BHP gets green light to develop nickel mine in Western Australia
Using more nickel cuts costs by reducing the amount of expensive cobalt, a mainstay of current battery technology.
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No. 2 platinum miner mulls purchases in low-cost asset shift
Chief Executive Officer Nicolaas Muller said Implats could return to profit by around 2020 by shutting older shafts at its Rustenburg mining complex.
Ivan Glasenberg places a dirty $36B bet: Chris Bryant
Glencore’s coal business should be a license to print money for several more years.
Copper deals to get elusive after Teck’s $1.2 billion sale
The expansion of the mine, which will require an estimated investment of $4.7 billion, is set to start producing in 2021 and could double Teck’s copper business.
Miramont gets green light to start drilling at Peruvian project
The Vancouver-based miner anticipates drilling to begin early in the New Year.
Malaysia tells Lynas to remove radioactive waste for licence renewal
It needs to be removed by September 2, 2019, when Lynas' temporary storage licence expires.
DRDGOLD begins first phase of Far West tailings project
The South African miner is kicking off this week its Far West gold recoveries project in Gauteng with the pumping of reclaimed tailings into the carbon-in-leach circuit, just four months into construction of the first phase.
Teck chooses Sumitomo to develop Chilean copper project in $1.2B deal
Sumitomo Metal Mining and Sumitomo Corp. will pay $800 million earn-in contribution and $400 million matching contribution for a third of Teck's 90% interest in Quebrada Blanca mine.
Klondike Gold reports results from drilling campaign at Yukon project
The results have prompted a plan to continue exploration to affirm multiple local sources of bedrock gold mineralization.