Chilean lawmakers postpone vote on controversial mining royalty bill
Bill calls for a 3% royalty on sales of over 12,000 tonnes of copper productions a year and 50,000t/y of lithium.
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Filo Mining shares up on further drill results from Argentina
"Filo del Sol is growing into one of the largest copper-gold-silver discoveries ever," company says.
Copper price down on softer growth in US and China
Chinese policymakers have been trying to tame surging commodity prices — from coal to copper.
Vale warns Canada nickel ramp-up will stretch into next quarter
About 85% of members of USW Local 6500 voted in favour of Vale’s latest five-year contract offer.
Metso Outotec flags 2nd half growth with orders jump
The group's order intake, an indication of future revenue, grew 43% from the pandemic-hit quarter last year to $1.61 billion.
Fortescue worker tests positive for covid-19 at Western Australia site
There has been no material impact to operations at Cloudbreak iron ore mine.
China grants one-year trial extensions at 15 coal mines to boost output
The notice also requires local government departments to guide and support companies in order to speed up applications for coal mining licences.
Anglo American, Salzgitter to jointly advance green steel
The partners intend to conduct research into feed materials to use in direct reduction (DR) steelmaking, based on natural gas and hydrogen.
Bacteria help extract rare earths from mine slag heaps
French researchers will start extracting rare earths, cobalt, copper, and nickel from slag heaps in Finland and New Caledonia.