Diversified miner Rio Tinto on Wednesday announced a strategic review of its 79.36% interest in New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) at Tiwai Point.
The review will determine the operation’s ongoing viability and competitive position, given the chal…
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A scoping study into the Walford Creek copper/cobalt project, in Queensland, has demonstrated that the asset is amenable to development, ASX-listed Aeon Metals reports. The scoping study found that the project supports a mine life of 11 years, based on…
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Coal miner Whitehaven Coal has reported increased production and sales volumes for the quarter ended September, as production from the Narrabri mine increased.
Run of mine coal production was up 22% on the previous corresponding period, to 4.4-million…
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Lithium miner Orocobre has reported a 35% increase in lithium production from its Olaroz project, in Argentina, during the quarter ended September.
Lithium production reached 3 093 t in the first quarter of 2020, compared with the 2 293 t produced in …
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Energy major Oil Search has reported a slight decline in production during the three months to September.
The ASX-listed company reported a total production of 6.81-million barrels of oil equivalent, down from the 6.88-million barrels produced in the …
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ASX-listed Vital Metals has completed the acquisition of privately-held Cheetah Resources, following shareholder approval earlier this month, with the company’s focus now turning towards the Thor Lake rare earths project, in Canada.
Vital acquired all…
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Gold miner Saracen Mineral Holdings has reported record quarterly gold production during the three months to September.
The miner on Tuesday announced that gold production for the quarter had reached 96 324 oz, up from the 88 096 oz produced in the pr…
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Gold miner Perseus Mining has reported an uptick in gold production during the three months to September, producing 65 825 oz during the quarter.
The September quarter production was up from the 64 125 oz produced in the June quarter, as gold producti…
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Gold developer Geopacific Resources has completed a A$40-million capital raise, with a further A$5-million raising in its sights, to fund development activities at its Woodlark gold project, in Papua New Guinea.
The company has completed a A$40-millio…
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Junior Mali Lithium has launched a scoping study into the potential downstream processing of the 6% lithium oxide product to be produced from its Goulamina lithium project, in Mali.
The ASX-listed company said that the scoping study into the possible …
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