Copper rookie looks to Glencore and Chinese for downstream dream
Ecuadorian officials have held talks with several foreign companies about the possibility of building a copper refinery.
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Asia Gold-Buyers unimpressed by price dip; India shifts to premium
Physical gold demand lacked vigour in most Asian hubs this week amid a slight dip in prices.
Up to 500,000 tonnes of alumina being exported from China as Rusal crisis bites
The sanctions against Rusal, world's second-biggest aluminium producer, have up-ended the supply chain as companies cut contracts to use Rusal metal.
World’s top uranium miner Cameco back in the black
But the Canadian company said the uranium market remained “quiet.”
China says Chile move to block $5bn SQM lithium deal could be harmful
If China’s Tianqi grabs a stake in Chile’s SQM, the world’s lowest cost lithium miner, it would mean the top three producers would control at least 80% of the total market, Chile’s government has said.
Colombian initiative prevents 25 tonnes of mercury from entering the environment
“We are the first territory actively making efforts towards eradicating the use of mercury and we are close to achieving this goal,” Antioquia's Governor said.
Canadian junior expands in Peru
Auryn Resources announced that it is close to becoming a big player in the Andahuaylas-Yauri belt in southern Peru.
Canadian Miner Agnico to divest cobalt assets, sells gold interests
Agnico said it started a strategic review on selling about 2,100 hectares of the Coleman and the South Lorrain cobalt-rich properties in Canada.
France’s ERAMET bids $218 mln for Australia’s Mineral Deposits
ERAMET said the offer would enable the full consolidation of the TiZir joint venture.