ASX- and JSE-listed Orion Minerals has continued to incorporate positive results from optimisation studies into the Prieska copper project’s bankable feasibility study (BFS).
The optimisation studies will culminate in an updated BFS in the first quar…
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London-listed Kavango Resources’ drilling programme on the Kalahari Suture Zone drilling project, in Botswana, has identified multiple magma conduits, which would have supplied molten lava to the surface.
Kavango says a drill hole on the final target…
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The Lusaka High Court has granted the board of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) and Vedanta Resources an injunction order, preventing the sale of the KCM mining right areas by KCM provincial liquidator Milingo Lungu. The court order comes after Vedanta and K…
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Project developer Aquila Resources is awaiting issuance of the amended mining permit and air permit for its Black Forty zinc and gold project, in the US, after the state of Michigan environmental review panel upheld the mining permit.
The decision by …
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Codelco’s standing as the world’s top copper producer is increasingly at risk in the wake of a citizen uprising that is shaking Chile to its core.
Codelco planned to spend $20-billion over a decade to modernise its aging mines and hold off a looming p…
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Canada-headquartered Lundin Mining is forecasting a big increase in production, with its copper output expected to rise by 20%, its zinc production by 15% and nickel production forecast to increase by more than 25%.
The increased 2020 copper productio…
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Brazilian miner Vale, the world’s top nickel producer, will write down its New Caledonia mine and incur a non-cash impairment charge of about $1.6-billion in the fourth quarter, the company said on Tuesday in a securities filing.
Vale said its annual …
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Glencore’s Mutanda mine in Democratic Republic of Congo has suspended operations prematurely due to difficulties procuring sulphuric acid, a key input for copper and cobalt extraction, its Mutanda Mining subsidiary told employees in a letter on Monday….
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Vancouver-headquartered NorZinc has all the major permits required for the construction and operation of the Prairie Creek mine and an all-season access road that will provide year-round access to the site in the Northwest Territories. Parks Canada iss…
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The share price of London-listed Arkle Resources spiked on Monday morning as the company announced a review of strategic options relating to its shareholding in the Stonepark zinc project, which it owns with Canada’s Group Eleven Resources.
Arkle hold…
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