Violence in Africa’s Sahel region has driven mining exploration companies to put projects on hold, with knock-on effects for an industry struggling to expand and for fragile local economies.
At least 37 people died and 60 were wounded last November wh…
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A tropical cyclone expected to hit Western Australia on Saturday was forecast to bring ferocious winds and a potentially dangerous storm tide, while much of the bushfire-battered east coast faced flood warnings due to torrential rains.
Severe tropical…
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Japan’s Mitsubishi Materials Corp (MMC) has bought a 30% stake in Mantoverde copper mine and an associated copper project from Mantos Copper for $236 million to secure more concentrates for its smelters, the company said on Friday.
The mine, which has…
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Officials from the energy-rich Canadian province of Alberta on Friday insisted the federal government approve a massive oil sands project, rejecting the idea that aid from Ottawa would soften the blow if it were to be quashed.
Reuters reported on Thu…
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The Russian government is considering spending $1-billion from its sovereign wealth fund on a loan to mining giant Norilsk Nickel for its Arctic Palladium project, the Interfax news agency cited a source as saying on Friday.
The Arctic Palladium proje…
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Canadian miner Banro is looking to sell its Namoya gold mine in eastern Congo at a significant discount, its chairman told Reuters on Friday, blaming the government’s failure to improve security in the area following a kidnapping of staff last year.
R…
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Canadian miner Banro is looking to sell its Namoya gold mine in eastern Congo at a significant discount, its chairman told Reuters on Friday, blaming the government’s failure to improve security in the area.
Four Banro employees were kidnapped in July…
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Australia’s key iron exporting ports have been cleared ahead of a cyclone that is due to make landfall on Saturday, the port authority said on Friday.
"The Port of Port Hedland has moved to Cyclone Alert Stage 3 – Clear Port," Pilbara Ports Au…
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Canada is preparing an aid package for Alberta, heart of the country’s struggling oil industry, that would help dull the pain if it blocks an oil sands project that could create thousands of jobs, sources familiar with the matter said this week.
Ottaw…
Canada’s government should fund initiatives like a proposed C$1.6 -billion project that would provide power and fiber optics to the country’s remote north and spur new business, said a gold mining executive on Thursday.
Canada’s Infrastructure Bank on…
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