TSXV: RVL) and Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE: SQM) signed this week an exploration option agreement under which the latter can acquire up to an 80% interest in Calvario and Mirador, two of Revelo's copper-focused projects in northern Chile.

Chilean copper miner Antofagasta Plc (LON:ANTO) will make a decision about going ahead with a $3B expansion of its Centinela mine, located in the country’s north, by the end of next year or in 2021.

Growing demand for smart thermostats, wind turbines and other high-tech devices is expected to keep copper the dominant material used in electrical components, industry players said, offsetting rising use of aluminum, a cheaper alternative to conduct electricity.

Codelco and other copper mining giants are set to plow billions of dollars into the revitalization of Chile's mines, but that may not be enough to keep the country from losing ground to competitors elsewhere in the world.

Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) said drilling at its Cascabel copper-gold project in the country’s north has revealed previously unknown mineralization, further increasing the size of one of the biggest copper discoveries of recent years.

The Silver Institute has released a report saying global silver demand rose 4% – to 1.03 billion oz. – in 2018. This is the first time since 2015 that demand has risen year-over-year.

Indian govt has initiated investigation of anti-dumping on the imports of Aluminum and Zinc coated flat products originating in or exported from China PR, Vietnam and Korea RP.

Queensland Rail had stowed a train carrying copper, lead and zinc concentrate from Glencore's operations in the Australian state on 31 January as a precautionary measure.

The Angas zinc mine, just outside Adelaide and currently under care and maintenance, is about to become the site of 5 MW advanced compressed air energy storage or A-CAES project which will provide synchronous inertia, load shifting and frequency regulation to the area's electrical grid.

A study by Wood Mackenzie forecasts that global lead production, excluding that of China, will increase in 2019 by about 250 kt, which is equivalent to over 10% of current output.

Iranian experts developed a new technology to process lead and zinc ores, using pyrometallurgy method.

Shares of Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (TSX and NASDAQ: MPVD) surged on Thursday after releasing its latest mineral resource estimates at the Faraday 2 kimberlite, located within the Kennady North Project, NWT, Canada. The stock rebounded by more than 12% at the open in Toronto, lifting the company's market capitalization to over C$256 million.

The Silver Institute has released a report saying global silver demand rose 4% – to 1.03 billion oz. – in 2018. This is the first time since 2015 that demand has risen year-over-year.

Shareholders in US gold giant Newmont Mining (NYSE:NEM) have almost unanimously approved the miner’s proposed $10B takeover of Canada’s Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG), a deal that creates the world’s largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves, robbing Barrick of its recently cemented supremacy.

Barrick Gold Corp. could find itself partially liable for $600 million in additional debt, if some Newmont Mining Corp. bondholders have their way.

The president and CEO of Vancouver-based Mountainstar Gold has been slapped with a C$150,000 penalty by the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) for making “false or misleading statements” regarding the Pascua Lama gold deposit in Chile.

Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) said drilling at its Cascabel copper-gold project in the country’s north has revealed previously unknown mineralization, further increasing the size of one of the biggest copper discoveries of recent years.

The global nickel market and its key growth sector, electric vehicle (EV) batteries, will face grave supply shortages unless key Chinese-led projects in Indonesia start up in a timely and cost-effective manner, analysts said on Thursday.

Santiago – China's Tianqi Lithium Corp has come to an agreement over the governance of Chilean miner SQM with key shareholder Pampa Group, easing away from hostilities over control of the world's second-biggest producer of lithium.

A new report by FocusEconomics on the prospects of commodities this year and next paints a mixed picture. The survey of investment banks, institutions and research houses compiled by the Barcelona-based company has good news for long-suffering investors in uranium and silver

First Cobalt Corp aims to restart an idled cobalt refinery in Canada within two years and is in talks to supply the battery-grade product to four leading automakers, chief executive Trent Mell said on Wednesday.

The recent jump in platinum-group metals prices is boosting miners’ profits, but that doesn’t mean they are likely to increase supply anytime soon, according to the world’s No. 1 producer.

Indian Ferro Chrome prices increased amid improved global market conditions. In China, there is decrease in VAT rates – from 16% to 13% which would have been effective from 1st Apr’19, but the notification is still awaited.

Indian Steel industry observed average inquiries during the Week-15 (9th to 13th Apr) owing to election mood in the country. In context to supply scenario, the production of Semis & Finished steel products more or less on same proportion, this led to volatility in prices.

Trade statistics released by Canada custom shows that the iron ore exports by the country recorded at 3.19 MnT in Jan'19. The exports dropped 7 month low in Jan'19, as it was last seen in Jun'18 at 2 MnT. The exports depicted fall of 35% as compared to Dec'18 exports at 4.9 MnT.

It’s been a stormy month for benchmark coal prices in Asia, with the potential for reverberations across the globe.

