October 28, 2019 What a difference a year makes: gloom and doom at Metals Week The metals world is descending on London for the biggest annual bash in the industry’s calendar, but there’s not much to celebrate.
October 28, 2019 China’s MCC restarts Ramu nickel plant in Papua New Guinea MCC was last week given permission by the Papua New Guinea government to restart the plant, which was closed for not taking remedial actions after a spill in August.
October 27, 2019 Revving up Greenland’s mineral production will take time Greenland recently issued numerous exploration and mining licences in a bid to diversify its economy.
October 25, 2019 China Sept nickel ore imports hit highest since at least 2016 as Indonesia ban looms China imported 7.13 million tonnes of nickel ores and concentrates in total last month.
October 24, 2019 Papua New Guinea orders China-owned Ramu nickel plant to shut Ramu Nickel was ordered shut "for not adhering to remedial measures issued six weeks ago."
October 24, 2019 Ore miners in Indonesia will need to optimize land use — ministry The government plans to create parameters, such as size of concession versus area explored, to measure exploration efforts.
October 24, 2019 Vale turns to artificial intelligence for exploration at Coleman nickel mine AI company GoldSpot will examine data gathered by Vale over decades of mining at Coleman and look for previously unrecognized data trends.
October 23, 2019 China leads the race to exploit deep sea minerals — UN body China is likely to become the first country in the world to start mining seabed minerals if the international rules for exploitation are approved next year.
October 23, 2019 Nornickel says workers died at mine due to lack of oxygen The deaths could have been caused by methane gas poisoning, TASS reported on Tuesday.
October 23, 2019 Eramet’s nickel plant in Indonesia to start ahead of schedule in H1 2020 Weda Bay, a nickel pig iron (NPI) project, is a nine-million-tonne nickel resource which will be run by Eramet and its JV partner Tsingshan Holding Group.
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