January 11, 2018 BHP is building an EV hub it doesn’t want to keep The good luck for BHP is that only about 40 to 45 percent of existing nickel mine supply is suitable for processing into a battery-grade chemical product.
January 10, 2018 Pancontinental in the quest for “blue gold” The company is looking in Canada, the world's No. 3 cobalt producer.
January 10, 2018 Electric cars market threatened by potential cobalt tax hike in Congo The nation, responsible for about two thirds of global output, plans to increase tax on cobalt to 5% from 2%.
January 10, 2018 Giant Bougainville mine restart stalls on moratorium over fears of civil unrest The Bougainville government has imposed an indefinite moratorium on mining at the controversial Panguna site — once the world's biggest open-pit copper mine.
January 10, 2018 Centamin jumps on better-than-expected gold output estimates The Egypt-focused gold miner also expects solid growth this year. It’s targeting 580,000 ounces in production, up from an estimate of 550,000-560,000 ounces.
January 9, 2018 Chile’s Andina mine to be modified to protect glaciers Codelco will invest $250 million to modify the shape of the current pit.
January 9, 2018 Hudbay Minerals expands footprint in Peru The miner’s local subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire mining properties in southern Peru near its Constancia copper mine.
January 9, 2018 Vale closes sale of fertilizer business to Mosaic for $1.4 billion Brazilian mining giant is retaining control of the TIPLAM port terminal, which was originally included in the deal.
January 9, 2018 Congo’s Gécamines urges Gov’t to revise 16-year-old mining code The World Bank-supported mining legislation was introduced to attract investment into copper and cobalt projects from global miners including Glencore Plc, Freeport-McMoRan Inc. and China Molybdenum Co. Gécamines claims country…
January 8, 2018 Ivanhoe Mines and Zijin virtually triple hydroelectric output to support the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project Fresh Kakula resource estimate being prepared based on drilling completed to the end of December 2017.
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