Chile’s environmental regulator on Wednesday defended in court its approval of a plan by top lithium miner SQM to remediate damage to the Atacama salt flat, appealing a lower court decision to scrap the agreement and setting the stage for a new and pro…
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The Democratic Republic of Congo’s State mining company Gécamines on Wednesday opened the Deziwa copper and cobalt mine and processing plant, part of a joint venture majority-owned by China Nonferrous Metal Mining Company (CNMC). The Deziwa deposit, ar…
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Australian Vanadium Ltd (AVL) said on Wednesday it penned a non-binding agreement with a unit of steelmaker HBIS Group Chengsteel that could see the Chinese firm buy vanadium and invest in the Perth-based firm’s flagship project.
AVL signed a letter …
China’s steel production is expected to grow only modestly this year, driven by rising urbanization and Belt and Road Initiative projects, Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group chief executive Elizabeth Gaines said on Wednesday.
Gaines, who heads the wor…
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Brazilian indigenous leaders began a four-day tribal gathering in the Amazon on Tuesday to plan their opposition to far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to open their reservations for commercial mining and agriculture.
Protected tribal lands have…
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Brazil’s State-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) said on Tuesday it had ended its activities in Africa after closing the sale of a 50% stake in Petrobras Oil & Gas BV (PO&GBV), which holds some Nigerian oil assets. Petrobra…
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One of Germany’s biggest utilities plans to open a new coal plant even though the nation is lagging behind countries from UK to Spain in phasing out the fuel.
Protesters are already preparing to disrupt the opening of Uniper SE’s Datteln-4 plant in Ju…
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Iron-ore pellet producer Ferrexpo on Monday reported a small drop in full-year production as steel-making products faced weak demand due to sluggish global economic activity.
Ferrexpo, a Swiss-based company with assets in Ukraine, produced 10.5-millio…
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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido on Thursday urged the European Union to officially label as "blood gold" the precious metal informally mined in the country’s southern jungles as he seeks to increase pressure on the government of Presi…
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Sudan has begun allowing private traders to export gold, a measure designed to crack down on smuggling and attract foreign currency into the country’s cash-strapped treasury. Until now Sudan’s central bank has been the sole body legally allowed to buy …
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