Congo to formalize gold trade, change tax
“The goal is to become a processing country, not just a production country,” Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi said.
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Mining People: Allied Copper, Japan Gold, Silver Elephant
Key moves in the mining sector.
New calls for banning coal as punishment at Christmas
An article in the British Medical Journal makes the environmental case for ending what the authors call an “outdated and potentially harmful” tradition.
Major fire hits Chilean port; Codelco operations unaffected
Fire broke out at Chile's Ventanas port near a smelter belonging to state-run miner Coldeco.
Metals processing company Nth Cycle awarded $2.1 million US Department of Energy Grant
Grant part of the Battery Materials and Battery Manufacturing and Recycling Funding Opportunity program of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Premium Nickel aims to re-open Selebi mine in Botswana
The Selebi south deposit has a resource of 11.28 million tonnes grading 0.98% nickel and 1.9% copper.
Electra Battery Materials launches demonstration plant in Temiskaming Shores
Electra claims it will process up to 75 tonnes of black mass material in batches mode using its proprietary hydrometallurgical process in the demonstration plant.
Panama and First Quantum mull fresh talks on copper mine next week
The two sides may sit down together as soon as Dec. 26, although a schedule for the talks hasn’t been confirmed.
Prime Mining announces closing of $15m bought deal
The net proceeds from the offering will be used by Prime for exploration and development of the Los Reyes gold-silver project in Sinaloa, Mexico.
