Mining.com reported that China's Heilongjiang Heilong Resources Investment is investing AUD 30 million in International Base Metals the owner of the Omitiomire deposit in Namibia which is believed to harbor 700,000 tonnes of copper. The ...
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Sulzer Pumps has successfully secured a contract for the supply of 12 large dewatering pump sets for a copper mine in Zambia, one of the largest construction projects currently underway in the country. The scope includes the design, ...
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Mineweb reported that India has failed to win a global bid to acquire the Shaida copper project in Afghanistan which has been awarded to Afghan Minerals Group. In yet another failed attempt the Indian consortium consisting of state owned ...
The Associated Press reported that 8 demonstrators arrested for peacefully protesting in Myanmar's largest city against a mining project have been freed on bail. Mr Aung Thein the lawyer for two of the activists arrested in the last ...
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Sulzer Pumps has secured a contract to supply 12 large dewatering pump sets for a copper mine in Zambia.The contract covers the design,manufacture,testing,packaging,installation supervision and commissioning of ten large high pressure HPH ...
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Reuters reported Myanmar's president asked opposition leader Ms Aung San Suu Kyi to head an investigation into the planned expansion of a copper mine that has led to evictions and protests that were forcibly put down by riot police this ...
China has defended a copper mine project in Myanmar following protests at the site and called for society to respect the law. China's Embassy in Yangon said that the Monya Copper Mine Project, a joint venture between Myanmar and Chinese ...
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The multi national mining company Rio Tinto has long promised that its proposed new copper mine near the small town of Superior, Ariz., would provide 4,000 jobs and economic salvation for a local population that has struggled to find work ...
Reuters reported that London copper was steady and was set to close the week little changed as traders focused on the progress in US talks to avert a looming fiscal crisis while also waiting for a crucial jobs report from the world's ...
Tags: copper, China's industrial production figures, copper contract
Myanmar's reformist government is under fire for its brutal crackdown on peaceful protests against the copper mining project in Monywa, Sagaing Division. The police action which left several monks seriously injured has enraged the Myanmar ...
Tags: copper mining project, crushing resistance, Latbadaung mine
Bloomberg reported that Hebei Iron & Steel Group led a group including Industrial Development Corp of South Africa Ltd in agreeing to buy Rio Tinto Group's Palabora Mining Co Rio will sell the companies a 57.7% stake for USD 373 million. ...
Reuters reported that Codelco is hopeful about reaching a new labor deal with its union at the massive Chuquicamata mine. Mr Thomas Keller CEO of Codelco said that "We're optimistic. It's a complex negotiation but we're hoping that with ...
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Reuters reported that unionized workers at Chile's Escondida have voted in favor of early labor talks with the mine's controller, global miner BHP Billiton. A union leader said that Escondida's union stunned the copper market last ...
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Xstrata Copper’s Antapaccay copper mine in southern Peru commenced production of commercial grade copper in concentrates at the beginning of November and has delivered its first shipment to Matarani Port for delivery to customers ...
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The government of Afghanistan announced its preferred bidders for three of its four current mineral tenders with a consortium backed by City of London banker Mr Ian Hannam former BHP Billiton CEO Chip Goodyear and Poland’s ...
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