Brazilian mining lobby group Ibram on Tuesday praised a government decision to speed up approvals for mining exploration, saying it would bring more investment to the sector.
Brazil’s National Mining Agency (ANM) on Monday published new rules that set…
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BHP’s Escondida, the world’s largest copper mine, said on Tuesday it had dropped plans to continue drawing water from the Atacama salt flat, relieving pressure on the parched desert basin, home to top lithium miners SQM and Albemarle.
BHP has long pu…
Burkina Faso’s gold production probably fell slightly last year due partly to security problems and attacks targeting industrial miners, the country’s mines minister said on Tuesday. Oumarou Idani told Reuters that he expected the West African country’…
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Global miner Anglo American will decide this year whether to sell its South African thermal coal business, CE Mark Cutifani told Reuters on Monday. Anglo American and other mining companies have come under growing pressure to reduce their exposure to c…
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Russia’s En+ Group has raised its stake in aluminium giant Rusal to 56.88% after completing an asset swap with Glencore, part of a deal that has helped companies controlled by Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska to ward off US sanctions.
En+ Group and Glenc…
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A new state company set up by the Democratic Republic of Congo to manage the country’s artisanally mined cobalt could seek a private partner if the state does not have the funds to purchase all production, the mines minister said.
DRC produces about 6…
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As global investors shift away from heavy industry in favour of cleaner sectors, mining companies are losing billions in financing, raising the cost of capital and jeopardising projects. Making the mining industry more sustainable by running mines on r…
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Anglo American said on Friday it had halted production in parts of its Moranbah North coking coal mine in Australia after a roof collapsed.
"Anglo American confirms a geotechnical issue at Moranbah North during development works, which resulted in…
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Power to Alcoa’s Portland aluminium smelter has returned to normal levels after a blackout on Friday caused by heat waves in Australia’s south, the company said in a statement on Monday.
One of two transmission lines to the smelter remains out of serv…
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Polish miners blocked trains carrying coal to a power plant in the southern town of Laziska Gorne on Friday in protest against coal imports from Russia.
Poland generates most of its electricity from coal, but domestic coal production has been falling …
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