Activity in the ICI 4 derivatives market increased again today after a relatively slow start to the month last week, with another 25,000t cleared on the CME after 20,000t traded yesterday.

During the Week-13 (25-30th Mar’19), Indian spot steel trades remained weak as participants were engaged to settle their accounts amid closing of fiscal year. Inline with supply, it was more or less average, this has resulted slight fall in prices.

Spot steel trades improved gradually today and the prices recovered in major markets. Towards the beginning of day, the prices fell by INR 200-300/MT, although by the end of day it moved up by INR 300-500/MT in major markets.

In the February issue of International Cement Review, Buzzi Unicem reviews its cooperation with Fives in the development of the FCB Horomill® technology.

A partnership of First Nations, exploration companies and provincial government representatives is working well, as the three groups collaborate to progress mineral exploration and mining in northwest British Columbia.

Within Fives, the Cement | Minerals Business Line recently set up a new operational entity in the Middle East to support customers with services and technical assistance.

The REFRAJET® Addmix technology is an innovative injection system that was developed specifically for the installation of cement-free sol-gel bonded refractory concretes of the REFRAJET® Nanobond type.

The Iranian cement industry’s fall from grace has turned into a continuous freefall.

Refratechnik Ceramics GmbH, Germany (formerly BURTON), and HK-CERAM Kft., Hungary, are among the world’s leading companies for the design, development and manufacture of refractory products for the ceramics industry.

In October 2018, an Arvedi ESP (Endless Strip Production) line installed in a plant belonging to the Chinese steel producer Rizhao Steel Group Co., Ltd (Rizhao) produced ultra-thin hot strip with a thickness of just 0.6 millimeters for the very first time.

Outotec has been awarded a contract to design and deliver a mine paste backfill system to a nickel mine in Canada.

Metso is expanding its digital Metso Metrics offering with the launch of a new predictive maintenance solution for mining equipment, aimed to help maximize the uptime and performance of comminution circuits.

Only 7 days to replace and improve the cold reversing mill automation process control

Outotec has finalized the negotiations with employee representatives announced on October 26, 2017 to outsource its German-based project engineering function to Citec. As a result of the negotiations, 59 Outotec employees have transferred to Citec as of April 1, 2018.

The accelerating adoption of electric vehicles and energy storage technologies has been attracting new investors into the mining industry as demand for battery materials spike.

Esfordi Phosphate Industrial & Mineral Complex’s production during the last Iranian year (ended 20 March 2019), up 48% YOY.

The report consists of 5 chapters including IMIDRO at a glance, projects, performance, CSR & HSE and audit and financial statements.

GoldSpot Discoveries (TSXV: SPOT) and Gran Colombia Gold (TSX: GCM) announced that they have established a partnership to use machine learning to identify new drilling targets at the Segovia operation located in the Segovia-Remedios mining district of Antioquia, northwestern Colombia.

Chilean copper miner Antofagasta Plc (LON:ANTO) will make a decision about going ahead with a $3B expansion of its Centinela mine, located in the country’s north, by the end of next year or in 2021.

The Mosaic Company, a Brazilian fertilizer maker, said on Thursday it will suspend production at its phosphate mines of Tapira and Catalão after failing to obtain a deadline extension in order to provide stability certification for three of its tailings dams.

Asia's mining sector continues to hold the greatest rewards globally, with positive business environments, rich mineral deposits, supportive infrastructure and political stability in countries holding the top positions in Fitch Solutions' Asia Mining Risk/Reward Index.

The gold miners’ stocks are still marching, grinding higher on balance in a solid upleg. While interest in this sector has faded since late February, it is nicely set up for a strong rally. After consolidating high and establishing a sturdy base, the gold miners are likely to soon report greatly-improved first-quarter results. Couple that with gold itself powering higher, and the slumbering gold stocks should surge substantially.

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is launching seven new cash-settled futures contracts on Monday, including hot-rolled coil (HRC) steel, alumina and cobalt, aiming to attract more business after profits fell last year.

Me-Metals – Bahman Ayyar Rezaei – an experienced member of the board of directors of Isfahan’s Mobarakeh Steel Co. (MSC) stated: Mobarakeh Steel Co. (MSC) with 130,000 Billion rials capital, multiplied distance from the second company in stock exchange.

The Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) has launched a probe into mining giant Vale SA's filings related to the mining dam collapse in the town of Brumadinho, where the collapse of a dam at the company’s Córrego do Feijão mining complex on Friday killed at least 60, while more than 300 missing people are feared dead.

The third stage of a plan to sell Iranian oil through the stock exchange will kick off this week, the oil minister said.

After a strong start to 2018, the value of the world’s largest mining stocks began turning down well before summer as worries about a China–US trade war continued to mount.

