McAra deposit mineral resource surpasses 1m pounds of cobalt
Owner Battery Mineral Resources said this is the first new cobalt-dominant mineral resource delineated in the Sudbury region in the past 50 years.
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Almost a year has gone by since the company first informed the government of its plans to move a mine shovel from one pit to an older adjacent pit, and it still hasn’t gotten permission.
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Freeport beats copper estimates in relief to tight supplies
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China steel prices leap to record highs on robust demand, clampdown
Rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange is trading near its highest since 2009.
