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Chinalco closes gap on top aluminium producer Hongqiao via Yunnan deal

Yunnan Metallurgical Group, which controls Yunnan Aluminium Co Ltd, will be merged into China Copper Co, a joint venture between Chinalco and the Yunnan provincial government.

Reuters | May 28, 2018 | 3:18 am

Fortescue goes ahead with $1.3bn iron ore project in Western Australia

The Eliwana mine will help the company lift its iron ore grades and so satisfy the new demands of its biggest customer, China, which is increasingly asking for higher quality ore for steel mills to help cut smog.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 28, 2018 | 3:05 am

Trump metals tariffs make Granite City great again, but at what cost?

The United States Steel Corp is re-hiring or recruiting around 500 workers as it readies for production in mid-June at a blast furnace it idled in 2015.

Reuters | May 27, 2018 | 6:45 am

Russia’s Avtovaz explores alternatives to sanctions-hit Rusal

Rusal is Avtovaz's top aluminium supplier.

Reuters | May 27, 2018 | 6:30 am

Scientists one step closer to producing more efficient lithium-ion batteries

They deposited copper on the ion-bombarded graphite.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 27, 2018 | 6:21 am

Gold mine in Oregon “worth building”

The Grassy Mountain Gold project is expected to produce 47,000 ounces of gold and 50,000 ounces of silver for 7.25 years.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 27, 2018 | 6:19 am

Hundreds protest in Veracruz against mining development

The protesters issued a press release, held a conference at a church and then marched towards the City Hall with signs where they wrote slogans like “Open-pit mines in Actopan and Alto Lucero use poisonous cyanide.”

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 27, 2018 | 6:15 am

Lithium Chile spins out base metals

PREMIUM CONTENT - Although Lithium Chile (TSXV: LITH) has been a lithium-focused company since 2015, that wasn’t always the case. It went public in 2011 under the name Kairos Capital, and did so with six copper-gold prospects in Chile.

Northern Miner - PREMIUM CONTENT | May 26, 2018 | 8:24 pm