Rio Tinto, Sumitomo to assess hydrogen plant at Yarwun refinery
They will jointly study the feasibility of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio’s alumina refinery in Gladstone, Queensland.
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Rio Tinto resumes operations at Richards Bay in South Africa
The Richards Bay Minerals project was shut down in late June following the murder of the top manager.
Brazil’s Cosan to make iron ore mining debut
The energy group plans to form a joint venture with Aura Minerals' controlling shareholder to explore iron ore.
Ranked: Canada’s top 40 miners
Revenue of top 40 reaches C$125 billion.
Silver Elephant files resource numbers for Minago nickel project in Manitoba
The property contains measured and indicated open pit resources of 23.9 million tonnes averaging 0.71% nickel.
McEwen Copper closes C$40 million private placement
The first tranche of shares was purchased by Evanachan, Rob McEwen’s investment corporation.
St Barbara taking C$230-275m write down of Canadian assets
The Torquoy gold mine reached commercial production in March 2018 and was acquired by St Barbara in mid-2019.
Blair Athol coal mine life extended by 10 years
Life extension of central Queensland's coal mine follows a reserves update that added 19.5 million tonnes.
US critical mineral imports up 7.9% y-o-y in Q2 – report
S&P Global Market Intelligence reports the volume of critical minerals flowing into the country in H1 2021 surpassed the 316,108 tonnes imported in H1 2020 by 41,209 tonnes.