Rio Tinto on Friday said it had moved a step closer to the development of a new copper project in Arizona, one of the few new major known deposits of the metal, with the potential to meet around a quarter of US demand.
Miners have been scouring the gl…
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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has rejected a request by environmental groups to reconsider the mine and dam safety permits for the NorthMet copper/nickel project.
Commenting on the department’s decision, developer PolyMet Mining presid…
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Base metals miner First Quantum has terminated its earn-in option over the Orquideas copper/molybdenum concession of Luminex Resources in Ecuador.
First Quantum exited the option after the first five drill holes at Orquideas failed to produce signific…
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For the past year, copper traded like a seesaw on the on-again, off-again hopes of a US and China trade deal. Now it’s more like a rollercoaster ride down.
The focus is increasingly on the damage caused by the havoc of a trade dispute between the worl…
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Base metals developer Galena Mining has received a A$10-million cash investment from international smelting company Toho Zinc as part of it’s greater A$90-million investment.
Galena in January this year struck an agreement with Toho which would see th…
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Hudbay Minerals shares plunged more than 20% on Thursday after a court ruling barred the company from proceeding with construction at its Rosemont project in Arizona.
The ruling from the US District Court for Arizona challenged the US Forest Service’…
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Glencore senior executive Peter Freyberg has been appointed to the board of directors of PolyMet Mining Corporation, the US-based company with corporate headquarters in Toronto. Freyberg, who launched his 40-year mining career with Anglo American in …
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Base metals miner New Century Resources is hoping to raise A$42.5-million through a fully underwritten share placement to institutional and sophisticated investors, to fund the continued refurbishment and ramp-up of its Century Zinc mine, in Queensland…
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Optimisation work to determine the optimum production plan for the Parys Mountain copper/lead/zinc project, on the island of Anglesey, north Wales, is moving steadily ahead, with results expected by the end of the year.
The objective of the optimisati…
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ASX-listed Orion Mining has started a number of work streams following the release of a positive bankable feasibility study (BFS) for its Prieska copper/zinc project, in South Africa.
Orion on Tuesday said that work has now started on completing pilot…
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