Zimbabwe names new mines minister in mini-reshuffle
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has re-appointed Winston Chitando as the southern African nation’s mines minister, a post he held before last year’s elections.
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Zimbabwe names new mines minister in mini-reshuffle
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has re-appointed Winston Chitando as the southern African nation’s mines minister, a post he held before last year’s elections.
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Guinea junta names new mines minister
Guinea’s junta named a new mines minister on Wednesday, state television said, citing a decree that showed the role was given to Bouna Sylla, former head of the state company that managed infrastructure projects on the giant Simandou iron ore project.
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Peru copper output seen growing to 3mt in 2024, minister says
Peru’s copper production should reach 3 million metric tons this year after hitting 2.76 million tons in 2023, energy and mining minister Romulo Mucho said in a news conference on Friday.
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First Quantum’s Panama mine closure to cost around $800m, minister says
The cost of the closure of Canadian miner First Quantum’s copper mine in Panama is estimated at around $800 million, Trade and Industry Minister Jorge Rivera said on Wednesday.
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Closure of First Quantum’s Panama mine seen around $800m, minister says
The cost of the closure of Canadian miner First Quantum’s copper mine in Panama is estimated around $800 million, Trade and Industry Minister Jorge Rivera said on Wednesday.
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Indonesia, Vale agree price for divestment, minister says
Indonesia and Vale Base Metals have concluded negotiations and agreed to a price for the portion of shares the miner will sell in its Indonesian unit, the mining minister said on Friday.
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Australia’s resources minister seeks investment from Korea, Japan
Australia’s resources minister has begun a week long trip to South Korea and Japan to discuss gas exports and critical minerals opportunities, as its government on Monday released a “prospectus” of 52 investment ready critical minerals projects.
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Lula never discussed Vale’s CEO succession, says Brazil minister
Contradicting media reports, Brazil’s Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira said on Friday that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has never engaged in discussions about the CEO succession at mining company Vale.
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Australia wants to compete with China on critical minerals, Minister King says
Mining News Pro - Australia wants to compete with China in producing and refining resources vital to the next phase of high-tech manufacturing around the world, according to Minister Madeleine King, backing the country’s bid to build its critical minerals capability.
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Panama trade minister resigns after mining contract backlash
Mining News Pro - Panama’s Trade Minister Federico Alfaro announced his resignation on Thursday days after the country’s top court ruled a contract between the government and Canadian miner First Quantum unconstitutional.
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Mexican president pushes new labor minister to resolve Grupo Mexico conflict
Mining News Pro - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday said he will ask incoming Labor Minister Marath Bolanos to meet with mining company Grupo Mexico and a top union leader to attempt to resolve labor disputes stretching back more than a decade.
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Chile mines minister clarifies controversial new lithium strategy
Mining News Pro - A decision by Chile, the world’s no. 2 lithium producer, to tighten control over the key battery metal sector has triggered speculation on what the announced state-led public-private model will look like and how it may affect the global industry.
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Peru wants to seize lithium ‘window of opportunity,’ says minister
Mining News Pro - Peru’s economy minister on Thursday said “conditions were being established” to develop lithium mining projects in the country, a week after Chile launched a plan to boost state control of the industry.
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Peru wants to seize lithium ‘window of opportunity,’ says minister
Mining News Pro - Peru’s economy minister on Thursday said “conditions were being established” to develop lithium mining projects in the country, a week after Chile launched a plan to boost state control of the industry.
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Chile mining minister sees copper ‘production slump’ reversing
Mining News Pro - Chile’s copper production should pick up in the coming years after a recent slump, mining minister Marcela Hernando told Reuters on Thursday, adding that dialogue with mining firms over planned tax and royalty changes was helping ease industry concerns.
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First Quantum CEO holds talks with Panama minister – source
Mining News Pro - The Chief Executive Officer of Canadian miner First Quantum Minerals met Panama’s commerce and industry minister on Monday to discuss disagreements over the firm’s copper operations in the country, a person familiar with the matter said.
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Minister denies Baffinland Iron Mines expansion in Nunavut
Mining News Pro - After four years of consultations and deliberations, the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) rejected the miner’s request to more than double output to 12 million tonnes a year, to eventually reach 30 million tonnes annually.
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Europe crisis shows coal’s value, South Africa minister says
Mining News Pro - South Africa’s energy minister dismissed the notion that renewable electricity can bring an end to years of rolling blackouts, pointing to Europe’s pivot back to the use of fossil fuels as evidence of the constraints of using green energy.
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Iran’s minister of industry, mine and trade visited Chadormalu Company
Mining News Pro - The minister of industry, mine and trade with IMIDRO’s board of managers paid a visit to Chadormalu Company in Ardakan, Yazd.
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Chile aims to outline state lithium firm model this year, minister says
Mining News Pro - Chile’s government, which has pledged to establish a state lithium firm to develop the ultralight battery metal, hopes to establish a model for the company by the end of the year, mining minister Marcela Hernando told local paper La Tercera on Sunday.
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Peru president replaces mining minister as crisis escalates
Mining News Pro - Peru President Pedro Castillo replaced four ministers amid a mining and fertilizer crisis and after lawmakers presented motions to censure some members of the cabinet.
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Chile’s climate scientist minister eyes tougher rules for top copper mining nation
Mining News Pro - Chile’s Environment Minister Maisa Rojas, a leading climate scientist with a PhD from Oxford who made the leap into politics this year, is on a mission to strengthen the Andean country’s environmental rules and hold mining firms to account.
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Congo mines minister seeks to cancel artisanal cobalt monopoly
Mining News Pro - Democratic Republic of Congo Mines Minister Antoinette N’Samba Kalambayi is seeking to cancel a decree granting Entreprise Generale du Cobalt (EGC) a monopoly over artisanal cobalt produced in the country, she told Reuters on Wednesday.
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Congo mines minister seeks to cancel artisanal cobalt monopoly
Mining News Pro - Democratic Republic of Congo Mines Minister Antoinette N’Samba Kalambayi is seeking to cancel a decree granting Entreprise Generale du Cobalt (EGC) a monopoly over artisanal cobalt produced in the country, she told Reuters on Wednesday.
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