Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) would commission a plant late next year with capacity to produce up to 15,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium carbonate, said the company's executive manager, Juan Carlos Montenegro. A second plant producing 25,000t a year of lithium hydroxide is due to enter production by the end of 2019.Read More
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In an announcement to the Santiago Stock Exchange, Empresas Copec said its subsidiary Inversiones Alxar would pay Minsur US$168.5 million for a 40% stake in Cumbres Andina, which in turn controls Marcobre SAC, the owner of the copper project.Read More
SHANGHAI, Apr 24 (SMM) –Copper: LME copper fell amid the weak performance across the nonferrous complex as the US signalled it could ease sanctions against Rusal. The contract struggled between several moving averages but stood above the 10-day moving average. The SHFE 1806 contract was dragged by its LME counterpart. We expect it to trade at 51,000-51,600 yuan/mt today with LME copper at $6...Read More
The Canadian gold producer will now halt work on a pre-feasibility study for the underground option and focus on a closure plan for the remaining surface infrastructure in line with requirements from Chilean authorities.Read More
In the months immediately following the export ban, Acacia shed half its value; by the time news of the tax claim had settled in, that loss had become two-thirds of its market capitalisation from early in the year. It's been one of the most spectacular examples of how the risks implicit within the mining industry can unravel the value of investments. Another eye-catching disp...Read More
"The pullback on the immediate imposition of Rusal sanctions by the US Treasury gives the aluminium market much-needed breathing space," the aluminium team said.The aluminium price has shot up since the US decision earlier this month to impose sanctions on Russian oligarchs, officials and entities in response to "malign activity" around the globe, as suppliers scrambled to meet demand. It fel...Read More
Orca president Hugh Stuart told Mining Journal this week a "hanging wall mineralisation" discovery could boost resources but would not be included in the FS if it were to be released next month as planned.Read More
Peter Mullens and Gokhan Kantarcigil both resigned, effective immediately, although Mullens will remain involved with the company as a technical advisor.Carlile is a geologist with over 35 years' experience in the resource industry, having held senior executive and director positions with major and junior miners.Noteworthy senior roles include being president of Newcrest Mining's Indonesian and Ph...Read More
The Peruvian Ministry of Energy and Mines announced today that it expects to reach $20.8 billion in investments between 2018 and 2022, with 10 per cent of such investments filling up the country's coffers by the end of this year. In a press release made public by the state-owned Adina Peruvian News Agency, the government agency said the funds will be generated by three projects whose construction...Read More
The UK National Contact Point released a report today where it states that Kazakh mining giant Eurasian Resources Group flouted the rights of thousands of people living on its cobalt and copper concession in the Lualaba province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.According to the UK government body for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the company was aware that water supplies fo...Read More
Story by Jeff DesjardinsIs the commodity supercycle coming back from the dead?For now, such a claim could perhaps be considered both bold and premature - but there does seem to be some compelling evidence that is mounting to back it up.The asset quiltAccording to the most recent "Asset Quilt of Total Returns" put together by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, commodities are the top returning asset cl...Read More
Africa-focused gold producer Randgold Resources (LON:RSS) said Monday it its Democratic Republic of the Congo mine to achieve full production guidance this year, following the commissioning of its underground operation's automated material handling system.The company, which has five operating gold mines across west and central Africa, said Kibali is expected to generate 730,000 ounces of gold th...Read More
WARSAW, April 23 (Reuters) - Polish copper producer KGHM Polska Miedz said on Monday its first-quarter copper sales fell 12 percent year on year to 133,400 tonnes.KGHM also said in a statement that silver sales fell in the same quarter by 16 percent to 212.6 tonnes.(Reporting by Marcin Goclowski and Anna Koper; editing by David Evans)Read More
(Bloomberg) - Katanga Mining Ltd. will soon be the world's top cobalt miner, churning out thousands of tons of metal and billions of dollars in revenue for Glencore Plc. It's also turning into a major thorn in the commodity giant's side.Katanga is controlled by Glencore but trades in Toronto, making it one of few options for equity investors seeking exposure to the coveted battery ingredient. Its...Read More
(Bloomberg) - A Glencore Plc subsidiary said the Democratic Republic of Congo's state-owned mining company began legal proceedings to dissolve a unit forecast to become the world's largest cobalt mine, because of a capital shortfall.Toronto-listed Katanga Mining Co. said it has several options to remedy the deficit at Kamoto Copper Co., which operates a copper and cobalt mine in southeastern Cong...Read More
The London Metal Exchange (LME) is planning to move end-of-day pricing of the benchmark three-month nickel contract from open outcry to its electronic trading platform for a trial period, LME chief Matt Chamberlain said on Monday.The temporary move is designed to test the practicality of electronic pricing after some LME members asked the exchange to consider closing the ring, one of the world's l...Read More
Miners operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said Monday they were hopeful their current talks with civil society, a member of the mining code revision tri-partite group and other key interested groups, would help iron out issues that need to be dealt with before the country's new mining code is implemented.The group, which includes Randgold Resources, Glencore, Ivanhoe Mines, Ziji...Read More
SHANGHAI, Apr 23 (SMM) – This is a roundup of global macroeconomic news last weekend and what is expected today.Last weekendAs the US treasury yield surged, the US dollar index closed at 90.33 last Friday night, up 0.58% over the week. It recorded a two-week high of 90.48 at one point.Base metals performed relatively weakly with mixed trading. SHFE nickel continued to weaken over 1%, al...Read More