Barrick Gold walks away from Guyana joint venture project
Alicanto Minerals will retain 100% of Arakaka gold project.
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Indian regulator approves Nutrien’s sale of stake in SQM to Tianqi
The Competition Commission of India green-lighted the $4.1 billion deal reached in May between the Canadian potash giant and China’s Tianqi Lithium.
BHP to sell Chile’s Cerro Colorado copper mine to equity fund EMR
Sale is part of chief executive Andrew Mackenzie’s bid to focus on large assets in commodities such as iron ore, copper and oil.
ALTA 2018 Conference Report
This year’s ALTA conference had the highest attendance on record with 377 delegates from 29 countries, a massive 55% increase on 2017.
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.
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.
