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Minnesota environmentalists step up fight against Twin Metals’ copper project

Coalition has gone to court challenging a Trump administration’s decision that opened the door to Twin Metals’ copper, nickel and platinum project in a wilderness area of Minnesota.

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Top miners back autonomous systems guidelines

Document divides operations into six levels, from zero (entirely manual ) to five (fully autonomous), and assists in the preparation of a business case for autonomous mining, depending on level and needs.

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Antofagasta to decide on $3B Centinela mine expansion by 2021

Speaking on the sidelines of the World Copper Conference held this week in Santiago, chief executive Iván Arriagada said the company will only go ahead with the project if it meets Antofagasta’s return criteria.

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Antofagasta expects copper deficit of up to 300,000 tonnes this year

The Chilean miner expects demand to outstrip supply in 2019 as consumption growth remains positive, but production increases continue to be minimal.

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Strong last quarter leads Antofagasta to record copper output in 2018

The miner produced 220,000 tonnes of the red metal in the three months to December, up 16% from the previous quarter, boosted by higher throughput and improved copper grades.

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