April 9, 2010 Equinox, positive on Zambia mine, considering uranium plant on site The miner is currently ramping up output at the Lumwana mine in Zambia, one of the largest open pit copper mines in Africa
April 8, 2010 Newcrest board gives go ahead for A$1.91bn mine development The group said Friday its board had green-lighted the development of the Cadia east gold and copper deposit
April 8, 2010 Mincor looking to reopen Miitel nickel mine The miner has started a study to reopen the nickel mine as prices for the steel alloying metal are on the up
April 7, 2010 People to be next copper supply bottleneck While companies have once more begun green lighting massive projects the skilled personnel needed to develop these mines remain in short supply
April 6, 2010 Arsenic management in sulphide concentrates Flowsheet design and processing for a sulphide ore are driven by sulphur, iron and impurity management. As high grade feedstocks become depleted, arsenic bearing concentrates will become a more predominant…
April 6, 2010 Chile considers increasing mining royalties, will honour existing contracts The world's biggest copper miner is considering using increased royalties to help fund post-quake reconstruction
April 5, 2010 Largest filter presses in the world for environmentally sustainable copper mine FLSmidth has received an order worth around $31 million from Rosemont Copper for the supply of 14, heavy duty, 2 x 2 m automated filter presses, which, when installed, will…
April 5, 2010 Katanga Mining targets big copper/cobalt expansion Katanga Mining ups the ante, aims for rapid ramp up to 300,000 tonnes a year of copper, and around 15,000 tonnes of cobalt.
April 5, 2010 Alcoa cuts stake in Maaden-run $10.8bn aluminium project The Saudi mining company called the cut in Alcoa's stake from 40% to 25.1% of the complex in Saudi Arabia a re-jigging of the joint venture project
April 5, 2010 Inmet arranges $500-million equity financing; proceeds to be used for Panama copper project Inmet Mining Corp. has arranged a $500-million equity financing through Ellington Investments Pte.
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