Director of the Central Insurance of Iran said the country’s insurance industry has successfully avoided being affected by the anti-Iran sanctions.

The share of life insurance in the overall portfolio of the Iranian insurance industry is meager, a fact that a board member of Middle East Insurance Company, which specializes in life insurance, ascribes to the lack of an insurance culture in the country.

Iranian insurance companies have started evaluating the losses caused by the recent massive earthquake that shook the western Kermanshah Province near the Iraqi border and processing payment of compensations.

Mellat Insurance, affiliated with Bank Mellat, announced that it has signed a contract with France’s SCOR SE, based on which the major reinsurer will provide excessive loss coverage for Mellat.

The collective figure of Iranian insurance companies’ premiums during the first half of the current fiscal year to Sept. 22 has reached 166 trillion rials ($4.15 billion), which indicates an increase of 20% compared with the corresponding period of last year.

The president of the Central Insurance of Iran elaborated on the four-year outlook of Iran’s insurance industry through the end of President Hassan Rouhani’s second and final term in office.

Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corp (ASX: LYC) said Wednesday its board has rejected a A$1.5bn (about $1.1B) takeover proposal from Australian retail and industrial conglomerate Wesfarmers.

Established companies offer the greatest potential for digital transformation. However, traditional industrial companies are too focused in the concentration of their digitisation strategy on optimisation of the processes used in their existing business.

Human rights advocate Amnesty International has accused the electric vehicle (EV) industry of selling itself as environmentally friendly while most of the batteries they produce use polluting fossil fuels and unethically sourced minerals.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country is "ready" to set up its own trade mechanism with Iran, allowing companies from the two neighboring countries to continue with their "legitimate" business amid the hostile US sanctions.

Iran-Singapore Commercial Committee was officially established on Wednesday, the deputy head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture for international affairs said.

Tehran and Canberra are determined to further increase industrial cooperation as representatives from the two countries signed an agreement in Tehran.

Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdol Nasser Hemmati underlined that the US designation of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as a "terrorist organization" shows its failure in anti-Iran economic pressures and policies.

The World Bank has downgraded Iran's economic growth estimates and forecasts in a new report.

Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnasser Hemmati, on the sidelines of his Sunday meeting with Iraqi Finance Minister Fuad Mohammed Hussein, said that banking relations between Tehran and Baghdad will be eased to lubricate transactions between the two countries’ businessmen.

Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdonnaser Hemmati said enemies have hatched secret plots to hit the country’s foreign exchange market, calling for more efforts to foil the conspiracies.

UniCredit SpA is nearing an agreement with US authorities over allegations that the bank provided dollar-clearing services to Iranian clients in violation of US sanctions, people with the knowledge of the matter said.

The US administration today imposed sanctions on Venezuelan state-owned National Development Bank (Bandes) and other financial institutions to protest the arrest yesterday of a top aide to Juan Guaidó, whom Washington recognizes as the country's interim leader.

According to the latest reports, Indian steel major, JSW Steel is all set to invest USD 150 million (amounting INR 1,000 crore) in the first phase to set up a new steel facility in Texas, U.S.

Iran mine and mining industries sector has attracted $5 billion of China’s $20billion finance in Iran concurrently with President Rouhani’s visit to China, Chairman of the board of IMIDRO announced in 9th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum.

Those worried that the positive momentum in the mining and metals sector is beginning to wane after two years of strong gains may find encouragement from a new survey by private capital tracker Preqin.

A delegation of high-ranking officials from Qatar’s Ministry of Transport and Communications as well as Qatar Ports Management Company arrived in Tehran on Monday to survey avenues of expanding cooperation and increasing bilateral trade with their Iranian counterparts.

China invested a total of $126.6 billion in renewable energy in 2017, the highest figure ever and accounting for 45% of global green energy investment, the "Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2018" report showed.

Total capitalization of Iran's capital market, including equity and fixed-income, is currently standing at around $130 billion.

In the last few years, Iran has demonstrated its strong political will to reemerge as a regional transportation hub.

Iran's government spent 316.3 trillion rials ($5.27 billion) on development projects in the first 11 months of the last fiscal year (March 21, 2017-Feb. 19), 70.1% more than the similar period of the year before.

The Economy Ministry sold 2 trillion rials ($41.6 million) of Islamic bonds on Iran Fara Bourse on Sunday to finance the establishment of a railroad connecting three major cities.

China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation Changchun Railway Company (CRRC CRC) and Tehran Wagon Company have won the tender to build and supply 630 cars for Tehran’s Subway on Wednesday.

A hot mix asphalt production plant has been established in Qazvin Province’s Alamut region, Managing Director of Qazvin Roads and Urban Development Organization Masoud Haqlotfi said.

