Zimbabwe names new mines minister in mini-reshuffle
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has re-appointed Winston Chitando as the southern African nation’s mines minister, a post he held before last year’s elections.
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China’s Zhaojin Mining buyout offer for Tietto Minerals now unconditional
China’s Zhaojin Mining Industry said on Wednesday that its A$733 million ($477.8 million) offer to buy Australia’s Tietto Minerals has become unconditional.
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E-haul trucks could result in major savings for miners but adoption is slow
A new report by IDTechEx states that investing in e-haul trucks could result in major savings for miners due to the replacement of diesel with cheaper electricity, as these vehicles have the most intensive duty cycles of any vehicle in a mine.
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First Quantum could remove copper from Panama mine after election
Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) believes it will be able to take the already mined 121,000 tonnes of copper concentrate out of its disputed mine in Panama after the national elections there in May, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday.
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First Quantum Minerals cuts debt by over $1bn in first quarter
Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals said on Tuesday that it has cut its debt by $1.14 billion in the first quarter.
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Five Eyes countries working to fight critical minerals dumping
Canada and its Five Eyes Alliance partners are working on put forward a response to tackle the price manipulation of critical metals, Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday.
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Adriatic Metals takes over as operator of Bosnian silver mine
Adriatic Metals is taking over as the operator of the Rupice deposit development, which is part of the company’s Vares silver mine in central Bosnia.
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Study hints Predictive Discovery’s Bankan project could be Guinea’s ‘largest gold mine’
A prefeasibility study for Predictive Discovery’s (ASX: PDI) Bankan gold project in Guinea gives it a net present value more than $210 million higher than its capital costs.
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Native American group seeks to overturn US court ruling on Rio’s Arizona copper mine
A Native American group has asked all members of a US appeals court on Monday to overturn an earlier ruling that granted land to Rio Tinto for a copper mine in Arizona, saying the land was sacred and culturally significant.
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Berkeley to take uranium mine dispute with Spain to arbitration
Australian mining group Berkeley Energia will take its dispute with Spain to international arbitration after the country refused to give final approval to a uranium mine near the city of Salamanca, the company said on Wednesday.
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Protesters blockade Peru’s Las Bambas mine after talks fall through
Peru’s Las Bambas copper mine, owned by China’s MMG, is facing renewed blockades of a key transport route after failed talks over donations to local development projects, a community leader said on Wednesday.
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Two workers dead at Newmont’s Cerro Negro mine in Argentina
Newmont confirmed on Wednesday that two members of its workforce died this week at the Cerro Negro mine located in the Santa Cruz region of Argentina.
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Scottish bacteria may help clean up acid mine drainage
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh discovered that bacteria found in areas polluted by acid mine drainage had the potential to detoxify the environment by removing heavy metals.
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US, EU set to miss critical minerals agreement this week
A US and European Union push to reach an accord on fostering critical mineral supply chains is set to miss another target this week, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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Korea Zinc agrees 40% fee cut to turn Teck’s mined zinc into metal
Canadian miner Teck Resources has agreed to pay Korea Zinc $165 per metric ton, a three-year low, to turn its zinc concentrate into refined metal, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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Canada’s mild winter disrupts key ice road to remote Arctic diamond mines
An unusually warm winter in Canada this year has delayed the opening of a 400-kilometer (250-mile) ice road that is rebuilt every year as the main conduit for Rio Tinto, Burgundy Mines and De Beers to access their diamond mines in the remote Arctic region.
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Mitsui invests in Atlas Lithium with offtake deal from Brazil mine
Mitsui & Co said on Thursday it will spend $30 million to take a 12% stake in US-based Atlas Lithium to venture into Brazil’s lithium mines to tap demand for the battery mineral.
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Mag Silver shares surge on Juanicipio mine’s mineral resource update
Shares of MAG Silver rose on Thursday following the release of a new mineral resource estimate for the Juanicipio silver-gold-zinc-lead mine in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico.
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US talks often with Congo’s Gecamines on cobalt and copper, official says
The United States speaks regularly with the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state miner Gecamines, a senior State Department official told Reuters, as Washington seeks to deepen relationships with key suppliers of cobalt and copper across the African continent.
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Several people killed in accident at abandoned Liberia gold mine
Several people have been killed in Liberia in an accident at an abandoned gold mine, the West African country’s mines minister said on Tuesday.
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Canada watchdog says abuse likely occurred at a Dynasty Gold mine in China
Canada’s corporate ethics watchdog on Tuesday said it was likely that human rights abuses had occurred at a mine in China operated by Vancouver-based firm Dynasty Gold.
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Chinese miners eye overseas deals after battery metals slump
Battery metal prices are on the floor, and massive expansions by Chinese miners have been instrumental in driving them lower. Now, with many Western rivals cutting output or shutting down entirely, they want to get even bigger.
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Criminals’ attempt to kidnap Peruvian miners quashed
The Pataz Unified Command, whose members hail from the National Armed Forces and the National Police, detained three men in their mid-to-late twenties, who attempted to kidnap a group of miners in the La Libertad region, northwestern Peru.
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Newmont’s Akyem gold mine in Ghana draws Chinese interest
Newmont Corp. has kicked off the sale of its Akyem gold mine in Ghana, which is attracting interest from potential bidders including Chinese producers amid soaring prices for the metal, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Africa to play ‘huge role’ in US critical mineral strategy, says Treasury’s No. 2
The United States is looking to Africa to help loosen a Chinese stranglehold on battery metals and reduce Russia’s influence over the market for other minerals, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said on Thursday.
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