The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) commends the federal government on the signing of two new Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (FIPAs) with Tanzania and Guinea. The FIPA with Tanzania came into force earlier today, ...
Tags: Mining, Metallurgy, Mineral
According to data released by Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers, the country's output of finished steel products totaled 26.625 million tons in the January-November period, down by 0.1% year on year. In the given period of time, the country's ...
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The UK's consumption of thermal coal rose 8.5% on the month to 3.76 million mt in September, the highest for three months, according to data released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change Thursday. However the UK's rate of ...
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Rio Tinto will move to suspend alumina production at Gove and focus on its bauxite operations after determining the refinery is no longer a viable business in the current market environment. Rio Tinto will now work on the scope and phased ...
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Rio Tinto has set out its breakthrough plan to optimise the growth of its world-class iron ore business in Western Australia. Mine production capacity will rapidly increase towards 360 million tonnes a year (Mt/a) at a significantly lower ...
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Rio Tinto and Chinalco will explore a partnership to bring forward the next era of mining technology aimed at delivering significant value and re-shaping industry best practice. Rio Tinto chief executive Sam Walsh and Chinalco president ...
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Westshore Terminals reported an average coal loading rate of C$9.52 in the third quarter, up 2% from both the previous quarter and the year-ago quarter, according to its quarterly report filed late Wednesday with the Canadian government. ...
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Global steelmakers, metallurgical coal miners and merchant coke producers are feeling the heat thanks to sluggish steel and coal prices coupled with the prospect of higher energy costs in the US due to regulation, participants said Tuesday ...
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Virginia, US-based metallurgical coal producer Alpha Natural Resources has issued its financial results for the third quarter of 2013. According to the financial results, the company has reported a net loss of $458.2 million in the given ...
Australian miner BHP Billiton has announced its production results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2013. BHP Billiton expects a five million mt increase in the full financial year guidance for its Western Australia iron ore ...
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UK-based mining giant Anglo American Corporation has announced its production results for the third quarter of the current calendar year. In the third quarter, the iron ore production from Kumba Iron Ore decreased by 24 percent year on ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Arch Coal, Inc. announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Guffy property from Patriot Coal Corporation for $16 million in cash. The Guffy reserves are owned in-fee, are contiguous to Arch's Tygart Valley ...
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Eastern US miner James River Coal has cut about half of its annual Central Appalachian coal production "in response to continued weak coal markets," the company said Monday night after the close of markets. The cutbacks amount to about ...
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Reportedly, the Australian mining giant BHP Billiton has started the new Daunia mine in Queensland. Also, the Daunia mine is the company's ninth operating metallurgical coal mine in central Queensland. It's learned that BHP Billiton ...
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The UK's monthly thermal coal consumption fell to a 21-month low in June, with the country's power plants burning just 2.99 million mt, down 22% on the month and 11% on the year, according to data released Thursday by the Department of ...
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