PT ANTAM (Persero) Tbk has commenced exports of low-grade nickel ore from Indonesia after receiving the green light from the country’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. The initial export amounted to 165,000 wet metric tonnes (wmt) of nickel ore to China and the next shipment is being prepared.
The underground grade drilling program at the Irumafimpa deposit of K92 Mining’s Kainantu Gold Project in Papua New Guinea has intersected high-grade gold in multiple holes. A number of the latest results are important as they show wide, high-grade intersections less than 20 metres from the drill cuddy.
Aspire Mining has entered into an agreement with Noble Group, one of its major shareholders and financiers, to exercise its option to acquire the remaining 50% of the Ekhgoviin Chuluu Joint Venture (ECJV). The transaction will increase Aspire’s interest in ECJV’s Nuurstei Coking Coal Project in northern Mongolia to 90%.
Perth-based Eden Innovations has signed an MOU with Korea Consultants International Co Ltd (KCI), a Seoul-based engineering consulting firm, to review the feasibility of KCI being appointed sole South Korean distributor for EdenCrete®. This carbon-nanotube enriched, liquid concrete admixture is produced by ASX-listed Eden in the USA.