Focus:
Base Metals
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23 January 2020 News
Galaxy Resources reduces lithium mining by 60%
Mining company Galaxy Resources has released its Q4 2019 results, showing plans to reduce lithium mining by 60% in 2020.
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22 January 2020 News
Orsu Metals estimates 30m tonnes of gold at Russian field
Canadian-based mining company Orsu Metals estimates its Russian gold field, the Sergeevskoe Gold Project, contains over 30 million tonnes of gold ore.
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21 January 2020 News
BHP reports reduced coal production following Australian bushfires
BHP’s operational review for the second half of 2019 reflects the negative impact of the Australian bushfires on coal production.
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21 January 2020 News
Weir Minerals’ hydrocyclone saves US$800 000 annually
The installation of 19 Cavex 400CVX10 hydrocyclones at OceanaGold’s Didipio gold and copper mine in the Philippines has led to savings of more than $800,000 per year through a reduction...
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21 January 2020 News
Western Areas to supply nickel to BHP’S unit and Jinchuan
Australian company Western Areas has secured new contracts to supply high-grade concentrate from its Forrestania operations to BHP unit Nickel West and China’s nickel matte and cathode producer Jinchuan.
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16 January 2020 News
Minnesota proposes new legislation to ban mining near Boundary Waters
US Representative for Minnesota Betty McCollum passed new legislation to permanently ban copper-nickel mining across the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW).
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13 January 2020 News
Rio Tinto awards contract for Western Australia’s WTS2 iron ore mine
Rio Tinto has awarded an A$400m ($275m) contract towards the design and construction of the Western Turner Syncline phase two (WTS2) iron ore mine in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
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9 January 2020 Analysis
Q&A: making nickel mining greener with Norilsk
Russian nickel mining company Norilsk has recently taken steps towards reducing emissions at its operations on the Russia-Norway border, and has collaborated with the UN to explore environmentally-sound mining technologies....
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8 January 2020 News
Chile’s Codelco raises $2bn for debt refinancing and mine expansions
Chile’s copper producer Codelco has raised $2bn bonds to secure financing for its multibillion-dollar upgrade projects, as well as to refinance debt and maintain a significant cash position.
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7 January 2020 News
Atlantic Nickel to sell Brazil’s Santa Rita project’s first concentrate
Atlantic Nickel and Appian Capital Advisory have announced an offtake contract to sell a portion of the output from the restarted Santa Rita nickel sulphide project in Brazil.