Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Codelco puts forward $1B plan to extend Salvador mine life beyond 2021

Codelco submits $1B plan to extend Salvador mine life beyond 2021

The Rajo Inca project would convert the existing asset, which has been in operation since 1959 and is due to run out of ore in 2021, to an open pit mine from an underground one.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 17, 2018 | 3:49 am

Anglo American to restart operations at Minas Rio before year-end

Operations will resume before year end, but a planned ramp-up to 26.5 million tonnes per year is likely to be pushed back to 2021 from 2020.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 16, 2018 | 11:40 am

Vale rules out major acquisitions

CEO Fabio Schvartsman said the company would only invest further in nickel if global prices for the metal rise from $13,000 per tonne currently to around $20,000 per tonne.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 16, 2018 | 9:05 am

Australians find extremely rare mineral in meteorite impact crater

Researchers from Curtin University discovered reidite, one of the rarest minerals on Earth buried deep within an ancient meteorite crater in Western Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 16, 2018 | 6:44 am

Rio Tinto delays start of Oyu Tolgoi expansion due to technical challenges

Rio Tinto delays start of Oyu Tolgoi expansion due to technical issues

First production from the $5.3 billion underground expansion of Oyu Tolgoi was originally scheduled for early 2020.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 16, 2018 | 3:50 am

Europe to spend billions on lithium-ion battery plants

The goal is to reduce reliance on batteries from Asia, particularly China and South Korea.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2018 | 9:43 am

Mining at Gold Road and Gold Fields JV in Australia to start next month

Overall project engineering at the 270,000 ounce-a-year Guyere gold project, which is already more than A$100 million over its original budget of A$507 million, is now 96 percent complete

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2018 | 7:45 am

Glencore coal mine in spotlight as methane hotspot emerges

More than 400 jobs to go at Glencore’s Hail Creek coal mine

The company also said it would reconfigure the mining methods used at Hail Creek, a process that will be phased in over the next 18 months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2018 | 3:57 am

World’s top copper producer faces lengthy smelter halt at major mine

Chile's Codelco is in the midst of upgrading its smelter at Chuquicamata, its second largest operation by size, to comply with stricter emissions standards coming in effect in December.

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 12, 2018 | 8:50 am