March 28, 2018 Aura Minerals wants to reactivate projects under care and maintenance The miner is working towards reactivating its Aranzazu and São Francisco gold projects in Mexico and Brazil, respectively.
March 28, 2018 Digging for cobalt riches: Congo races to fix a deadly problem The man was digging a toilet in his backyard when his shovel struck a shimmering blue vein of cobalt... At least that’s the legend in Kolwezi.
March 28, 2018 Japan’s JXTG raises profit forecast despite $1.2bn charge The Japanese energy and metals company said the impairment loss at its Caserones copper mine in Chile was due to higher production costs.
March 27, 2018 Copper price: 120% premium for Brazil junior another bullish sign Oz Minerals offers top dollar for Avanco which boasts top private equity players and Glencore as major shareholders.
March 27, 2018 Profit at China’s Jinchuan International surges on higher cobalt, copper prices Jinchuan posted net profit of $41.6 million last year, up from 8.3 million a year earlier.
March 27, 2018 Rio Tinto fully out of coal sector with $2.25bn Kestrel mine sale Company has agreed to sell its 80% stake in the Kestrel mine to a consortium comprising of private equity manager EMR Capital and Indonesian coal company Adaro Energy.
March 27, 2018 Copper Mountain gains approval for $71m acquisition of Altona The combination of the two companies will result in a mid-sized copper miner, with an expected annual production of about 73,000 tonnes of the metal.
March 27, 2018 Vedanta shuts protests-ridden copper smelter in India for 15 days The maintenance activity, originally scheduled for April, comes amid media reports that thousands had taken to the streets and shut shops in Thootukudi to protest against the expansion of the…
March 26, 2018 Canadian miner allowed to operate in Sweden Gungnir's drill campaign would begin in the second quarter of 2018 with 20 diamond drill holes testing six target areas over a strike length of more than 8 km.
March 26, 2018 Congo’s 2017 mining revenue up 36% while oil revenue doubles Mining revenue in the fourth quarter more than doubled helped by higher prices for key exports such as copper and cobalt.
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