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Forty-five per cent of cars sold in Norway last month were electric: report

By Michael Allan McCrae In September Norwegians swung strongly for electric vehicles and gave zero-emission vehicles a 45% market share, says Advisory Council of Veitrafikken AS (in Norwegian). There were 4,810 passenger plug-in cars registered in Norway last month, up 25% from a year ago. With more electric vehicles sold, average CO2 emissions per vehicle […]

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Ivanhoe Mines soars on third major copper discovery in Congo

By Cecilia Jamasmie Shares in Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines (TSX:IVN) jumped Monday after it announced a significant new discovery of high-grade copper on its 100%-owned Western Foreland asset, west of the Kamoa-Kakula mining licence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The find, named Makoko, is Ivanhoe’s third major copper discovery in the DRC, as

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China won’t renew coal, steel output restrictions amid trade war

By Cecilia Jamasmie China won’t renew harsh restrictions on coal and steel production capacity originally targeted at cut air pollution, as the country’s trade war with the US has begun to affect growth. Rather, local governments will have to decide how to meet emission targets during the smog-prone winter season, which runs from November to

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Rio Tinto, Japanese partners to inject $1.55B into Aussie iron ore projects

By Cecilia Jamasmie World’s second largest miner Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO) and its joint venture partners, Mitsui & Co and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal, approved Monday a $1.55 billion investment to sustain production capacity at two iron ore projects in Western Australia. Rio said it would invest a total of $820 million across Robe

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Chinese interested in buying Rio Tinto’s Namibian uranium mine

By Cecilia Jamasmie Rio Tinto (ASX, LON:RIO), the world’s second largest miner, has been talking to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) about selling the state-owned company its stake in Namibia’s Rössing uranium mine. While the mining giant has not officially acknowledged the negotiations with CNNC, Namibia’s energy minister Simeon Negumbo confirmed them to local paper

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Realistic mine project cost estimates and evaluations

By Mining Intelligence No mine stays constant over time. Grades can change or stripping ratios can increase as the pit gets deeper. Projects have ramp-up periods where production rates increase or decrease as the mine nears the end of its life. Mining Intelligence’s Surface Evaluation Application recognizes this reality. We have built a solution that

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Komatsu to build $285-million headquarters in Milwaukee

By Cecilia Jamasmie Japanese heavy equipment maker Komatsu Mining said Thursday it will build a $285 million state-of-the-art headquarters and manufacturing campus in Milwaukee, US, which has the potential to bring about 440 jobs to Wisconsin’s largest city. The company, which last year took over local mining equipment maker Joy Global, reached an agreement with

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