Australia considering sending coronavirus evacuees to outback mining camps
The first flight of about 240 passengers arrived in Australia on Monday.
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US rare earths production up 44% in 2019 — report
Overall US metal mine production in 2019 was estimated to be $28.1 billion, or almost $500 million higher than in 2018.
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Number of ships waiting outside Australia's Newcastle harbor was at an 18-month high of 20 vessels.
China’s metals import hunger shifts towards raw materials
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Zambia-Vedanta row escalates, minister calls company “criminal”
Richard Musukwa, said Zambia needed African and international support to "make Vedanta pay."
Finland gives green light to uranium mining
State-owned Terrafame plans to produce uranium at a mine that has been producing nickel for years.
Chile government approves Bearing Lithium’s EIA
This is one of the few EIAs approved in Chile in recent years.
Lucara finds unbroken 549-carat diamond, fourth-largest mined at Karowe
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