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The benefit of South Africa’s public-private logistics collaboration is reflected by an increase in South African-mined iron-ore railed from Anglo American’s Kumba to the Port of Saldanha Bay by...
London-listed Gem Diamonds’ share price fell by more than 22% on July 23 after the company announced plans to scale back operations at its Letšeng mine, in Lesotho, to reduce costs in a difficult...
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Canadian metals miner Teck Resources on Wednesday sanctioned the construction of a major life extension project at its Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine in British Columbia, securing the...
ASX-listed Deep Yellow continues to make “solid progress” across all key areas of project development at its flagship Tumas project, in Namibia, including engineering, procurement, site...
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ASX-listed Vanadium Resources Limited’s (VR8’s) subsidiary Vanadium Resources (Pty) Limited (VanRes) has executed a binding magnetite ore supply agreement with metals and minerals trader China...
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Iron-ore mining company Champion Iron has formalised a strategic partnership with Japan’s Nippon Steel and trading house Sojitz, securing $245-million in funding for its Kami project in eastern...
Exploration and development company NexMetals Mining has received a letter of interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Exim) for up to $150-million in potential financing to...
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