December 8, 2017 Tanzania-Zambia railway authority resumes transportation of copper Friday, TAZARA resumed transportation of copper which had halted on Tuesday after unionised workers went on strike.
December 8, 2017 Platinum’s discount to palladium hits 16-year-high Palladium hit high of $1,022.70 Thursday, just off a 16-year high from last week, while platinum hit a low of $887.50 per ounce.
December 8, 2017 Vale aims to halve debt to $10bn by 2019 The company also said is ready to shut Caledonia mine mid-next year if it has not found a strategic partner ready to buy a 20 to 40% stake in the…
December 8, 2017 Mongolian Gov’t can’t nationalize Erdenet Copper Mine — court Erdenet, which produces 530,000 tons of ore annually, is one of Asia’s biggest copper and molybdenum mines and a top tax contributor to the country’s $12 billion economy.
December 8, 2017 Chile’s Codelco hiring for underground expansion of Chuquicamata About 150 workers will be pre-selected as a result of the process, which closes on Dec. 24. They’ll join the over 1,100 employees already working on the much-needed project.
December 7, 2017 Canadian federal court rejects Taseko’s proposed $1.5bn copper-gold project The federal court dismissed Taseko's applications for New Prosperity Mine, and ordered the company to pay court costs to the Tsilhqot’in First Nation.
December 7, 2017 Vedanta’s Zambian arm to set up new processing plants Vedanta Resources said Thursday its Zambian subsidiary KCM plans to set up new copper smelter, cobalt refinery and more under a $1 bln investment programme.
December 7, 2017 China’s Tongling Nonferrous cuts copper output by 20-30 pct One of China's top copper smelters has reduced production by 20-30 percent to comply with winter output restrictions, a company official said on Thursday.
December 7, 2017 Indonesia’s Freeport-Rio plan masks longer-term issues: Russell Proposed three-way deal between the Indonesian government, Rio Tinto and Freeport to clean up ownership of Grasberg 'ignores the wider picture'.
December 7, 2017 Biggest iron ore miner threatens to flood market if prices surge Brazil's Vale is prepared to unleash as much as 50 million metric tons of spare capacity to balance the market if prices get too high.
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