Copper and cars: Boom goes beyond electric vehicles
UPDATED CHART: By 2025 demand for copper from global vehicle market will double to 3.3 million tonnes.
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Barrick Gold introduces autonomous trucks at Nevada mine
During the initial phase of the project ASI will retrofit five Komatsu 930-E Ultra Class haul trucks to autonomous operation at the Arturo mine.
Chile antitrust watchdog probing Tianqi buy of lithium miner stake
The country's antitrust regulator is investigating the effects on the market of Chinese miner Tianqi Lithium acquisition of a 24% stake in SQM, the world's second largest lithium producer,
Coal plants keep shutting despite Trump’s order to rescue them
Since 2010, nearly 40 percent of the capacity of the nation’s fleet of coal-fired power plants has either been shut down or designated for closure.
Rio Tinto to start building massive Koodaideri iron ore mine in 2019
First production from the Pilbara-based project, which it says it’s one of the world’s most technologically advanced, is expected in 2021.
CAR struggling to resume diamond exports, tax revenue lags
The Central African Republic (CAR) was banned from exporting diamonds in 2013 after rebels seized power.
S.African union open to inflation-linked pay deal at Eskom – source
Africa's most industrialised economy suffered power outages last week because of what Eskom had said was an "illegal protest action".
China marks cobalt, copper ascendancy in Congo with new group
The 35-member union includes China Molybdenum Co.-controlled Tenke Fungurume Mining and MMG Ltd., as well as subsidiaries of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group and Huayou Cobalt Co. Sicomines, among others.
Lucapa gets another $2 million from Lulo diamonds sale
Lucapa has a 35-year license for Lulo, which early last year bore a 404.2-carat white diamond, considered the largest diamond ever recovered in Angola and the biggest diamond ever found by an Australian company.
