November 27, 2018 Guinea bauxite miner to build new railway in $3B deal The 135-kilometer (84-mile) railway, which will link mining operations to a river terminal, will cost an estimated $1.2 billion and is expected to start operations in 2022.
November 26, 2018 Innord to separate rare earths from hybrid and electric vehicle recycling pilot study Participating in this study opens the door for a potential new supply source through recycling electric motors from the transportation industry in the future.
November 12, 2018 Rio Tinto sells Kitimat wharf to LNG Canada for $576 million LNG Canada is a joint venture of Shell, Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi and Kogas.
November 10, 2018 Brazil’s Votorantim profit falls despite higher revenues Meanwhile, Nexa Resources, a unit of Votorantim, has just approved a $392 million capital expenditure in a zinc mining project in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
November 8, 2018 Abundant aluminium stocks and low prices conceal tight market Aluminium is a metal key for the transport and packaging industries but at current prices about 40% of the world's aluminium production is losing money.
November 8, 2018 Japan’s Sumitomo Metal cuts FY profit forecast on lower metal prices Sumitomo Metal cut its full-year forecast, blaming lower-than-expected metal prices amid the U.S.-Sino trade spat, and reduced nickel output.
November 8, 2018 Australia state to roll out new mine rehabilitation rules Queensland state is set to unveil proposed resource regulations that will require miners to pay into an "insurance fund" for the remediation of old mines.
November 7, 2018 China’s booming alumina exports held steady in October – Chalco president China this year has been exporting unusually high volumes of alumina, a substance used to make aluminium.
November 6, 2018 China’s industrial heartland Shandong to overhaul energy intensive industries As part of a new plan to overhaul energy intensive industries, Shandong province is planning to consolidate dozens of small refineries and build mega-petrochemical complexes.
November 1, 2018 Every US metal producer is down for 2018, despite tariffs Companies in metals and mining have been hit especially hard amid concern that the rising trade frictions from the tariffs have helped crimp economic growth.
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