The Indian government is considering urging Indian state-owned miner National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to halt exports in response to demand from local steel mills facing a shortage of raw materials, a senior government ...
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South Africa's Universal Coal announced Monday that it expected to start exporting thermal coal from its Kangala mine through the Richards Bay Coal Terminal from July onward after it had started the cold commissioning of the mine's washing ...
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Australian miner Cleveland Mining has announced that, together with its iron ore alliance partner Australia-based BC Iron, it is able to produce high grade iron ore concentrate from its Caetite project in the Brazilian state of Bahia after ...
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The government of the Indian state of Odisha has allowed operations to resume in eight iron ore mines in the state following its earlier decision to fast-track mining license renewals, according to media reports. The mines that will resume ...
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Cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film photovoltaic module maker First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, international mining group Rio Tinto and Australian solar energy firm Ingenero have announced an agreement for the development of the Weipa ...
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Canadian miner Pan American Silver believes Argentina this year will lift its ban on open-pit mining that forced the company to suspend operations at its Navidad gold project, CEO Geoff Burns said Wednesday. The Vancouver-based company, ...
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Norilsk Nickel is to sell its Avalon and Cawse nickel assets in western Australia to Wingstar Investments, the Russian producer said Wednesday. "The assets encompass the Avalon (formerly Bulong) nickel laterite deposit and processing ...
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Peabody Energy has closed its Viking surface coal mine in Daviess County, Indiana, several months after the mine had been expected to cease operations because its reserves of high-sulfur steam coal were running out. "Production operations ...
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Production cuts at Indonesian thermal coal mines could only at best help stabilize prices but further gains would be capped by sagging demand from both India and China in the spot market, sources said Wednesday. A Singapore-based trader ...
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Australian-miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that it has added 1.16 billion mt of mineral resources to its Greater Solomon iron ore mine, following a drilling program. Fortescue stated that total Greater Solomon mineral resources ...
Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced the launch of an 18 MW capacity gas-reciprocating power plant running on methane ( a coal by-product) at an industrial site of the Severnaya mine located in Vorkuta, a structural unit of ...
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South African platinum miner Implats said Friday gross refined platinum output in the January-March quarter fell 40% to 205,000 oz, hit by ongoing strike action. The company's "good start to the financial year was severely impacted in the ...
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Going long on lead and short on copper continues to be a solid investment strategy in 2014, particularly as lead tilts toward a supply deficit and copper toward surplus, investment bank BNP Paribas said Thursday. Despite lead's ...
Despite a recent recovery in London Metal Exchange copper prices, market analysts were still bearish this week on the metal's price for the rest of this year, based on factors such as a surge in supply and a weak Chinese construction ...
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Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it is delivering about 4,000 mt of duplex stainless steel for the Husab uranium mine project in Namibia, Africa. Outokumpu's stainless steel will be used in tanks, pressure ...
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