Turkish steel makers eye exports to West Africa amid US tariff setbacks
Turkey was looking to boost its trade with West Africa and sub-Saharan countries, where there is demand for the less capital-intensive steel products.
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Any revisions would need to be discussed with the coal and power industry beforehand, and any impacts on state revenue would need to be calculated.
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Randgold to revise full-year forecast as readies Tongon mine for restart
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Codelco’s Chuquicamata copper mine hit by strike, blockage
Workers have downed tools and blocked access to the mine in protest of the "unjustified layoff" of two colleagues.
Caterpillar says tariffs will wipe out up to $200M
Demand for mining as well as oil and gas equipment is so strong that the company said it was taking orders for delivery well into 2019.
Environmentalists worried about prospecting in New Zealand’s South Island
The government lifted a moratorium for prospecting permits on 7,828 square kilometres on the northern part of the South Island.
India’s state-owned miner to start digging for local gold
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