Aluminium producer Norsk Hydro reported a smaller- than-expected decline in third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, as a ramp-up in its previously shut Brazilian operation and lower input costs partly compensated for lower metals prices.
Underlying third…
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Tianqi Lithium, one of the world’s biggest lithium producers, swung to a net loss in the third quarter as prices for the battery metal slumped.
Tianqi, which owns around a quarter of Chilean lithium producer SQM, processes spodumene, a mineral mined …
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Three people were killed on Tuesday in an accident at Norilsk Nickel’s Taimyr underground mine in Siberia, the Russian mining giant said.
The world’s largest palladium producer and second-largest nickel producer said the facility was still working aft…
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Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer has renewed a push to develop a new coal mine in Queensland state, close to a controversial mine under construction by India’s Adani Enterprises.
Palmer’s Waratah Coal applied to Australia’s Department of Natural…
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Brazilian iron-ore miner Vale said on Monday it has temporarily shut down its Itabiruçu tailings dam and lowered its full-year iron-ore and pellet sales guidance as a result.
Vale said it had shut down the dam so it could assess the structure’s "g…
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Rio Tinto is studying ways to extract lithium from waste rock at a mine it controls in California, making it the latest company trying to produce the battery metal in the United States for the fast-growing electric vehicle market.
The move by Rio come…
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The union of workers at BHP’s Escondida copper mine will hold a day-long strike on Tuesday in a show of solidarity with protests in Chile, the union president told Reuters on Monday.
Violent clashes, arson attacks and looting in cities throughout Chi…
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Mitsubishi Corp has handed over the full ownership of an iron ore expansion and rail and port infrastructure project in Western Australia to China’s state-owned Sinosteel that has been slated to cost A$10-billion ($6.86-billion) to develop, the Japanes…
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At least 15 gold miners were killed on Saturday when a dam collapsed, flooding an artisanal mining encampment in a remote part of Siberia, officials said.
Heavy rains had weakened the dam and water broke through, sweeping away several cabins where the…
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Unexpected shortages of lead due to supply disruptions have helped prices of the car battery metal to outperform other metals such as copper, aluminium and zinc, but looming surpluses mean this trend is unlikely to persist.
Benchmark lead on the Londo…
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