TIN: Wa ban persists and export delays in Indonesia continue
LME tin prices have surged to their highest point in six months, with three-month price rising by 11% in just
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Base Metals
Gecamines offers to buy some of Khazakh miner ERG’s copper assets
Congo state miner Gecamines said it has made a firm proposal to buy some of Eurasian Resources Group’s copper and
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Manono Tin sees first concentrate production
Canadian tin-lithium-tantalum explorer Tantalex Lithium Resources has announced the TiTan alluvial plant has entered production of tin and tantalum concentrates
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Jubilee Metals: update on Munkoyo Project
Munkoyo is located within 50 kilometres of Sable Copper Refinery and will be a feed source to the Sable. An
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Jubilee Metals: Zambia Copper Expansion Update
Jubilee, a diversified leader in metals processing with operations in Africa, is pleased to provide an update on progress at
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Jubilee Metals: Project Roan update
The upgrade of Roan currently underway includes the implementation of a 50 000 tonnes per month modular unit, which allows
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Jubilee Metals acquires historical waste rock dump in Zambia
Jubilee secured one of the largest copper waste rock assets on surface in Zambia in November 2023and has formed a
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Alphamin announces record annual tin production
MAURITIUS – Alphamin Resources Corp. a producer of 4% of the world’s mined tin1 from its high grade operation in
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Alcoa to supply Nexans with low-C aluminium, incl. ELYSIS metal
PITTSBURGH – Alcoa announced today that it will supply global cable producer Nexans with aluminum produced from a revolutionary process
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Alphamin Resources: Mpama Tin South project update
The initial development of the Mpama South underground mine has been completed on time. In addition, the underground development should
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Jubilee Metals modular copper expansion project M update
As announced on 1 November 2023, Jubilee secured its first LOM copper ore off-take agreement from an existing mining company
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Jubilee Metals: Sable Refinery Upgrade
JTS has completed the design work for the expansion of the sulphide copper recovery circuit at the Sable Refinery, in
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First Quantum achieves annual copper production of 708,000 tonnes
TORONTO – First Quantum Minerals announces preliminary production for the three months (“Q4”) and year ended December 31, 2023, guidance
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Rio Tinto to develop Australia’s largest solar farm for mining
MELBOURNE, Australia – Rio Tinto will drive development of Australia’s largest solar power project near Gladstone, after agreeing to buy
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COPPER: Lumwana super pit project on track for first production in 2028
LUSAKA, Zambia – The Lumwana copper mine’s Super Pit expansion project has been accelerated with first production now scheduled for
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First Quantum Minerals update on Cobre Panama
Cobre Panama currently remains in a phase of P&SM with production halted. Approximately 1,400 workers remain on site to run
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Hydro to decarbonize casthouses by testing plasma technology
With the testing of emission-free plasma technology in the casthouse at Sunndal, Hydro is pursuing its goal to achieve zero
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Vedanta Aluminium cutting-edge pot lining design
Vedanta Aluminium, a significant player in the aluminium industry, unveils a groundbreaking breakthrough on National Energy Conservation Day. The company
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Metals X provides a Renison Ore Reserve and mine life update
Metals X has announced an updated Life of Mine Plan for Renison Bell, Australia’s largest tin mine, with the historic
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Marubeni and Antofagasta to invest in copper expansion project
Marubeni Corporation, in partnership with UK-based Antofagasta plc, has solidified its decision to invest in a substantial expansion project at
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Blaze at Rusal’s smelter did not disrupt operations
Emergency services in Russia managed to swiftly contain a minor fire at one of Rusal’s significant smelters located in the
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Partial resumption of mining in Wa State, excluding tin
Leaders of Wa State have authorised a partial resumption of mining in the area from 3rd January 2024, although most
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Pushing the boundaries for low-carbon aluminium with Hydro CIRCAL
Hydro can now deliver Hydro CIRCAL recycled aluminium with a documented carbon footprint of 1.9 kg of CO2e/kg aluminium, down
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Aluminium Bahrain breaks annual aluminium production record in 2023
Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) have announced it has set a new record-breaking production of 1,620,665 metric tonnes (MT) in 2023,
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Decarbonisation technology of recycled aluminium melting
Reverb or secondary melting furnaces are an effective way to achieve a global circular economy for aluminium supply. The recycling
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Australia classifies tin as a strategic material
The Australian Government has updated the country’s Critical Minerals List and has introduced a new Strategic Materials List, which includes
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Eloro Resources intersects 0.43% Sn over 62.84m at Iska Iska
Explorer Eloro Resources has released assay results from the first five of its eleven definition drill holes, including an intersection
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$19 million investment for molten tin thermal energy storage technology
Backed by Bill Gates’ venture firm Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Fourth Power has received $19 million in funding for its molten
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Impairments affect Hydro’s fourth quarter results
Faced with challenging alumina market conditions and Australian power price insecurity, Norsk Hydro ASA will report total impairment losses of
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South Crofty dewatering progressing faster than expected
Cornish Metals has provided an update on the dewatering of the historic South Crofty tin mine, which is progressing at
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