Vale launches new attempt to sell nickel mine
CANADA – Vale has announced that its subsidiary Vale Canada Limited (VCL) has entered into exclusivity for 30 days with
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Base Metals
Nickel demand is driven by EV batteries manufacturers
Based on a report published by McKinsey & Company, global demand for nickel is expected to increase from 2.2 million
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Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project update
Overall progress of Ivanhoe Mines Kamoa-Kakula’s first-phase in the DRC, 3.8 Mtpa mining and milling operation (covering mine infrastructure, concentrator
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Kamoa-Kakula Copper achieves another monthly record
Ivanhoe Mines has announced today that underground development at the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo totalled
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Vale increases its nickel and copper production
Vale reports that production of finished nickel was of 47.1 kt in 3Q2020, while sales volumes reached 58.2 kt, an
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Orion receives prestigious award for its copper-zinc project
Orion Minerals has received the inaugural Emerging ESG Leader Award at AAMEG Africa Awards (AAMEG – The Australia-Africa Minerals &
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Jubilee nearly doubles its rights to copper tailings in Zambia
Jubilee Metals Group has announced that it has successfully concluded further copper tailings transactions to secure the rights to an
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Nickel rallies amid Chinese stainless steel recovery
Nickel, like most commodities in 2020 has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures. According to
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Cobalt sees production cuts and logistic disruptions
According to Roskill, cobalt demand growth is expected to slow down in 2020, as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has severely
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Orion Minerals update on Australian projects
Orion Minerals, the owners of SA’s Prieska copper-zinc project, maintains a sizeable tenement package in the Fraser Range Province of
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All Glencore metals production down except for zinc
Glencore, in its “Third Quarter 2020 Production Report” says that its own sourced copper production of 934,700 tonnes was 81,100
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Prieska Copper-Zinc is now fully-permitted project
Orion Minerals has secured final permits for new South African copper-zinc mine, prepares for early site works and restarts exciting
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Roskill to release copper outlook up to 2030
According to a Roskill preliminary update, LME copper prices fell 27% from $6,301/t in January to $4,617/t in March. But
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Anglo American reports on base metals production
Anglo American, in its production report for the third quarter ended 30 September 2020, says its copper production increased by
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BHP copper production drops but guidance remains unchanged
Total copper production decreased by four per cent to 413 kt. Guidance for the 2021 financial year remains unchanged at
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Slovakia’s aluminium extrusion plant earns ASI certification
Hydro’s aluminium extrusion plant in Slovakia is now certified according to the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative’s Performance Standard. This recognizes the
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Kakula Copper enters zone of ultra-high-grade ore
Robert Friedland and Yufeng “Miles” Sun, Co-Chairmen of Ivanhoe Mines, have announced that excellent progress is being made advancing underground
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Mozal and Hillside Aluminium smelters operate at max capacity
South32 Continued to operate aluminium smelters at their maximum technical capacity despite the impact of load-shedding. South Africa’s Hillside Aluminium
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EU imposes duties on Chinese aluminium extrusions imports
The EU Commission has imposed temporary duties ranging 30.4% to 48% on Chinese aluminium extrusion imports. The investigation is expected
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Orion commences high-impact exploration drilling for copper
Orion Minerls has announced that drilling has commenced with two diamond rigs operating at the Kielder Project, located 15km from
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Improvement of fatigue life of aluminium alloys by 25 times
Published in the journal Nature Communications, a research work done by Monash University engineers has demonstrated improvements in the fatigue
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Aluminium: eco-friendly pitch to reduce emissions by 60%
As part of its environmental modernization program, RUSAL, a leading global aluminium producer, plans to completely switch the reduction area
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Ghana to impose duties on aluminium from China
Ghana International Trade Commission has ruled that aluminium coils and circles from China are being dumped onto the Ghanaian domestic
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Electric cars and Formula E powered by nickel
During the recent ‘battery day’ event held by Tesla, Musk called on resources companies to increase their nickel production, to
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JUBILEE METALS: Update on Project Elephant
As announced on 18 June 2020, Jubilee has secured the rights to approximately 150 million tonnes of copper containing surface
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Alphamin reports increased tin recoveries and throughput
Alphamin Resources Corp. reports that run-of-mine volumes processed increased 5% to 96,086 tons for the quarter ended September 2020. Underground
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Hulamin’s order books approach pre-Covid19 levels
Up to the end of September 2020, Hulamin recorded 497 positive Covid-19 tests. Hulamin management teams have subsequently returned to
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Vedanta Zinc produces 36% less zinc in Q1FY2021
Vedanta Zinc International has reported that total production for the first quarter of FY2021 was 38,000 tonnes, lower by 36%
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ZCCM-IH plans to increase stake in mines
ZCCM-IH (formerly Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines or ZCCM) will take up a more active role as an investor in the
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Chairman’s update on the Toral lead, zinc, silver project
Throughout the last financial year, we have continued to advance Johannesburg-listed Europa Metals Ltd’s wholly-owned Toral lead, zinc, and silver
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