December 2, 2019 Indonesia launches digital monitoring platform for mineral, coal sales – ministry Mineral producers are required to start using the platform by Jan. 1, 2020.
December 1, 2019 Blackstone Minerals partners with S. Korean firm for lithium ion battery production Ecopro BM, South Korea's largest ev battery cathode producer, will develop a downstream processing facility with Blackstone's Ta Khoa nickel project in Vietnam.
December 1, 2019 Afghanistan cancels contract to US gold, copper miner News agency Khaama Press reports that President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani cancelled the contracts held by the JVs formed by US-based CENTAR Limited.
December 1, 2019 Kyrgyzstan says Centerra’s Kumtor to beat 2019 output forecast Kumtor is expected to produce 18.2 tonnes of gold this year.
November 29, 2019 RANKED: Top 10 copper mining projects in the world Russia can lay claim to the globe's largest undeveloped copper project and two island nations also make the top ten ranking.
November 28, 2019 ‘The revolution is ongoing’: Bougainville to revive radical mining proposal Under the proposed mining law amendments, Bougainville would take a 60% share in all projects and retain all mining licences, leaving a 40% share that investors can bid for.
November 26, 2019 Nautilus Minerals officially sinks, shares still trading Court papers noted that Nautilus had two distinct business units, one dealing with polymetallic nodules, and one dealing with seafloor massive sulphides.
November 26, 2019 Mongolia says Rio’s Oyu Tolgoi mine expansion to go ahead The miner feared the government would try to completely renegotiate the agreements underpinning the asset's development.
November 26, 2019 Lynas close to securing funding for rare earths plant in the US Details about how it will fund the development of a heavy rare earths processing facility in Texas is expected to come by the end of February.
November 25, 2019 Despite the talk of coal’s demise, it still powers the world For all the talk of ditching fossil fuels to fight climate change, coal remains king in much of the world.
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