Chile’s copper industry will triple its use of sea water for industrial processes in the next decade, State copper agency Cochilco said on Tuesday, as global miners in the world’s top producer of the red metal seek alternatives amid growing water short…
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Tanzania appointed a new mining minister on Tuesday, an official from the President’s office announced on State television, the latest change in a sector roiled by government intervention. John Kijazi’s announcement of Dotto Biteko’s appointment follow…
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Tanzania named a new mining minister on Tuesday amid a prolonged spat between the government and gold producer Acacia over a $190-billion tax bill, which has severely limited the London-listed company’s operations in the East African nation. Dotto Bite…
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Chile’s environmental regulator on Monday approved a $25-million compliance plan by SQM , ending a multi-year investigation by authorities that found the Chilean miner had overdrawn lithium-rich brine from the Atacama salt flat. The plan requires the w…
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Chile’s copper production could jump by nearly 30% over the next ten years, Chile’s state copper agency Cochilco said on Monday. Cochilco said in a report that output from Chile, the world’s top producer of the red metal, could reach a record of 7.25-m…
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has extended a €25-million ($28.6-million) loan to Bulgarian copper producer Sofia Med, unit of Greek Elvalhalcor, the bank said on Monday. Several banks are extending parallel financing as pa…
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Chile’s exports of lithium carbonate reached $949-million in 2018 compared to $686-million the previous year as demand and prices for the key component in electric vehicle batteries continues to rise, the central bank said on Monday. The value of expor…
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Congo’s biggest miner of coltan, an ore that is the source of metals used in mobile phones, says it is leaving the ITSCI certification scheme, relied on by major companies as a guarantee that minerals are free from human rights abuses. Societe Miniere …
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Zambia’s Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), majority owned by Vedanta Resources, suspended operations at its Nchanga mine following the introduction of an import duty on copper concentrates, the company said. Zambia, Africa’s No.2 copper producer, introduced …
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At least 30 Afghans were killed on Sunday when the tunnel they were digging in to mine gold in northern Afghanistan collapsed, officials said. Officials said the victims were villagers who were mining for gold illegally, rather than in a government pro…
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