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By Cecilia Jamasmie Australia’s Battery Minerals (ASX:BAT) said Thursday development of its $51-million Montepuez graphite project, in Mozambique, has achieved key construction milestones. The East Africa-focused explorer said that both a permanent 100-person accommodation camp and the tailings storage facility were well advanced. It added it expected to commission the water treatment facility, electrical fit-out […]

By Cecilia Jamasmie After more than a year of evaluation, Chile’s environmental authority has approved the development of what it would be Latin America’s largest desalination plant, to be built in the country’s dry Atacama region. The Energy and Waters of the Pacific (ENAPAC ) project, developed by Trends Industrial, was mainly designed to supply

By Mining Intelligence Every investment carries a certain level of risk that can impact the return. For mining projects, the actual return on investment may differ substantially from that estimated during earlier project phases. While this could be due to unexpected changes in the political or social context, it may also be due to inaccurate

By Michael Allan McCrae Sayona Mining touted its Authier lithium project in Canada after receiving a positive definitive feasibility study released Monday. Australian-based Sayona Mining says if the project becomes a mine, it could create 150 construction jobs and 160 positions for operators. Other highlights of the DFS were the following: Pre-tax NPV of C$184.8

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canada’s Trevali Mining (TSX:TV) revealed Wednesday it had temporarily halted operations at its Santander zinc mine in Peru, as a small group of locals blocked access to the installations, claiming that the company had failed to satisfy its investment obligations. As a result of the protest, the Vancouver-based firm was also unable

By Michael Allan McCrae Nickel Creek says it won’t complete its preliminary economic assessment until improved financial market conditions and a stronger commodity price market, the company said in a news release yesterday. The stock traded down to 11 cents. A week ago the stock was at 14 cents. Nickel Creek, formerly Wellgreen Platinum, is

By Cecilia Jamasmie Shares in Canada’s Maxtech Ventures (CNSX: MVT) shot up more than 13% on Wednesday morning as the company said it plans to expand its footprint in Brazil, where is developing its flagship Brasnorte manganese project, by entering into a joint venture with a local company in Santana do Pirapama, in Minas Gerais

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (TSE:FM) is facing legal uncertainty around its massive $5.48 billion project in Panama, the largest copper mine coming to market over the next couple of years. The Central American country’s Supreme Court ruled Monday that Law 9, which was used to grant a mining concession to Minera

By MINING.com Editor Denison Mines (TSX: DML) named the in-situ recovery (ISR) mining method for the development of the Phoenix deposit Saskatchewan Wheeler River uranium project, in the heart of the Athabasca basin. Canada’s Athabasca Basin has become the prime destination for high-grade uranium, with grades in excess of 100x global averages, Canada’s Athabasca Basin

By Mining Intelligence Over the past months, our team of experienced mine cost estimators, together with InfoMine’s developers and designers, have built the latest innovation in mine project evaluation: the Surface Evaluation Application. This cloud-based application combines engineering-based estimating procedures with cost data from Mining Intelligence’s Mining Cost Service. The application helps you estimate the