Brazilian mining giant Vale said on Tuesday it has started producing high-grade iron-ore fines for pelletizing at its new grinding hub with China’s Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group (NZP Group) in eastern Zhejiang province.
The hub, located in the Shulanghu…
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More than a thousand mine workers in Indonesia blocked access to the Grasberg gold and copper mine operated by the local unit of Freeport-McMoRan Inc on Monday to protest a coronavirus lockdown policy that halted bus services to meet with families.
Gr…
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Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday gave mining companies an indefinite waiver to an export ban on cobalt hydroxide and carbonate, as well as tin, tungsten, and tantalum concentrates after meeting the country’s biggest miners in Kinshasa. The mine…
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Workers at Indonesia’s Grasberg gold and copper mine operated by the local unit of Freeport-McMoRan extended a protest into a second day on Tuesday as they demanded an easing of a coronavirus lockdown
More than 1 000 mine workers had joined the second…
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Bolivia’s San Cristóbal mine, a huge deposit of zinc, lead and silver, has suspended operations for a second time due to the coronavirus outbreak, it said on Monday, as Covid-19 infections continued to spread in the landlocked South American nation.
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More than a thousand mine workers in Indonesia blocked access to the Grasberg gold and copper mine operated by the local unit of Freeport-McMoRan on Monday to protest a coronavirus lockdown policy that halted bus services to meet with families.
Grasbe…
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Miner B2Gold expects the shutdown of land and air borders in Mali to last "days or weeks, not months," its chief executive said on Thursday, after Tuesday’s overthrow of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita.
"The intention is to re-open as soo…
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Canada’s Iamgold has delayed the sale process for its Sadiola gold mine in Mali because of political instability in the country, a spokeswoman said on Thursday.
Iamgold said in December it had reached a deal to sell its 41% interest in the mine, a joi…
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Polish copper producer KGHM’s Sierra Gorda mine in Chile is likely to no longer need financial support from next year, it said on Thursday as the mine posted a 150% leap in second-quarter core profit despite risks related to coronavirus.
KGHM owns a 5…
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Antofagasta posted a 22.4% plunge in first-half core earnings on Thursday on lower copper sales and metal prices due to the Covid-19 crisis, although the Chilean miner said it would pay an interim dividend in line with its existing payout policy.
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