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A robotic rig deployed at a project last year increased productivity by about 50% and consumed 75% less water than the more conventional rigs working on the same contract, Master Drilling director...
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Buenaventura, one of Peru's largest mining firms, signed a water concession with the government on Tuesday in a bid to unlock the development of a major copper project at a time when the country's...
Panama has not authorised visits to First Quantum's shuttered Cobre Panama mine, the country's Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement on Tuesday. "Any entry of third parties to...
Diversified miner Anglo American's Sakatti copper and polymetallic project, in Finland, has been designated as a strategic project by the European Commission under the EU's Critical Raw Materials...
Toronto-based mining firm Torex Gold Resources has achieved a key milestone at its Media Luna Project in Mexico, producing its first batch of precious metal-rich copper concentrate following the...
Mining companies are welcoming the latest executive order aimed at bolstering domestic mineral production, with Northern Dynasty Minerals seeing a sharp rise in its stock price amid renewed...
The Tennant Creek Alliance, a collaboration between Tennant Minerals, CuFe and Emmerson Resources, is advancing its plans to establish a shared copper/gold processing facility in Australia’s...
Australia's Magmatic Resources has identified a potential new copper/gold discovery at the Myall project in New South Wales, where it is conducting a farm-in and joint venture exploration programme...
Western Australia’s resources sector injected a record A$150-billion into the national economy in the 2023/24 financial year, marking the largest outlay in a decade of economic contribution surveys...
ASX-listed Bryah Resources said on Monday that it had withdrawn from a collaboration agreement with fellow-listed Australian Vanadium, which was instrumental in securing a A$49-million government...
Zijin Mining Group, China’s biggest metals producer, saw profit surge 52% last year on higher output, and rising prices of copper and gold. Net income rose to 32.1-billion yuan ($4.4-billion), the...
Miner Anglo Asian Mining has mined the first ore from Gilar, a new underground deposit at its Gedabek site in Azerbaijan, marking a milestone in the company's transition towards becoming a mid-tier...
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Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday that his government has not been notified yet by Canada's First Quantum Minerals that the miner has suspended arbitration over its shuttered...
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Globally rated metals & mining analyst and portfolio manager Shamim Mansoor is urging government and mining companies to get on with it – together – to add value through downstream beneficiation to...
Copper rose above $10 000/t on the London Metal Exchange for the first time since October, as buyers in the US race to import supplies of the key industrial meal ahead of potential tariffs. Prices...
Colombia's government will launch an auction in May for copper mining projects, a senior sector official said on Wednesday, part of a push to meet local demand for the industrial metal while easing...
The head of Canada’s Conservative Party says a government led by him would aim to approve all federal permits for Ontario’s Ring of Fire minerals region within six months to speed the harvesting of...
Codelco, the world’s biggest copper producer, is considering adopting technology being developed by Robert Friedland’s I-Pulse that uses electricity to shatter rocks. Maximo Pacheco, Codelco’s...
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