In line with its ambitious railroad expansion plans stipulated in Iran's Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2017-22), the Iranian government is strengthening its cooperation with China.

Iranian rolling stock manufacturer, Wagon Pars Company, built 290 freight and seven passenger wagons in the last Iranian year (March 2018-19) at a cost of 812 billion rials ($6 million), the company’s CEO said.

Indian state copper miner Hindustan Copper is in the initial stages of an $800 million expansion program, Resources Monitor reported Tuesday.

During the extended Norouz holidays (March 16-April 6), more than 7.37 million passengers took to public road transportation to make 705,173 trips, Iran Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization reported.

Australia - world's largest iron ore exporter has recorded drop in iron ore shipment for Q1 CY19, according to the vessel line up data maintained with SteelMint.

Aday after Boeing confirmed delays in test flights of its commercial crew vehicle, NASA said that the company's crewed test flight will get an extended stay at the station when it does fly.

Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri underlined his country's determination to build roads and railways to link the Persian Gulf states to Syria and the Mediterranean region.

China’s natural gas demand is set to grow by 14% in 2019 amid a huge government push to spur consumption of the fuel, a senior industry executive said, requiring the nation to import huge amounts of liquefied natural gas.

The West Ethylene Gas Pipeline ruptured in western Kermanshah Province on Sunday, the governor said.

The growing gas prices in the US indicate that Washington is facing a hard decision on the extension of waivers on Iran oil sanctions, an Iranian official said on Sunday.

Japan's Tokyo Gas said on Friday it has signed a heads of agreement with Royal Dutch Shell for 500,000 tons per year of liquefied natural gas, with the purchase based partly on a coal-linked pricing formula.

The UK’s crude oil loadings remained below 800,000 barrels per day for the third month in a row in February, while authorities expect Britain’s crude production to decline through at least 2024, Fotios Katsoulas, Liquid Bulk Principal Analyst, Maritime and Trade at IHS Markit, said.

Investments needed to ensure stability in the global oil industry are returning after a downturn, but the pace is still slow, OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo said.

Venezuelan state-owned PdV utilized less than a quarter of the nameplate processing capacity at its main oil refineries in July, reflecting a shrinking pool of domestic feedstock and chronic equipment breakdowns.

South Pars Oil and Gas Company (SPOGC) has curbed the flaring of natural gas at the so-called 3rd South Pars refinery in the city of Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, by 70% in the present fiscal year (ends March 20), the refinery's director said on Wednesday.

Saudi oil giant Aramco will buy an equity stake in Malaysian firm Petronas' major refining and petrochemical project, pumping in $7 billion in its biggest downstream investment outside the kingdom, the companies said on Tuesday.

Tehran has finalized an agreement worth $2 billion (2.3 trillion won) with South Korea's Daelim Corporation to renovate and expand a refinery in Isfahan Province, head of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company, Abbas Kazemi, said on Friday.

A member of the Iranian parliament said implementation of the ethylene oxide plant in the southwestern city of Andimeshk would prove the ineffectiveness of the US sanctions on Iran.

Construction of a new ethylene oxide plant will begin soon in Andimeshk, Khuzestan Province, director of public relations of Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company said Saturday.

A $1.1bn Venezuelan project to refurbish a mothballed refinery on the Dutch-controlled island of Aruba has derailed because of US sanctions on national oil company PdV.

Iranian scientists could manufacture ultracentrifuges with the capability of spinning 60,000rpm, to become the third nation with the needed hi-tech to manufacture such centrifuges after the US and Japan.

Canadian company Pembina Pipeline Corp. says it is going ahead with a $4.5-billion joint venture with Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Co. to build an integrated propane dehydrogenation plant and polypropylene upgrading facility northeast of Edmonton.

A private sector company opened a chemical plant in Markazi Province on Sunday to produce 'dimethyl carbonate ammonium hydroxide' for the first time in Iran.

Aproposal by the Energy Ministry to raise water and electricity tariffs by 7% was ratified by the Cabinet. The new rates will go into effect on April 21, Barq News reported.

As Pakistan faces worsening water scarcity - and trouble sourcing international cash for hydropower dams it says it needs - it has turned to an unlikely source of cash: A fundraising campaign backed by the country’s top court judges.

Indian power generation from conventional sources have recorded slight growth on the month after witnessing drastic fall in Nov'18, but the rate of output has remain almost flat m-o-m in Dec'18.

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian, in a meeting with Afghanistan's Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Khan Mohammad Takal, exchanged views on ways to bolster bilateral cooperation in the water and energy sectors.

Iranian and Afghan commissaries held the 19th meeting of their joint committee in Tehran on Saturday to address the issue of the water right of the Helmand River.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that water and electricity bring security for the country, and called for a 10 to 20 percent reduction in agricultural consumption of water with the use of new methods.

