July 11, 2018 Huge diamonds keep coming out of Lucapa’s Lulo mine in Angola This time is a 114-carat white stone.
July 10, 2018 Australia’s Mineral Deposits recommends takeover offer as Eramet builds up stake Mineral Deposits had rejected the revised A$345 million ($256.85 million) offer in June, saying it still undervalued the company.
July 10, 2018 Lithium becomes Chile’s No. 4 mining export Shipments of the key ingredient for making batteries that power electric cars and high tech devices climbed 47% in 2017 to $684.2 million.
July 10, 2018 BHP secures iron mining rights in Australia’s Pilbara for another century Western Australia's Environmental Protection Authority has green-lighted a 50 to 100-year blueprint for the miner's operations in the Pilbara.
July 9, 2018 BP is front-runner to buy BHP’s US shale unit The London-based oil major has made the highest offer for the assets, which BHP prefers selling in a single package.
July 9, 2018 Canada’s Barrick, China’s Shandong Gold to deepen ties, look at acquisitions Acquisitions in the metals mining sector have begun to pick up, with an increase in joint ventures between Western and Chinese mining firms.
July 9, 2018 Australia’s Yancoal halts Austar mine amid safety dispute Yancoal said it will start standing down employees, and is aiming to redeploy most workers to other underground operations owned by the company.
July 9, 2018 Tiger Resources’ $260M Congo asset sale to Chinese firm collapses Tiger expects to release a new Life of Mine Plan for the assets in 6-8 weeks.
July 9, 2018 Private equity firm to deploy $550 million into mining sector Targeting close or ready for production.
July 5, 2018 Iron ore slides to seven-month low as trade war fears mount Iron ore’s starting to buckle after a series of warnings that prices are set to drop amid rising global supply, and as investors fret about the potential impact of escalating…
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