Rio Tinto and Mongolia settle long-running copper mine dispute
From 2028 to 2036, the project is expected to have an average production of 500,000 tonnes of copper a year.
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Trafigura finalises $600m funding deal for Congo cobalt-copper mine
Trafigura will market all cobalt hydroxide produced at Chemaf’s DRC operations.
Imperial to hand over Giant Copper rights to Canadian Government
Imperial will receive $19.2m to cover prior investments in the Giant Copper claim area.
Talon Metals signs nickel supply deal with Tesla
Tesla will receive 75,000 metric tonnes of nickel concentrate from the Tamarack Nickel Project.
BHP to invest in Tanzanian nickel project
Located in western Tanzania, the Kabanga project is expected to produce a nickel equivalent of 65,000tpa.
Las Bambas to restart operations
Owners MMG say that they have reached a deal with Peruvian community activists who had forced it to cease copper…
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Once empowered, always empowered? The new issue of MINE Magazine is out now
In this issue: South Africa's mining charter, India "phasing down" coal, and the impacts of the energy transition on metals.
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IGO signs $785m deal to acquire Australia’s Western Areas
The acquisition forms part of IGO’s strategy to focus on metals critical to clean energy.