Kaz Minerals on Thursday reported record copper production in the third quarter as it ramped-up operations at its biggest mines in Kazakhstan, putting it on track to achieve full-year targets for copper output.
The London-listed miner said copper prod…
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Papua New Guinea has closed Metallurgical Corporation of China’s Ramu nickel operations, the head of the Mineral Resources Authority said on Thursday.
Ramu Nickel has been shut down "for not adhering to remedial measures issued 6 weeks ago," J…
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Freeport McMoRan posted a third-quarter loss on Wednesday in line with expectations due to lower copper production at its Peruvian and Indonesian mines and a drop in prices for the red metal.
The company has been shifting to underground mining from an…
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Copper producer Antofagasta said on Wednesday protests in Chile could cut its production by about 5 000 t, equivalent to less than 3% of third quarter output, due to delays in supplies and travel disruptions for workers.
The London-listed miner, which…
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Precious metals miner Fresnillo said on Wednesday annual silver and gold production would be at the lower end of an already reduced target range, after reporting a fall in output for the third quarter due to lower ore grades.
Fresnillo’s silver produc…
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French miner and metals producer Eramet said on Wednesday its Weda Bay Nickel plant in Indonesia would start operation ahead of schedule in the first half of 2020, and it reiterated production targets for this year.
Weda Bay, a nickel pig iron (NPI) p…
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The London Metal Exchange (LME) has asked members to report any unusual activity in nickel trading after prices lurched up and down in the wake of large transactions last week, sources familiar with the matter said.
Sources said the LME sent an email…
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The deaths of three workers in an accident at Norilsk Nickel’s mine in Siberia were caused by a lack of oxygen, TASS news agency cited the company as saying on Wednesday.
The three workers were killed on Tuesday at the Taimyr underground mine, one of …
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China is likely to become the first country in the world to start mining seabed minerals if the international rules for exploitation are approved next year, the head of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) said.
The quest for exploiting seabed mi…
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Copper miner Oz Minerals will start drilling this quarter at an Australian exploration site, basing its programme on a crowdsourcing campaign that offered up project data and a A$1 million ($688,000) prize pool.
The three-month experiment was designed…
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