Brazilian miner Vale said it would resume operation of the Viga concentration plant on Saturday after having halted operations for a few months, as documents related to the operational permit had been "regularized."
Vale, in August, had halted…
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Rising refined tin output will cut the global market deficit next year and weigh on prices as new Chinese smelters ramp up and Indonesia also expands production, the International Tin Association said on Friday.
Benchmark tin prices have already been…
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Canada’s Yamana Gold is considering a further increase in dividends of between 50% and 100%, its executive chairperson told Reuters, after doubling the payout this year.
Yamana Gold, which sold its $1-billion copper-gold mine to Lundin Mining this yea…
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Indonesian coal miner PT Arutmin Indonesia, a unit of PT Bumi Resources, has proposed extending its contract and converting it to new licensing system, the energy ministry said.
According to a 2009 mining law, coal miners in Indonesia are required to …
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Lithium miner Alita Resources Ltd’s administrators said on Friday the company has entered into a A$70-million ($47.50-million) loan facility agreement with China Hydrogen Energy Ltd to pay back its biggest shareholder.
Earlier this year, Galaxy Resour…
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Sweden’s Granges said on Thursday it had agreed to buy Polish aluminium producer Aluminium Konin for 2.3-billion Swedish crowns ($239-million), expanding its presence in Europe and boosting its position in growth areas such as materials for electric ve…
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Chile has asked top lithium miner SQM to decide by year’s end what it will do with its holdings in the Maricunga salt flat, the country’s second richest in lithium, the country’s Mining Minister told Reuters.
Though Maricunga’s 145 km2 make it less th…
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Kazakh uranium miner Kazatomprom reported a 48% increase in third-quarter consolidated net profit on Thursday to 38.026-billion tenge ($98.4-million).
The company’s revenue fell 38% while its cost of sales shrank 71%, its unaudited financial report sh…
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Bougainville Vice President Raymond Masono said he will revive a plan to overhaul the region’s mining laws after its ongoing independence referendum, which could strip the former operator of the Panguna gold and copper project of its interests.
The pr…
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Bids to acquire Chinese battery firm CATL’s mothballed lithium plant in the Canadian province of Quebec are due by January next year, a representative with the court-appointed monitor overseeing the auction said on Wednesday.
Lithium is expected to be…
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