The National Iranian Oil Company is eager to develop offshore oil and gas fields in the Caspian Sea in collaboration with foreign majors.

Iran Marine Industrial Company, Sadra, is building 10 offshore platforms to develop the remaining phases of the giant South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf, the deputy for development and engineering at the National Iranian Oil Company said.

Egyptian Oil Minister Tarek El Molla has signed three offshore oil and gas exploration and production deals worth a total of at least $220 million with France's Total, Britain's BP and Italian oil major ENI's Egyptian subsidiary IEOC, the ministry said on Wednesday.

Oil exploration in the Persian Gulf is now on the agenda of the National Iranian Oil Company's exploration department that is why "Sahar 1" drilling rig will be employed to expand explorations in the region, Saleh Hendi, director of drilling operations at NIOC said Monday.

The global offshore oil industry could cut exploration costs by more than 30% if it would just agree to use standardized equipment, according to the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA).

Aproposal by the Energy Ministry to raise water and electricity tariffs by 7% was ratified by the Cabinet. The new rates will go into effect on April 21, Barq News reported.

As per industry sources report to SteelMint, Pakistan’s Government has indicated a hike in electricity tariffs by upto around 25% over the next few months period.

China’s state-owned State Grid Corp promised further power price reductions for industrial and business users to support the economy, the company said on Sunday.

An Iranian official said the country’s nuclear power plant near the southern port city of Bushehr has been shut down for periodic maintenance and fuel reloading, and will be reconnected to the national grid in a couple of weeks.

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian highlighted the neighboring countries’ willingness to import electricity from the Islamic Republic and said they cannot find a better option.

The Indian government is stepping up efforts to guarantee electricity supplies to all households ahead of national elections, but actual coverage may fall short of the stated goals.

A new report by FocusEconomics on the prospects of commodities this year and next paints a mixed picture. The survey of investment banks, institutions and research houses compiled by the Barcelona-based company has good news for long-suffering investors in uranium and silver

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano reaffirmed that Iran has fulfilled its commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

A year after the US unlawful abrogation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action [the formal name of the nuclear deal Iran signed with six world powers], Europe cannot muster the political will to defy US' economic terrorism, not even by setting up a single banking channel for humanitarian aid. (Twitter)

The president of the European Union’s financial mechanism for trade with Iran known as the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX) has traveled to Tehran to hold talks with senior Iranian officials on ways to make the mechanism operational.

European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said the 28-member bloc would continue to make sure that Iran will reap the benefits of the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers as the issue of sanctions relief was an integral part of the deal.

While it seems to fly in the face of everything we believe and have been taught about nuclear power, it may actually be the safest form of power production that we have. Ironically, the immense potency of the power of splitting an atom is simultaneously what makes nuclear weapons so dangerous as well as what makes nuclear power so safe.

Weeks after Norway’s government proposed that the country’s $1-trillion fund divest from pure exploration and production oil companies, the cabinet said that it will allow the world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund to invest in unlisted renewable energy infrastructure.

Renewable energy demand and capacity are growing explosively. When looking at numbers for wind energy production, China stands above all other countries.

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said that the country is after boosting its renewable energies capacity, urging relevant bodies in the country to spare no efforts to this end.

Orbex has introduced the world’s largest metal rocket engine 3D printed in a single piece on the SLM®800. Founded in 2015, the UK-based spaceflight company develops small satellite launch vehicles and introduced Prime, their revolutionary and environmentally-friendly rocket at the grand opening of their new headquarters in Forres, Scotland. The novel Orbex launcher not only uses 100% renewable fuel to cut carbon emissions by 90% and a novel zero-shock staging and payload separation resulting in zero orbital debris, but was also design-optimized for selective laser melting, helping to create a structure 30% lighter and 20% more efficient than any other launch vehicle in its category.

Renewable energy sources will be the world’s main source of power within two decades and are establishing a foothold in the global energy system faster than any fuel in history, according to BP.

Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri is scheduled to open 4 new solar power plants in the Western Province of Hamedan on Tuesday, where €28 million worth of foreign investment has been devoted to the expansion of renewable energies.

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings has signed a memorandum of understanding with Danish energy business Orsted to work together on offshore wind projects.

Sportswear giant Nike has signed its second major wind power agreement with Avangrid Renewables. The deal is for 86 megawatts of wind power from the Karankawa Wind Farm in Bee and San Patricio counties in Texas.

Google, the biggest corporate buyer of renewable energy, is buying even more—536 megawatts of wind power from four power plants.

In line with efforts to enhance the country's renewable power production capacity, preliminary talks are underway with Norway’s Norsk Vind Energi to construct a 200-megawatt wind farm in Iran, the deputy energy minister for international affairs said.

A South Korean company is to invest in construction of three wind farms in the south-eastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan.

