October 10, 2018 The real cash cow in mining isn’t metals. It’s bad old coal For all the bullish talk about metals of the future, miners are making some of their biggest profits from heavy-industry stalwart coal.
October 10, 2018 Chile wants lithium to be traded on LME Chile expects lithium to soon become its second largest mining asset, just behind copper. It's currently the country's fourth biggest export.
October 10, 2018 Rio Tinto to restart sale of Icelandic aluminium plant Rio Tinto is close to restarting a sale process for some of its aluminium assets, including a plant in Iceland.
October 10, 2018 Norsk Hydro to resume Brazil’s Alunorte output at half capacity Norsk Hydro said on Tuesday it has won permits from Brazilian authorities to restart operations at half capacity at its Alunorte alumina refinery.
October 10, 2018 Poland’s KGHM focused on balance sheet, not dividends KGHM will deliver updated strategy by year-end and it has no plans to sell foreign assets.
October 10, 2018 RNC Minerals recovers giant gold slab from its mine in Australia The company believes the stones are among the biggest of their kind ever unearthed in the country.
October 10, 2018 BHP aims to restart Olympic Dam copper facility this month In August, BHP had shut an acid plant following a boiler tube failure, disrupting copper processing. Underground mining at the site continued as normal.
October 9, 2018 Proxy adviser PIRC tells shareholders to oppose BHP Billiton’s remuneration report PIRC has recommended that BHP Billiton shareholders oppose the mining company's remuneration report at its AGM on Oct. 17
October 9, 2018 Norsk Hydro to resume Brazil’s Alunorte output at half capacity Norsk Hydro has won permits from Brazilian authorities to restart half the capacity of its Alunorte, the world's largest alumina refinery.
October 9, 2018 China aluminium exports to surge on trade war – CRU Chinese aluminium exports are expected to surge in coming months and next year after Beijing boosted tax rebates as part of a package to soften the impact of a trade war…
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