Indonesia closer to mining deal with Freeport, but hurdles remain
Some issues still need to be resolved before the U.S. miner gets a new operating permit for its huge copper mine.
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Batteries and renewables to start displacing gas in South Australia by 2025
Battery costs to fall 50% - beginning to compete with gas.
Failure to adequately maintain crushers comes at a high price
Crushers operate at high power, force and capacity in order to produce the required materials. This puts a great deal of strain […]
Failure to adequately maintain crushers comes at a high price
Crushers operate at high power, force and capacity in order to produce the required materials. This puts a great deal of strain on the crusher and its wear parts, which operators must be aware of when carrying out maintenance.
Rising gold production pushes Newmont past profit estimates
Newmont Mining Corp handily beat quarterly profit estimates on Tuesday as production improved, more than offsetting the impact of lower realized gold prices, lifting the miner's shares as much as 7.7 percent to a five-month high.
Brazil to raise mining royalties, set up new regulator
Brazil's government will announce an increase in mining royalties and the creation of a new agency to regulate the industry in a bid to inject new life in Brazilian mining, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.
Copper price surges to 2-year high
Chinese data, tight supply light fire under copper price launching copper mining stocks higher – Freeport up 15%.
Caterpillar earnings beat estimates, shares hit five-year high
It now expects adjusted earnings per share to come in at $5, significantly higher than the $3.75 it had forecast just three months ago and almost doubled the $2.90 it had originally projected for the year.