- 1. Impact signs CA$5.5 million JV with Bluebird on its Broken Hill project
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- Impact Minerals has signed a binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to joint venture its Broken Hill project with BlueBird Battery Metals Incorporated. Broken Hill Ni-Cu-PGE Project – magnetic ...
- Created on 13 July 2018
- 2. Barminco secures long-term contract at Mt Colin
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- Round Oak Minerals has awarded Barminco Holdings a four-year contract for the provision of underground mining services at the Mt Colin underground copper mine. Under the AU$95 million contract, which ...
- Created on 06 July 2018
- 3. CSIRO breakthrough scanner promises to reduce copper waste
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- The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has developed an analyser that promises to slash energy and water use in copper mining operations. Taking advantage of magnetic ...
- Created on 06 July 2018
- 4. Global Energy Metals becomes leading cobalt developer in Mt. Isa
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- ... results correlate well with the previous deeper drilling with the further delineation of wide zones of cobalt, copper and gold mineralisation nearer to surface. The drilling campaign is now complete. “Spurred ...
- Created on 29 June 2018
- 5. Glencore accepts OZ Minerals’ Avanco offer
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- Oz Minerals has reached acceptances in its bid for the Brazilian copper-gold miner Avanco, totalling 73.9 percent of company shares. The company requires 50.1 per cent of investor shares for the takeover ...
- Created on 22 June 2018
- 6. X-rays mark the spot
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- ... minerals, including silver and copper. Source: www.csiro.au ...
- Created on 01 June 2018
- 7. Rio Tinto looks to making a deal on Grasberg
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- ... Grasberg, located in the province of Papua in Indonesia, is one of the world’s largest copper and gold mines. It is owned and operated by Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of US-based Freeport-McMoRan ...
- Created on 24 May 2018
- 8. New data reveals potential copper "hot spots" in Northern Australia
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- Potential copper “hot-spots” in an area on the Queensland-Northern Territory border have been revealed in new data released by the Australian Government. Minister for Resources and Northern Australia ...
- Created on 18 May 2018
- 9. MCA supports early implementation of TPP-11
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- ... – the benefits of TPP-11 include cuts in tariffs on iron ore, copper, nickel, butane, propane, LNG and refined petroleum along with improved market access for Australian mining services businesses. Source: ...
- Created on 18 May 2018
- 10. Angkor Gold continues its partnership with JOGMEC in Cambodia
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- With exploration partner Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Angkor Gold continues as the operator to develop the primary target on the Oyadao South License, which is a copper porphyry ...
- Created on 15 May 2018
- 11. Newcrest ups Wafi-Golpu development cost
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- In an updated feasibility study released mid-March 2018, Newcrest Mining has added almost US$170 million to the forecasted costs to develop the Wafi-Golpu copper-gold project in Papua New Guinea (PNG), ...
- Created on 15 May 2018
- 12. New campaign seeks end to ocean mine waste dumping
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- ... that suspended operations for 19 months, the Ramu nickel and copper mine in Papua New Guinea is currently dumping around 14,000 tonnes of toxic mine waste into Basamuk Bay every day. “Coastal fishermen ...
- Created on 15 May 2018
- 13. Georgian Mining Corp reaches agreement on Kvemo Bolnisi project
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- Georgian Mining Corporation has agreed to a 2018 Work Programme with its partner Caucasian Mining Group (CMG) to proceed with the development of the Kvemo Bolnisi gold-copper project and to perform further ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 14. Rio Tinto committed to domestic power solution for Oyu Tolgoi
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- ... Located in Mongolia’s South Gobi Desert, Oyu Tolgoi is one of the world’s largest copper-gold developments. Since 2012, operations have been mining ore from the Oyu Tolgoi open pit and producing copper-gold ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 15. Asiamet Resources completes CoW amendment negotiations
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- ... its BKM copper project in Central Kalimantan, it has successfully concluded long running negotiations with the Government of Indonesia to amend its existing KSK Contract of Work (CoW) to secure long-term ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 16. PT Freeport Indonesia’s woes deepen
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- PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI), the subsidiary of the US mining giant Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX), which operates large copper and gold mines in Papua, battles a string of ecological damage ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 17. Caterpillar Produces 5000th 793 Mining Truck
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- ... to a mining customer in Australia. The largest populations of 793s are operating in Australia, North America and South America where the trucks work to mine iron ore, copper, coal, gold and other minerals. ...
- Created on 04 May 2018
- 18. Cadia Hill open pit approved for tailings disposal
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- ... using the Cadia Hill open pit as a tailing storage facility, it is likely, subject to further study, that the existing Ore Reserve containing approximately 1.5Moz gold and 0.13 Mt of copper and Mineral ...
- Created on 27 April 2018
- 19. Duterte: plant more trees or lose your rights to open pit mining
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- ... ban include the $5.9bn copper-gold Tampakan project in the southern region of Mindanao island. A total of 26 mines have either been suspended or shut down since last year due to environmental damages. ...
- Created on 20 April 2018
- 20. Glencore is dropping almost $1 billion to hunt deep underground for more ore in Sudbury
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- ... 2023, ramping up to full speed by 2025. The timeline matches up perfectly with Glencore’s other Sudbury operations — its Fraser and Nickel Rim South nickel-copper mines are estimated to conclude operations ...
- Created on 12 April 2018