Managem says water at cobalt mine safe, denies report on arsenic contamination
Mining News Pro - Moroccan mining company Managem said on Wednesday an audit of its water supplies showed no irregularities after a German newspaper reported that toxic arsenic had been found in water samples taken from mines in the country.
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Kazakh miner ERG plans $800 million revamp of DRC copper, cobalt mine
Mining News Pro - Kazakh miner Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) plans to invest $800 million to revamp its Comide copper, cobalt mine in Democratic Republic of Congo, it said on Friday.
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Gates, Bezos-backed KoBold Metals to build copper-cobalt mine in Zambia
Mining News Pro - The start-up, which has Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures and the world’s top miner BHP (ASX:BHP) as shareholders, will use its artificial intelligence tools to process drilling data and optimize exploration for copper and cobalt at Mingomba.
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Congo PM to mediate dispute over Tenke copper and cobalt mine
Mining News Pro - Democratic Republic of Congo’s prime minister expects to host talks between China’s CMOC and state miner Gecamines in the coming days over a dispute at their Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt project, his office said on Wednesday.
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Congo administrator orders China’s CMOC to stop exports from Tenke cobalt mine
Mining News Pro - A temporary administrator appointed by a Congolese court to run the world’s second-largest cobalt mine ordered majority Chinese owner CMOC to suspend marketing and export of its production, letters seen by Reuters showed.
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Glencore cobalt mine scrutinized as Congo revisits foreign deals
Mining News Pro - Democratic Republic of Congo added Glencore Plc’s giant Mutanda copper and cobalt operation to a list of projects that could face renegotiation, just as the key battery metals mine is in the process of restarting.
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THE EV BOOM IS BEING FUELED BY UNDERPAID, UNDERFED COBALT MINERS
Mining News Pro - Workers at a Tesla supplier say they can’t get enough food or water on the job
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New road paves the way for Canada’s first primary cobalt mine
Mining News Pro - Fortune Minerals, the company behind what could become Canada’s first primary cobalt mine, said this week that its NICO project will greatly benefit from the about-to-be-open Tlicho all-season road, linking the community of Whati to the national highway system.
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New road paves the way for Canada’s first primary cobalt mine
Mining News Pro - Fortune Minerals, the company behind what could become Canada’s first primary cobalt mine, said this week that its NICO project will greatly benefit from the about-to-be-open Tlicho all-season road, linking the community of Whati to the national highway system.
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China Moly to help small-scale cobalt miners
Mining News Pro - Cobalt and tungsten producer China Molybdenum and its Swiss-based trading arm, IXM, have joined a program that seeks to help artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM) become a responsibly-managed, viable source of battery metals.
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Congo launches state-owned cobalt miner
Mining News Pro - The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has officially begun operations at Entreprise Générale du Cobalt (EGC), a state-owned company with monopoly rights to the purchase and sale of the country’s hand-mined cobalt.
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Hardy bacteria turn out to be good cobalt miners
Mining News Pro - Scientists at Michigan State University found that Geobacter – bacteria found in soil and sediment – are effective cobalt miners, as they are able to extract the metal from rust without letting it penetrate their cells and kill them.
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China Moly buys 95% of DRC copper/cobalt mine from Freeport for $550m
Mining News Pro - China Molybdenum said on Sunday it had acquired a 95% stake in the Kisanfu copper/cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from US-based Freeport-McMoRan Inc for $550-million.
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China Moly buys 95% of DRC copper/cobalt mine from Freeport for $550m
Mining News Pro - China Molybdenum said on Sunday it had acquired a 95% stake in the Kisanfu copper/cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from US-based Freeport-McMoRan Inc for $550-million.
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Program to monitor Congo’s artisanal cobalt miners expanded
Mining News Pro - A scheme to monitor and improve artisanal cobalt mines in Democratic Republic of Congo will reach four times the number of sites it currently covers by 2023 after a deal between RCS Global and the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI).
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Congo opens Chinese-owned Deziwa copper and cobalt mine
Mining News Pro - The Democratic Republic of Congo’s state mining company Gécamines on Wednesday opened the Deziwa copper and cobalt mine and processing plant, part of a joint venture majority-owned by China Nonferrous Metal Mining Company (CNMC).
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China’s Huayou pulls out of Congo cobalt mine investment after price slump
Mining News Pro - China’s biggest cobalt refiner Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt said on Thursday its overseas unit is pulling out a deal to invest $66.3 million in a cobalt mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after prices of the metal slid.
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Top cobalt mines ranked by production in 2017
Mining News Pro - Glencore`s Mutanda Mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo produced 23.9 kilotonnes of cobalt in 2017 making Mutanda the world`s biggest producer of the blue metal that is also owned by a publicly-traded company.
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