Germany’s Medio Energy signed a memorandum of understanding for the construction of a wind and a solar power plant in south Iran.

Metso has signed a distributor agreement for its valve solutions with Grønbech & Sønner A/S in Denmark.

Domestic manufacturers are capable of providing technical services and producing 80% of advanced oil equipment to develop downstream and midstream projects that will be tendered by the Oil Ministry soon, the head of the Society of Iranian Petroleum Industries Equipment Manufacturers said.

Metso's valves service center in Turkey has relocated to Söke in the Aegean region to be close to important customer hubs. The new location and larger facilities strengthen Metso's presence and ensure better service availability for customers in an area that has lacked a service center of this volume.

Following in Apple's footsteps, Microsoft has purchased 100% of the renewable output from Sunseap Group's new 60-megawatt solar project and will use it to power datacenter operations in Singapore.

Upgrading the South Pars Gas Field’s central power plant to the combined-cycle system has been planned, which can use both gas and steam to generate electricity, the director of production at Pars Oil and Gas Company said.

Norway’s Saga Energy signed a €2.5 billion ($2.94 billion) deal in Tehran on Tuesday to build solar power plants in Iran, the company said, just days after US President Donald Trump unveiled a more confrontational policy toward Tehran.

Implementation of projects on energy consumption optimization has helped Mobarakeh Steel Company (MSC) bring down its water consumption to levels lower than the global average, said the senior manager of the MSC’s Department of Technical Services and Logistics.

Canada’s First Vanadium (TSX-V: FVAN) has published indicated mineral resources for its Nevada-based Carlin project, considered the largest, highest grade primary vanadium deposit in North America.

While it seems to fly in the face of everything we believe and have been taught about nuclear power, it may actually be the safest form of power production that we have. Ironically, the immense potency of the power of splitting an atom is simultaneously what makes nuclear weapons so dangerous as well as what makes nuclear power so safe.

When OPEC started an oil-price war in late 2014, most people believed U.S. shale was doomed. In reality, the giant oil majors suffered most — burdened by expensive mega-projects, Chevron Corp., BP Plc and the rest struggled to adapt to the fall in energy prices.

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said that Tehran and Baku are discussing ways to boost cooperation in the energy sector, highlighting that Azerbaijan will serve as a link to connect Iran’s electricity grid with Russia and Georgia.

The Federation of Energy Industries of Iran (FIEEI) in collaboration with ECO Secretariat, ECO CCI and ICCIMA (Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mining and Agriculture), Iran Energy Association and Iranian Biofuel Society is to hold the “2nd International ECO Energy Conference in Tehran on March 3 and 4.

Iran traded $312 million worth of commodities with Turkmenistan during the 10 months to Jan. 20, according to Iran's commercial attaché to Turkmenistan.

The volume of Iran’s non-oil goods exported to Pakistan in the first 8 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21- November 22) has registered a 58% increase in comparison with the same period last year, reaching a total sum of $860 million worth of commodity.

Chairman of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Yahya Ale-Ishaq said the two countries are in negotiations to finalize a currency swap agreement in a bid to boost trade ties between the two neighboring countries.

Concrete and mortar mixers weighing more than 711 tons and worth 51.55 billion rials ($1.6 million) were imported into Iran during the five months to Aug.

Japan’s Hitachi Construction Machinery Company has launched an after sales service in Iran in collaboration with industrial vehicle holding firm ‘Arian Sarmaie’.

The average price of each square meter of a residential unit in Tehran stood at 100.6 million rials ($76.8) in the 11th Iranian month (Jan. 21-Feb. 19), showing a 3% rise compared with the preceding month and an 86% increase compared with the same month of last year.

An Iranian firm will provide engineering consultancy services for the construction of a major dam on the Rufiji River in Tanzania, where the $3 billion project is expected to create the largest reservoir in East Africa and double the electricity supply of the country.

FATA’s fully automated Eco-Rec Sand Regeneration System can save significant sums on operating costs.

Bank Melli Iran, the nation’s biggest bank, is set to issue its first-ever housing bonds soon and experts believe that will lead to a drop in the price of bonds in the over-the-counter Fara Iran Bourse.

A hot mix asphalt production plant has been established in Qazvin Province’s Alamut region, Managing Director of Qazvin Roads and Urban Development Organization Masoud Haqlotfi said.

Deutsche Messe brings its woodworking industry expertise to Iran.

Aday after Boeing confirmed delays in test flights of its commercial crew vehicle, NASA said that the company's crewed test flight will get an extended stay at the station when it does fly.

Water vapor poured across the Mississippi landscape as NASA ground-tested an engine type that may bring astronauts to the moon in the next three years.

