African Rainbow pauses Bokoni mine expansion plan after H1 profit fall
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) said on Friday it was deferring plans to expand output at its Bokoni mine due to low platinum group metal (PGM) prices after reporting a 43% drop in its half-year profit.
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Peru approves $2 billion Antamina copper mine expansion
Peru’s environmental watchdog has granted Antamina, the country’s largest copper-zinc mine, a long-awaited permit that allows it to kick off a $2 billion expansion to extend the operation’s productive life from 2028 to 2036.
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De Beers to spend $1 billion on Botswana mine expansion
Mining News Pro - De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, said on Wednesday it’s going ahead with a planned $1 billion investment to extend the life of its flagship Jwaneng mine in Botswana by moving operations underground.
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Lake Lindsay mine expansion approved
Mining News Pro - Anglo American’s Lake Lindsay open cut coal mine has been granted a mining lease by the Queensland Government.
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De Beers $2.3bn Venetia mine expansion yields first diamonds
Mining News Pro - De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer by value, announced on Tuesday it has recovered the first diamonds from its new $2.3 billion underground operations at Venetia mine in South Africa.
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Rio Tinto to spend $40m on Diavik diamond mine expansion
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto is going ahead with a $40 million expansion of its iconic Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories of Canada, which will extend the operation’s life to at least early 2026.
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Sigma Lithium secures $100 million for Brazil mine expansion
Mining News Pro - The Canadian miner said the debt-financing deal extends until August 2023, which gives it enough time to ramp up production at Grota do Cirilo, one of the largest hard rock lithium deposits in the Americas.
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Canada rejects Arctic mine expansion project after years of fierce protest
Mining News Pro - Community members and campaigners have hailed the move as a win for vulnerable marine ecosystem and wildlife
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Sandfire moves forward with Botswana copper mine expansion
Mining News Pro - Sandfire Resources said on Tuesday it will spend additional $71.9 million to expand production at its under-construction Motheo copper mine in Botswana, as the Australian firm plans to set up a major mining hub in the Kalahari Copper Belt.
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Lucara Diamond starts shaft-sinking at $547m Karowe mine expansion
Mining News Pro - Canada’s Lucara Diamond is moving towards the main shaft sinking phase at the underground expansion project of its Karowe mine in Botswana, which will extend the operation’s life until 2040.
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Workers at Baffinland ask Canada to approve mine expansion
Mining News Pro - Unionized workers at Baffinland Iron Mines’ Mary River iron ore operation on the northern tip of Baffin Island, in Canada’s territory of Nunavut, are urging the federal government to approve the company’s request for a shipping limit expansion.
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Glencore’s zinc mine expansion met by Indigenous backlash
Mining News Pro - Glencore Plc’s plans to expand one of the world’s largest zinc and lead mines has been thrown into doubt after an Australian government judged it failed to adequately consult with Aboriginal custodians over the protection of a sacred site.
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Chinchillas throw wrench in Gold Fields’ Chile mine expansion plan
Mining News Pro - Gold Fields Ltd.’s flagship $860 million expansion project in Chile has stumbled over a large rodent, whose prized fur saw it hunted to the brink of extinction.
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China Moly’s Congo mine expansion project starts trial production
Mining News Pro - The expansion project of China Molybdenum’s Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) mine in Democratic Republic of Congo had started trial production on July 16, the company said in a statement.
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Lucara secures $220m for Botswana diamond mine expansion
Mining News Pro - Canadian miner Lucara Diamond Corp has secured credit-approved commitments for senior debt facilities of up to $220-million to fund the underground expansion of its Karowe mine that will allow the operation to continue until at least 2040.
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GWR completes first shipment amid mine expansion plans
Mining News Pro - GWR has confirmed that its first iron ore shipment from the C4 operation in Western Australia has arrived in Hong Kong safely after the ship encountered haulage issues and severe weather conditions.
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Glencore`s Australia mine expansion threatens sacred sites
Mining News Pro - Expansion at an Australian lead and zinc mine run by miner Glencore puts at risk several sacred Aboriginal sites including a historical quarry, the head of a Northern Territory oversight authority told an Australian inquiry on Tuesday.
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Australian teens lead class action against Whitehaven’s coal mine expansion
Mining News Pro - A class action against a coal mine extension that begins on Tuesday could make it more difficult for coal mines to be approved in Australia on the basis of intergenerational equity and climate change, if the claimants prove successful.
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Mongolia seeking pact with Rio Tinto to end copper mine expansion
Mining News Pro - Mongolia`s government is seeking an agreement from miner Rio Tinto to terminate a deal to expand the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in the Gobi Desert, the Financial Times said, citing people with knowledge of the situation.
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Yancoal plots NSW coal mine expansion
Mining News Pro - Yancoal has flagged the possibility of an underground operation at the Mount Thorley Warkworth thermal and coking coal project in New South Wales.
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Zambian President pledges government support for Lubambe mine expansion
Mining News Pro - Zambian President Edgar Lungu has assured ZCCM Investments that the country`s government will support the miner’s expansion of its Lubambe copper mine.
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BHP to ramp up Spence copper mine expansion
Mining News Pro - BHP plans to ramp up work at the ongoing $2.5 billion expansion of its Spence copper mine in Chile, as measures taken to stop the spread of covid-19 this year set completion of the project back.
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Bravus quashes Carmichael mine expansion rumours
Mining News Pro - Bravus Mining and Resources (formerly Adani) has reaffirmed that it is only constructing a 10 million tonnes a year operation at the Carmichael mine in Queensland although it has been granted approval for a 60 million tonnes a year mine.
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NSW endorses Russell Vale coal mine expansion
Mining News Pro - The New South Wales Government has recommended that the Independent Planning Commission approves the expansion of Wollongong Coal’s Russell Vale mine.
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Vale eyes mine expansions, Samarco restart
Mining News Pro - Brazilian iron ore miner Vale SA is sending a proposal this month to the board for further expansion at its Northern System mining complex, and the company expects to restart operations at its Samarco complex in December, executives said on Thursday.
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