Rio Tinto ready to splash out on copper
The world's No.2 mining company needs copper to reduce its reliance on iron ore.
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Sibanye, Regulus join efforts to develop Argentina’s Altar project
Sibanye Canada and Regulus’ newly formed Argentinean subsidiary Aldebaran Resources will create a strategic partnership to unlock value at the copper-gold project, located in the San Juan province.
Centerra mine’s future up in the air as Kyrgyzstan to review deal
The parliament’s revision of the strategic agreement, set for September, may lead to increased environmental payments for the Canadian miner.
China’s No.1 maker of battery cells for EVs to build plant in Germany
A German battery plant could help ease an expected negative impact in the workforce employed by the local automotive industry.
Bluerock Diamonds trades up on resumption of production at Kareevlei
Company says that changes made to the crushing circuit will positively impact the plant’s performance,
BHP adds electric vehicles to its light truck fleet
BHP Billiton will add two electric vehicles to its 240 fleet of trucks at its Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. The […]
Copper price drops to 9-month low, but what about strikes?
Copper bears drop price 11% in 3 weeks, but new report shows labour contracts still up for renewal threaten 3 million tonnes of production just in Chile.
AngloGold says no production impact from Guinea power protests
Members of a local community near our Siguiri mine have been protesting the temporary rationing of power, which is an unfortunate necessity.
Here’s where 3 million EV batteries will go when they retire
The first batches of batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles are hitting retirement age, yet they aren’t bound for landfills.
