Mining major BHP on Wednesday confirmed the viability of heap leach technology to extract copper, uranium, gold and silver at its Olympic Dam operation, in South Australia.
The miner started heap leach research and a development trial in 2012, which w…
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Mining major BHP on Wednesday laid out its near-term plans for investors, saying that the company would look to add “options” in copper, nickel sulphides and oil.
Speaking to investors, CFO Peter Beaven that BHP analysed a number of scenarios to ensur…
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Mining major BHP has polished its forecast for the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) and what impact the shift to electric mobility will have on the copper and oil markets over the coming decades.
The diversified mining company, which last week reaffi…
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Rio Tinto has agreed to buy a fleet of autonomous trucks and other mining equipment from Caterpillar for its new Koodaideri iron ore mine in Western Australia, it said on Tuesday.
Caterpillar will supply a fleet of 20 autonomous 793F trucks as well as…
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Diversified miner Independence Group has reported record production from its Nova nickel/copper operation, in Western Australia, for the three months to March.
Nickel production reached 8 375 t during the quarter, compared with the 7 574 t in the prev…
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Dual-listed Sibanye-Stillwater and platinum miner Lonmin on Thursday announced that their boards have reached an agreement on the terms of an increased recommended all-share offer for Lonmin’s entire share capital. The boards believe the higher offer r…
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Canadian miner Teck Resources, the world’s second-biggest exporter of steelmaking coal, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday, boosted by its energy business and a slight increase in commodity prices.
The miner said even though co…
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Diversified miner South32 has lowered its energy coal and alumina production expectations for the full year, following a tough March quarter.
Energy coal production for the quarter declined by 1% on the previous quarter, to 6.3-million tonnes, while …
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Mining major BHP has revised its full year iron-ore production expectations on the back of Tropical Cyclone Veronica, telling shareholders on Wednesday that iron-ore production for the full year is now expected to be between 235-million and 239-millio…
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The year has started with “several challenges” for diversified mining group Rio Tinto’s iron-ore business, resulting in the major downgrading its guidance for 2019.
Pilbara shipments are now expected to be between 333-million and 343-million tonnes fo…
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