Materials
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Amcor will showcase food and beverage packaging at Empack Stockholm. Highlights include the lightweight UniPak Luma platform alongside bottles, jars, tubs, trays and containers for dairy, drinks, sauces, snacks and ready meals.
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EGA has successfully restarted 25% of Al Taweelah’s reduction cells. The aluminium producer has 315 of 1,262 cells operating and continues to target full smelter production during the first quarter of 2027.
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Alleima is investing SEK220m to expand advanced tubing production capacity. The Mehsana project will add local fertiliser, chemical, petrochemical, CNG, hydraulic, and instrumentation tube manufacturing, with the new capacity due online during 2028.
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Amcor is helping Tiptree prepare for 2027 packaging tax changes. RecyClass-certified shrink and stretch films contain 30% post-consumer recycled material while maintaining packaging and logistics performance.
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Government funding could restart domestic tungsten production at Hemerdon mine. The National Wealth Fund package combines equity and lending, while giving ministers a negotiating window for up to half of planned tungsten output.
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IBU-tec is advancing construction of its large European LFP plant. The Bitterfeld-Wolfen facility targets 15,000 tonnes of annual cathode-material capacity from 2028.
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Elevra has secured a binding seven-year Canadian lithium supply agreement. The deal links Québec spodumene production with Mangrove Lithium’s planned Eastern Canada conversion plant under long-term take-or-pay terms.
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Cleveland-Cliffs will invest $1 billion modernising its Middletown steelworks complex. The revised programme combines blast-furnace upgrades, process controls, gas recovery, and new materials-handling systems.
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Greenland has formally approved transfer of Sarfartoq’s rare-earth exploration licence. The decision removes a key regulatory condition from Greenland Mines’ acquisition of the Nd-Pr project.
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VTC has acquired Silbitz after an eleven-year DBAG investment period. The foundry group enters new ownership after expanding end markets, cutting scrap, and improving energy efficiency.
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