May 22, 2017 Rio Tinto launches new debt reduction programme The company said that today’s announcement is part of its ongoing capital management plan.
May 21, 2017 Ukraine says no to Russian coal, gas – favours nuclear power In spite of a blockade on shipments of anthracite coal from occupied Donbas to Ukrainian thermal power plants (TPPs) since this past winter, the country has thus far avoided blackouts.
May 21, 2017 Drilling begins on property adjacent to 125,000-oz Kyrgyzstan gold mine Initial drilling is designed to intersect an area which was previously drilled in the former Soviet republic between 1970 and 1990.
May 19, 2017 BSGR may have to pay $1.2bn for no show at Simandou-related hearing The company, which could lose the arbitration as a result, will have to pay the amount to former partner Vale.
May 19, 2017 Congo to re-evaluate new mining code next week Move comes 15 months after the country’s government halted the planned revision amid opposition from mining companies and low commodity prices.
May 18, 2017 Heart-shaped diamond breaks record The 92-carat diamond forms the centerpiece of a necklace of cultured pearls.
May 18, 2017 Canada’s Trevali picks up Glencore zinc mines in Africa The deal, worth about $400 million, will make Trevali the first pure zinc producer with operations in North and South America as well as Africa.
May 18, 2017 China successfully mines flammable ice from the South Sea During the mining trial done at a depth of 4,153 feet, engineers extracted each day around 16,000 cubic metres of gas, with methane content of up to 99.5%.
May 18, 2017 De Beers taps into polished diamonds market with first-time auction The pilot auction, scheduled for June 29, will include a wide range of polished stones manufactured directly from the company’s own rough diamonds.
May 18, 2017 First Quantum to kick off massive $5.48bn copper mine in Panama in just months Cobre Panama project is now 50% complete and on track to produce 320,000 tonnes of copper in 2019, making the company one of the world’s top six producers of the…
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