May 18, 2008 Rio Tinto Group to Expand Capacity at Bingham Mine Rio Tinto Group, fending off a $189 billion hostile bid from BHP Billiton Ltd., will expand capacity at its Kennecott U.S. copper unit by 20 percent and more than double…
May 16, 2008 Mill Approved at Platosa Test Mine The directors of Excellon Resources of Toronto have approved construction of a 350-t/d lead-zinc flotation mill at the company’s Platosa test mine […]
May 16, 2008 Contract Award from Southern Urals Nickel for DC Furnace Technology Bateman Engineering is pleased to announce the award of a US$31 million contract to its subsidiary, Bateman International Projects B.V, from Southern […]
May 16, 2008 Pacific Ore’s BioHeap Pilot Exceeds Expectations Pacific Ore, the company that developed the patented BioHeap leaching process, has reported that copper recovery rates from its Huogeqi pilot plant, […]
May 16, 2008 China earthquake impact on zinc depends on extent of mine damage The main affected regions are in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu. These have just a few bigger sized smelters, but a lot of […]
May 16, 2008 Rio Still Considering South African Plant, Aluminum Chief Says Rio Tinto Group , the world’s second- largest aluminum producer, said it may build a $2.7 billion plant in South Africa even […]
May 16, 2008 Greenland Parliament Agrees to Phase 2 of Joint Studies on Potential Smelter and Hydropower Project Alcoa today welcomed the decision taken by the Greenland parliament to advance into a second phase of joint studies with Alcoa into […]
May 16, 2008 Copper price prompts Rio Tinto to eye PNG mine restart Mining Journal (May 12, 2008) - Rio Tinto has begun efforts to reactivate the Panguna copper mine in Papua New Guinea, almost 20 years after a secessionist rebellion forced its…
May 16, 2008 China’s Aba Aluminum Smelter Halted After Earthquake A 120,000 metric ton aluminum producer in China's Sichuan province halted output after suffering casualties when the country was hit by its strongest earthquake in more than half a century,…
May 16, 2008 World’s Biggest Copper Producer Crippled by Strike IndustryWeek (April 22, 2008) - Chilean state-run mining group Codelco, the biggest copper producer in the world, was struggling on April 22 with a strike that has halved its output…
Column: EV revolution rolls on but battery metals lose their charge It should only be a matter of time before demand momentum absorbs the current supply glut, writes Reuters columnist Andy Home. December 20, 2025 | 06:23 am
