Lithium miner Orocobre and joint venture partner Toyota Tsusho Corporation on Tuesday held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the Naraha lithium hydroxide plant, in Japan.
The plant will convert primary-grade lithium ca…
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North America-focused Phoenix Copper has completed a new economic model for the Idaho-based Empire mine, which the company will now use as a basis for the feasibility study that it aims to deliver before the middle of next year.
The economic model, wh…
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The National Court of Papua New Guinea on Friday ruled that the Porgera gold mine – a joint venture (JV) between Canada’s Barrick Gold and China’s Zijin Mining – should continue to operate, while the application to extend its special mining lease is be…
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Iron-ore miner Champion Iron is pushing the boundaries at its Bloom Lake mine, in Canada, to cash in on the favourable pricing environment for the high-grade ore that the mine in the Fermont region of Quebec produces. Bloom Lake delivered its highest-e…
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Optimisation work to determine the optimum production plan for the Parys Mountain copper/lead/zinc project, on the island of Anglesey, north Wales, is moving steadily ahead, with results expected by the end of the year.
The objective of the optimisati…
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Peru’s Lagunas Norte mine, which global miner Barrick tried to sell earlier, will be placed on care-and-maintenance, CEO Mark Bristow announced on Tuesday, during a briefing updating community leaders and media in Argentina about the progress of the gr…
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The Kumtor mine, in Kyrgyz Republic, has delivered a better-than-expected performance in the first six months of the year, prompting Canada-headquartered Centerra Gold to revise its 2019 consolidated gold guidance to a range of 705 000 oz to 750 000 oz…
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As the construction phase of the large-scale Cobre Panama project of First Quantum comes to an end, the Toronto-listed is well positioned to meet its “own, very high expectations for the year and years to come”, Cobre Panama GM Tristan Pascall said on …
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Ecuador-focused SolGold has appointed Ingo Hofmaier to the position of executive general manager for project and corporate finance, starting on September 9. Hofmaier joins SolGold from London-based investment banking firm Hannam & Partners, where h…
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The completion of the Neves-Corvo zinc expansion project (ZEP) in Portugal has been pushed back and the cost of the project has risen by €55-million, Canada-headquartered Lundin Mining has reported.
The preproduction cost of the expansion project is n…
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