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17 February 2020
Pacific Rim receives registration approval for nickel-cobalt project
Pacific Rim Cobalt has received approval for the registration of the Cyclops nickel-cobalt project licence in the Directorate General of Minerals and Coal, and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral...
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17 February 2020
Matador Mining raises funding for Cape Ray gold project in Canada
Matador Mining has raised funding in a share placement to complete a scoping study on the Cape Ray gold project in Canada.
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17 February 2020
Outokumpu selects Sandvik’s OptiMine system for underground operations
Stainless steel manufacturing firm Outokumpu has selected mining automation company Sandvik to deliver OptiMine digital platform to drive digitalisation.
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17 February 2020
Rio Tinto to build solar plant in Western Australia
Mining giant Rio Tinto has announced plans to build its first solar plant and a lithium-ion battery energy storage system at the Koodaideri mine in the Pilbara, Australia.
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14 February 2020
Teranga secures approvals to acquire stake in Massawa Gold Project
Teranga Gold has secured approvals from the Senegalese Government to proceed to conclude the previously announced acquisition of a 90% stake in the Massawa Gold Project in Senegal, Africa.
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14 February 2020
Brexit investments paying off for UK mining companies
UK mining and quarrying industry earnings have increased by more than £2bn since the UK voted to leave the EU in June 2016, according to analysis of the latest Office...
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14 February 2020
Rio Tinto and STAS to commercialise aluminium filtration technology
Rio Tinto has signed an agreement with Canadian firm STAS to commercialise an advanced compact filtration (ACF) technology for aluminium cast houses.
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14 February 2020
Tunnel collapses at Mozambique ruby mine kill 11 illegal miners
At least 11 illegal miners in northern Mozambique’s Montepuez ruby mine have died following a series of tunnel collapses over three days.
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13 February 2020
ICMM updates membership requirements for mining companies
The International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) has today launched its enhanced membership requirements, which have been expanded to include requirements for site-level validation and transparent disclosure. ICMM’s Mining...
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13 February 2020
CREDS-funded study to investigate ways to decarbonise steel industry
Scientists from the universities of Leeds and Sheffield have secured £1.26m ($1.63m) in financing from the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) to study ways to decarbonise the...