Canada’s Nemaska Lithium said on Monday it would seek creditor protection in the latest sign of turbulence to hit the fast-growing industry.
The move comes as oversupply of the battery metal this year has prompted major producers to cut back and force…
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Anglo American has received the final operating licence it needs to boost production at its Minas-Rio iron ore mine in Brazil to its full capacity of 26.5-million tonnes a year, the mining company said on Monday.
Anglo American’s Minas-Rio mine, which…
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Chile’s State copper miner Codelco said on Friday it would cancel a contract awarded in November to a consortium led by Japanese firm Marubeni to construct a desalination plant to feed its northern mines.
The previous project was put out to tender, wi…
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Water downstream of a Rio Tinto mine in southern Madagascar contains high concentrations of uranium and lead, potentially endangering local residents who depend on a nearby lake and river for drinking water, a study released on Friday found.
Lead, whe…
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Brazil’s Vale, the world’s largest iron-ore miner, has elected two new board members, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
They are Murilo Cesar Lemos dos Santos Passos, currently chairman at Tegma Gestão Logística and member of the boards at…
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Miner Centamin should extend a deadline for Canada’s Endeavour Mining to make a firm takeover offer, a top shareholder with both companies said on Thursday, increasing pressure on the London-listed miner to engage in talks.
Endeavour on Thursday said …
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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that a bill authorizing mining on protected indigenous reserves was ready and only needed to be sent to Congress for consideration.
Bolsonaro told supporters that indigenous people should also be allo…
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China Minmetals Corp said on Thursday it had set up a graphite subsidiary in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, as the state-owned miner continues its push into battery materials.
The move marks Minmetals’ first foray into graphite, a form of …
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A dam owned by iron ore company Vale SA that was the subject of an investigative report by a TV program last week is structurally sound and there is no reason for concern, Brazil’s national mining regulator said late on Tuesday.
On Friday, the program…
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Brazilian iron-ore miner Vale signed a service agreement with China’s Ningbo Zhoushan Port to jointly launch a new iron-ore product, GF88, the Chinese port company said on Wednesday.
Under the agreement Ningbo Zhoushan Port will provide services for V…
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