NorZinc rejigs Prairie Creek plans after road delay
NorZinc won’t be able to begin construction this year as planned.
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Lithium mining shares off to the races
Lithium producers swept up in Tesla enthusiasm with Livent surging 17% and top producers SQM and Albemarle enjoying double digit gains.
Copper-gold deposits to help gold miners overcome depletion dilemma
Copper-gold porphyries and sedimentary copper deposits offer both size and profitability.
BHP to supply water for Escondida mine from desalination plant only
The miner already gets more than 40% of the water it needs from the ocean and has vowed to stop using fresh water drawn from the surface and underground in Chile by 2030.
Botswana to accelerate $4 billion coal-to-liquid refinery project — minister
The government also expected to finalize power purchase agreements this year for a planned new 100MW pilot power plant using coal bed methane, gas trapped in underground coal seams.
The race is on for iron ore riches buried under an African jungle
For years, the massive iron deposits under Guinea’s mountainous jungle were practically forgotten by the mining industry.
Glencore’s 2019 cobalt up, copper down; share price rises
Glencore's 2019 copper output fell 6% and battery mineral cobalt rose 10%.
Congo’s 2019 copper output up 17%, cobalt production falls 20%
Copper production rose to 1.433 million tonnes in 2019.
Russia’s comeback in Africa favours profit over long-term influence — analyst
Moscow claims to a host of resources are based on shaky grounds at best, consultancy Verisk Maplecroft says.
