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Denmark FLSmidth Wins Large Lime Plant Project in Uruguay FLSmidth has signed a contract worth approximately USD 35 million with Cementos del Plata SA,

Germany/Japan Sumitomo Chemical and Nabaltec AG Establish Collaboration Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd./JP and Nabaltec AG/DE have been in discussions about collaborating on their alumina and aluminum trihydroxide (ATH) businesses.

Great Britain Rio Tinto Alcan Intents to Close Lynemouth Aluminium Smelter Rio Tinto Alcan/GB intends to close the Lynemouth aluminium smelter,

Finland Outotec Acquires Kiln Services Australia Outotec/FI has strengthened its service offerings in South East Asia Pacific by acquiring a furnace refractory demolition business of Kiln Services Australia Pty Ltd in December 2011. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price.

Canada First Bauxite Corporation Positions Itself to Develop the Bonasika Refractory Bauxite Project in Guyana First Bauxite Corporation/AU announced that as its next major step in developing the Bonasika refractory bauxite mine into a major world producer, it has moved its office to Toronto/CA where it is assembling a world class management team. 

Germany In Memory of Alexander Tutsek In September 2011, Alexander Tutsek, owner of the Refratechnik Group, passed away at the age of 84.

China Siemens Establishes Competence Center for Metallurgical Plants in Shanghai “Backed by solid collaboration within the global network of Siemens, the metals technology business in China has developed its own solutions for local markets and export business,“ said Werner Auer, CEO of Siemens Metals Technologies,

Great Britain Tata Steel Mothballs South Wales Mill Tata Steel, the world’s no. 7 steelmaker, will mothball a processing mill in Great Britain on weak demand for steel and a poor economic outlook.

India Vedanta Aluminium to Raise Capacity to 2,5 Mt Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, a subsidiary of the globally-diversified mining group Vedanta Resources PLC/GB, will be expanding its smelting capacity to 2,5 Mt in less than a couple of years with an investment of INR 600 million.

India Carborundum Universal: Financial Results for the First Nine Months 2011 Carborundum Universal has reported 24 % increase in the consolidated net sales at INR 5050,1 million and 9 % increase in the other operating income at INR 197,2 million taking total income from operations at INR 5247,3 million in the quarter ended September 2011.