AJapanese space probe named after a falcon, Hayabusa 2, has touched down on an asteroid more than 300 million km from Earth on a mission to seek clues about the origins of life, Japan’s space agency said on Friday.

Iranian scientists could manufacture ultracentrifuges with the capability of spinning 60,000rpm, to become the third nation with the needed hi-tech to manufacture such centrifuges after the US and Japan.

Within Fives Group, the Automation team (Facility in Montévrain, near Paris, France) has developed a collaborative robotic cell to assemble small sub-components for one major car manufacturer in Europe.

Chairman of the Biotechnology Development Council Mostafa Qaneie said on Sunday that Iran is planning to take up to 3% market share of global biotechnology industry, adding that the country is enjoying an asset of 15,000 biotechnology graduates to reach this goal.

Iranian Android market Cafe Bazaar says it has more than 40 million active users. Public relations office of Hezar Dastan Holding, owner of Cafe Bazaar, said this week that the number of active Bazaar users has surpassed 40 million.

A computer programming team from Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology won a bronze medal during the 43rd round of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC 2019). The contest was held in Portugal from March 31-April 5.

Established companies offer the greatest potential for digital transformation. However, traditional industrial companies are too focused in the concentration of their digitisation strategy on optimisation of the processes used in their existing business.

Iran Electronics Industries (Sairan) has signed an agreement with local Internet service provider HiWeb for establishing a mobile virtual network operator.

The Eighth International Amirkabir Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Competitions (AUTCup 2019) opened Saturday at the Tehran International Fairgrounds.

Anational student robotic contest Roboticup 2019 opened Thursday at the Tehran University with the participation of more than a thousand elementary and high school students.

Danieli Automation acquires Telerobot Labs

Iran’s largest steelmaker, Mobarakeh Steel Company, has been selected as Asia’s 11th Most Admired Knowledge Enterprise in 2017.

Tertiary metallurgy center makes speciality steels for the aerospace industry

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said sharing nuclear knowhow with neighboring countries will pave the way for regional development.

Head of Iranian Mineral Processing Research Center(IMPRC) announced that IMPRC is ready to transfer technical know-how of rare earth elements to other countries.

Ehdasse Sanat and FLSmidth companies signed Memorandum of Understanding aimed to cooperation in technical knowledge transfer in cement industry, training experts and joint venture.

A computer programming team from Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology won a bronze medal during the 43rd round of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC 2019). The contest was held in Portugal from March 31-April 5.

The preliminary design of a solar car named 'Sepehr' (Sky) will be unveiled at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) this week.

In the Asia University Rankings, THE employed the same performance indicators used for its World University Rankings ㅡ 13 indicators in 5 areas including Teaching, Research, Citations, International Outlook and Industry Income ㅡ but more weight was given this year to the industry income indicators as industry-academia cooperation has become a crucial issue to universities.

Chairman of the board of IMIDRO invited the region countries to collaborate in mineral processing research projects.

The First International Mineral Processing Activists Symposium (IMPAS 2016) is scheduled to be held in Tehran on October 25-26.

1st International Mineral Processing Activists Symposium (IMPAS 2016) & 3rd Workshop of Iron Ore and Base Metals Processing (ECO Experts) will be held by IMPRC on 25-26 October, IMPRC administrator announced.

In the Asia University Rankings, THE employed the same performance indicators used for its World University Rankings ㅡ 13 indicators in 5 areas including Teaching, Research, Citations, International Outlook and Industry Income ㅡ but more weight was given this year to the industry income indicators as industry-academia cooperation has become a crucial issue to universities.

IMIDRO will pay special attention to training and research sector as the prerequisites of the technology and innovation development in mine and mining industries sector in the next Iranian year (20 March 2016_19 march 2017), Director of the IMIDRO’s training ,research and technology department announced.

As part of moves to curb unwanted and annoying text message ads, Iran’s Communications Regulatory Authority has blocked about 120,000 mobile phone numbers since November 2017, when an automated monitoring system came into effect.

Anational student robotic contest Roboticup 2019 opened Thursday at the Tehran University with the participation of more than a thousand elementary and high school students.

Banks lent 51.9 trillion rials ($384 million) to 626 knowledge-based companies by the end of the third quarter of the current fiscal on December 21.

Broadband Internet services will be available in almost all rural areas in Iran by the end of the next Iranian year (March 2020), according to the ICT Ministry.

AJapanese space probe named after a falcon, Hayabusa 2, has touched down on an asteroid more than 300 million km from Earth on a mission to seek clues about the origins of life, Japan’s space agency said on Friday.

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said that Iran has made great progress in scientific fields, and called for expanded cooperation with other countries to further forward national developments in areas of economy and industry.

German manufacturer of molding machines Krauss Maffei Group has appointed Karan Sima Fam as its new agency in Iran and aims to strengthen its market position in injection molding and reaction injection molding machinery in the country, the German machinery supplier has announced.

