POWER CHALLENGE Once completed, the new smelter "would double the size of the current U.S. primary aluminium industry," Century said. That implies it's going to be a sizeable smelter.

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.—An obscure zinc smelter in Tennessee is sitting on two minerals vital to producing chips for smartphones and radar systems, landing it in the middle of a global trade war. The ...

Afterward, the smelter's construction will be backed by $500 million from the Department of Energy. "There’s still a lot of steps that we need to take to make this a reality," Beshear said at a ...

MARSTON, Mo. — One of the nation’s last primary aluminum smelters, which employs more than 400 workers in the Missouri Bootheel, will reportedly close its doors. The Magnitude 7 Metals plant ...

Chile's state-owned copper mining giant Codelco on Wednesday shut down its Ventanas copper smelter after decades of polluting Quintero Bay with toxic gases and turning it, along with 15 other ...

Europe's largest copper smelter Aurubis scrapped its existing dividend policy and announced 530 million euro ($562.44 million) of growth-oriented investments, the company said on Tuesday ...