Copper Study Group expects big supply surplus in 2024
Mining News Pro - The copper market will transition from supply-demand balance in 2023 to a major supply surplus next year, the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) said after its meeting in Lisbon this week.
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European insurers are underwriting 30% of US coal, study says
Mining News Pro - Some of Europe’s biggest insurers are underwriting close to a third of the coal production that takes place in the US, even after pledging to target net zero emissions, according to a report by climate campaign group Insure Our Future.
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Miners face ‘considerable challenges’ meeting demand from US climate law -study
Mining News Pro - The mining industry faces “considerable challenges” meeting larger-than-expected demand for copper, nickel and other electric vehicle metals fueled by a US climate law, S&P Global said in a report on Tuesday, ahead of the legislation’s one-year anniversary.
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EV revolution puts US Indigenous communities at risk – study
Mining News Pro - The electric car revolution puts America’s Indigenous communities at risk, a new paper soon to be published in Harvard Environment Law Review shows.
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US judge orders waste rock study for Thacker Pass lithium project
Mining News Pro - The proposed mine would be North America’s largest source of lithium for electric vehicle batteries and a key pillar in US President Joe Biden’s efforts to wean his country off Chinese supplies of the metal.
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FPX outlines 43,500 t/y integrated nickel sulphate operation in scoping study
Mining News Pro - FPX Nickel has announced results of an internal engineering scoping study evaluating the production of nickel sulphate for the electric vehicle battery market from the high-grade awaruite to be produced by the company’s Baptiste nickel project in central British Columbia.
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Osisko counts 7.4 million oz. gold at Windfall ahead of feasibility study
Mining News Pro - After nearly 1.9 million metres of drilling, Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) has outlined a total of 1.9 million oz. at its 100%–owned Windfall gold deposit in Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec.
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More study needed to explain origin of Chile sinkhole, says Lundin unit president
Mining News Pro - Multiple factors could have caused a sinkhole near a copper mine in Chile owned by Canada’s Lundin Mining, the president of the miner’s local unit said, disagreeing with a government assessment that it was likely responsible for the phenomenon.
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Albemarle studying ways to recycle lithium in North America
Mining News Pro - Albemarle Corp on Thursday said it is studying ways to develop a battery recycling business in North America and believes there would be many similarities with its current lithium operations.
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Australian court greenlights MMG’s Tasmania tailings dam study
Mining News Pro - In what has been labelled a ‘pro-mining judgement against the environment’ by a non-governmental organization, Chinese-owned base metals producer MMG Inc. (HK: 1208) has won the right to continue preliminary works for a controversial mine tailings dam inside the takayna/Tarkine rainforest in Tasmania’s west.
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New study shows real impact of mountaintop mining on endangered species
Mining News Pro - A new study that combined water-quality data with satellite imagery of mountaintop removal mining activity found that such operations pose a more serious and widespread threat to endangered species and people than was previously understood.
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Damage from Brazil’s Samarco disaster at least $6.7bn, study says
Mining News Pro - The “socio-environmental” damage brought about by the 2015 rupture of a tailings dam in Brazil owned by miner Samarco is between 37.6 billion reais ($6.73 billion) and 60.6 billion reais, according to a study done by a company contracted by prosecutors to measure the costs of the disaster.
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Forces combine to study CCUS opportunities in the NT
Mining News Pro - The Northern Territory government has joined forces with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and a number of oil and gas companies to develop a path towards rapid emissions reduction across the energy sector in Northern Australia.
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Expansion study at Manono starts
Mining News Pro - AVZ Minerals has started an expansion scenario study for its Manono lithium and tin project, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Rio and Sumitomo join forces on hydrogen study
Mining News Pro - Mining major Rio Tinto and Sumitomo will jointly study the construction of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio’s Yarwun alumina refinery, in Gladstone, and explore the potential use of hydrogen at the refinery.
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Rio and Sumitomo join forces on hydrogen study
Mining News Pro - Mining major Rio Tinto and Sumitomo will jointly study the construction of a hydrogen pilot plant at Rio’s Yarwun alumina refinery, in Gladstone, and explore the potential use of hydrogen at the refinery.
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Agnico Eagle studying wind power solution for Hope Bay
Mining News Pro - Precious metals miner Agnico Eagle has signed a memorandum of understanding with a consortium to develop a renewable energy plan for its newly acquired Hope Bay mine, in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut.
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Study predicts over 400% increase in copper, lithium, nickel battery demand
Mining News Pro - BloombergNEF has upped its predictions for annual demand for lithium-ion batteries by more than a third from its previous forecast on the back of expectations for rapid growth in the passenger vehicle segment.
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Investors give lukewarm reception to giant Yukon copper mine study
Mining News Pro - Western Copper and Gold released a positive preliminary economic assessment for its Casino copper-gold-molybdenum project in Canada’s Yukon territory on Tuesday, but investors took the share down a notch despite a rally in the copper price.
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Study switch turns on big career in asset and maintenance management
Mining News Pro - Mackay tradie turned manager sees big demand for asset maintenance and management skillset in Australian mining and manufacturing
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Horizonte ropes in Ramboll for enviro impact study
Mining News Pro - Base metals miner Horizonte Minerals has appointed global consultancy Ramboll to undertake the environmental- and social-impact assessment (Esia) for the Vermelho nickel/cobalt project, in Brazil.
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Ionic starts feasibility study on Uganda rare earth project
Mining News Pro - A scoping study into the Makuutu rare earths project, in Uganda, has found that based on the current mineral resource, the project could have a mine life of 11 years.
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Energy Fuels team awarded additional $1.75m for rare earths feasibility study
Mining News Pro - Energy Fuels, and a team from Penn State University, has been awarded an additional $1.75-million from the US Department of Energy (DoE) Office of Fossil Energy and National Energy Technology Laboratory to complete a feasibility study on the production of rare earth element (REE) products from natural coal-based resources.
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Theta`s underground study delivers
Mining News Pro - A prefeasibility study (PFS) into ASX-listed Theta Gold Mines’ TGME underground project, in South Africa, has estimated that the project would cost some $79-million to develop.
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Upstream tailings dams pose much higher stability risks, study finds
Mining News Pro - The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings facility, a global study showed on Friday, highlighting the risk of so-called “upstream” construction techniques that some countries have banned.
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