The success of the latest edition of Germany’s specialized exhibition for the machine tools and metalworking sector known as “AMB Iran” has prompted organizers to start planning the next event in 2017.

The new 45MN front-loading press will be the largest in Spain and one of the most modern worldwide

The Iranian capital hosted the first Alu-Tech Partnership Seminar last week with a focus on technological developments in the production of structural parts as well as in automotive industry.

Great success in Dubai for the highly technical day that took place in order to explain the importance of innovation and the practical feasibility of the new technologies in aluminium extrusion and finishing and in waste water. The new concepts of green technology and the aluminium technology of the future have been presented in front of a special invitation audience of about 75 selected delegates, representing 38 companies from 13 middle east states.

North America’s largest-dimension high-pressure die casting machine to debut next June

The REFRAJET® Addmix technology is an innovative injection system that was developed specifically for the installation of cement-free sol-gel bonded refractory concretes of the REFRAJET® Nanobond type.

Less than a year after the publication of Seven’s first brochure for the aluminium industry, satisfied customers in several countries have been won. Deliveries have gone to Germany, Italy, the Slovak Republic, Russia, and Taiwan.

Seven’s growth over the last years has triggered substantial expansions: In 2016, the main plant in Divača/Slovenia was expanded with fully integrated production, shipping, and storage systems. New and improved lines for dry-mixing and taphole clays are complemented by a brand new 300m2 laboratory.

Immediately after the start of Seven’s focus on aluminium, we were entrusted with a crucial task.

With its second binding offtake agreement in two weeks, Walkabout Resources (ASX: WKT) has secured the sale of 75% of its large flake graphite concentrate for the first three years following the start of production at its Lindi jumbo graphite project in southeastern Tanzania. By Tuesday afternoon, the company's shares had climbed over 8% on the ASX.

Japan, world's third-largest crude steel producer has observed a rise in exports of ferrous scrap, billet and finish long products in Feb'19 on monthly premises, on the other hand, exports of finish flat and graphite electrode dropped in Feb'19, the data provided by Japan's customs department showed.

Ferro Silicon prices fall down as few producers are cutting down prices to clear the piled up inventories.

Indian Silico Manganese prices remained unchanged for Durgapur. However prices fell by INR500/MT in Raipur amid persistent low demand.

Graphite electrode makers around the globe had a wonderful run for almost a year starting from the latter half of 2017 amid supply-side structural changes in China which led to the promotion of steel production through electric furnace (EAF) route, ultimately resulting in the significant rise in the graphite electrodes demand and prices in China.

Graphene and gold are now being used in ultrasensitive biosensors to detect diseases at the molecular level with near perfect efficiency.

Metso has delivered the first valves with 3D printed parts from its Helsinki plant. The valves include 3D printed metal components that allow the valves to perform in a particularly demanding application where they need to withstand numerous fast open-close cycles without maintenance.

Metso has closed the acquisition of the UK-based combustion solutions and technology provider Kiln Flame Systems Ltd., KFS, to extend its pyro processing portfolio and capabilities.

With the start of winter heating season in November came the output restrictions in China’s steel sector as a part of country’s anti-pollution campaign.

Datong YuLinDe (YLD) Graphite Equipment Co. Ltd is China’s one of the leading graphite electrode (GE) and graphite electrode equipment manufacturing company located in Datong city of Shanxi province in China

As per the latest updates that SteelMint has received, the Board of Directors of graphite electrode major, HEG Ltd at its meeting held today at 12:00 Noon has approved the capacity expansion plan for its plant in India.

On October 18, 2018, the Chinese aluminum producer Henan Mingtai Al. Industrial Co., Ltd. has granted SMS group the final acceptance certificate for the new aluminum cold rolling mill established at the Gongyi location.

Import prices of petroleum coke have decreased substantially over the month, though India’s domestically produced pet coke prices have continued to remain unchanged from the rates that prevailed since the start of this month.

The atmosphere of satisfaction was general among the 120 expositor brands of Metallurgy 2018 - Fair and International Congress of Technology for Foundry, Steel, Forging, Aluminum and Services [Feira e Congresso Internacional de Tecnologia para Fundição, Siderurgia, Forjaria, Alumínio e Serviços], held from September 18 to 21, in Joinville, SC.

Tata Motors is narrowing the gap with homegrown rival Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) to challenge the position of third biggest passenger vehicle maker in India by sales.

Esfordi Phosphate Industrial and Mineral Complex produced 14,859 tons of phosphate concentrate in the first two months of the current Iranian year (started March 20), indicating a 22% rise compared to last year’s corresponding period, Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization reported on its website.

“The Bright World of Metals” will be taking place in Düsseldorf again from 25. to 29. June 2019