World's second largest exporter of iron ore - Brazil has recorded iron ore export volumes at 29.02 MnT in May'19, up 58% as compared to Apr'19 exports at 18.34 MnT, according to trade statistics released by Brazil customs. On yearly basis, exports dropped 16% as compared to 34.62 MnT in May'18.
News ID: 4771 Publish Date : 2019/06/07
Community leaders from the district of Chilcaymarca in the southwestern Castilla province are threatening Peru’s Compañía de Minas Buenaventura (NYSE: BVN) with a general strike due to the company’s decision to fire 40 workers from its Orcopampa gold-silver operation.
News ID: 4735 Publish Date : 2019/06/03
Following the collapse of a dam at Vale’s (NYSE:VALE) Corrego do Feijão iron ore mine back in January, the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais signed a Memorandum of Understanding with tech company Inmarsat to monitor all tailings facilities in the region.
News ID: 4734 Publish Date : 2019/06/03
After months of apprehension, fragments of the northern slope of Vale’s (NYSE:VALE) Gongo Soco mine, in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, has begun to gradually slide into the bottom of the open pit, reducing the risk of a new dam break, the company said on Friday.
News ID: 4723 Publish Date : 2019/06/02
ZEN Graphene Solutions (TSXV: ZEN) announced that it has signed an initial agreement to in-license certain intellectual properties from a Canadian university that when combined with ZEN's graphite from the Albany mine, produces low-cost, environmentally-friendly graphene.
News ID: 4692 Publish Date : 2019/05/31
Desert Gold Ventures (TSXV: DAU) announced this week that the Malian government approved the renewal of its permit to operate the Djimbala project, located in southern Mali.
News ID: 4691 Publish Date : 2019/05/31
Shares in Ecuador-focused SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG) took a hit on Thursday, following media reports of a potential referendum on mining in Imbabura, the province in which its flagship Cascabel copper-gold project is located.
News ID: 4689 Publish Date : 2019/05/31
Relations between the Zambian government and its copper mining sector have just taken a turn for the worse.
News ID: 4686 Publish Date : 2019/05/30
Australia’s Danakali’s (ASX, LON:DNK) said Monday it was about to close debt financing agreements worth $200 million with two African financial institutions, which will allow it fund construction and growth of its flagship Colluli potash project in Eritrea.
News ID: 4649 Publish Date : 2019/05/27
Me-Metals: Behrouz Borna; member of Iran Minerals Production and Supply Company (IMPASCO) board of directors said: Regarding high attention of IMPASCO to the exploration sectors and extensive exploration operations in some parts of country, we have been able to convert Lead mine of Nakhlak which didn’t have harvestable resources before and had been changed to old Nakhlak, to young Nakhlak through exploring new resources.
News ID: 4633 Publish Date : 2019/05/25
Canada’s Pure Gold Mining (TSX-V: PGM) has begun trading on the main market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker PUR, in a move aimed at lifting the company’s international profile ahead of its transition to producer from developer.
News ID: 4608 Publish Date : 2019/05/21
Karnataka iron ore miners have received some sense of relief from the recent recommendations submitted by Supreme Court-appointed – Monitoring Committee.
News ID: 4532 Publish Date : 2019/05/15
NMDC- India's largest iron ore mine production in Apr'19 recorded at 2.9 MnT down 28% as against 4.04 MnT in Mar'19. However on yearly basis production moved up up 20% as against 2.41 MnT in Apr'18. .
News ID: 4508 Publish Date : 2019/05/14
The Anglo American Kumba iron ore production for Q1 CY19 witnessed at 9.5 MnT, down 12% as against Q1 CY18 production at 10.8 MnT. On quarterly basis too, the production dropped 6% as against Q4 CY18 at 10.2 MnT. The production was on lower side due to unplanned plant maintenance at Sishen and Kolomela mine.
News ID: 4432 Publish Date : 2019/05/06
Rungta Mines - India's largest private merchant miner has increased iron ore fines prices by INR 200/MT with effect from 20th April 2019.
News ID: 4409 Publish Date : 2019/05/04
Chilean copper miner Antofagasta Plc (LON:ANTO) will make a decision about going ahead with a $3B expansion of its Centinela mine, located in the country’s north, by the end of next year or in 2021.
News ID: 4349 Publish Date : 2019/04/12
Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corp (ASX: LYC) said Wednesday its board has rejected a A$1.5bn (about $1.1B) takeover proposal from Australian retail and industrial conglomerate Wesfarmers.
News ID: 4316 Publish Date : 2019/04/11
SAO PAULO – Vale SA said on Tuesday a London arbitration court had ordered BSG Resources Limited to pay the iron ore miner $1.246 billion related to a dispute between the companies over a joint venture in Guinea.
News ID: 4293 Publish Date : 2019/04/10
The Investor Mining & Tailings Safety Initiative has requested that over 600 resource companies, including major miners, reveal the safety records of their waste storage facilities, following the collapse of Vale’s Brumadinho dam in Brazil in January, which killed hundreds.
News ID: 4232 Publish Date : 2019/04/07
Private capital tracker Preqin says in an report, that contrary to expectations, 2018 was another bumper year for the industry, particularly for natural resources investments.
News ID: 4229 Publish Date : 2019/04/07
