Vale buys innovator New Steel for $500m
Vale has focused on sales of better quality iron ore, mostly from its S11D project in Pará state, as demand for the cleaner and less polluting product rises in China, its main market.
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Australia plans deal with US on ‘critical minerals’, hopes to boost its exports
This will mean Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) will work closely on exploration, extraction, processing and research and development.
BHP calls off sale of Cerro Colorado copper mine as buyer backs out
The world’s No.1 miner had decided to offload Cerro Colorado mine in May last year, as part of chief executive Andrew Mackenzie’s bid to focus on large assets in commodities such as iron ore, copper and oil.
Toronto miner Amarillo allowed to stay in Brazil
The company received approval for a three-year extension of its mining concessions for the Posse gold deposit.
Iamgold eyes growth in Burkina Faso, unveils resource estimate for Gossey
Combined indicated and inferred resources for the satellite deposit, located 15 km northwest of its Essakane operation in Burkina Faso, amount to 376,000 gold ounces.
Commercial production to begin at Ontario’s new high-grade gold mine
Harte Gold's Sugar Zone mine is on track to declare commercial production before year-end.
Eurasian Resources wants to keep children out of mining in the DRC
The miner joined forces with international development organization Pact.
Uranium price: best performer of 2018 set for more gains
New report forecasts sustained structural deficit for uranium market and more gains for uranium price, up more than 20% this year.
Ultra Power tags Canadian technology for world’s first dedicated vanadium processing facility
VanadiumCorp and Electrochem Technologies and Materials have signed a patent option agreement allowing Ultra Pure Systems to purchase an exclusive licence to their VanadiumCorp-Electrochem processing technology (VEPT)