Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

Lynas shares jumps on deal for US rare earth plant

Lynas weighs up rare earths processing in Australia as Malaysia ups pressure

Lynas, one of the world’s main suppliers of rare earths outside China, said it was open to processing materials closer to its Australian mine if that meant it can renew its licence in the Southeast Asian country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 8, 2019 | 3:27 am

Waterton steps up efforts to oust Hudbay Minerals’ CEO, reshuffle board

Investors with $10 trillion in assets pressure miners over tailings safety

The move is aimed at providing a tool for institutional investors to assess the risk from their holdings in mining companies.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2019 | 8:40 am

Japan’s Mitsui injects $30m into Sigma’s lithium project in Brazil

The Japanese trading house is backing Sigma's Grota do Cirilo hard rock lithium project, in the south-eastern province of Minas Gerais.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2019 | 3:51 am

Newcrest to fund broad gold exploration in Western Australia

Australia’s largest gold producer has been searching for juniors with appealing assets in Western Australia's Paterson region to jointly develop them.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2019 | 7:37 am

Botswana Diamonds’ unit to sell 256 carats from South African project

Botswana Diamonds finishes drilling at Thorny River project

Next step is obtaining necessary regulatory approvals to start bulk sampling at the South African project, which is expected during the second quarter of the year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2019 | 5:16 am

Lucapa Diamond cuts debt related to building Mothae mine

The diamond producer has inked deals with New Azilian and Equigold, following the delivery and de-risking of the Lesotho-based mine, which began commercial production in December.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 4, 2019 | 4:08 am

Barrick sees 15% drop in quarterly gold output on COVID-19 hit, dispute

Barrick upbeat about new DRC president’s stance on mining, investment

The company said Felix Tshisekedi had confirmed his intention of working with miners to keep growing the Central African nation’s gold sector.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 3, 2019 | 6:02 am

ISIS claims kidnapping and killing Canadian geologist in Burkina Faso

In the he latest issue of propaganda newsletter Al-Naba, ISIS took responsibility for the abduction and murder of Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Kirk Woodman.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 3, 2019 | 3:45 am

Fortescue Metals goes ahead with $2.6B expansion of Iron Bridge magnetite project

Fortescue OKs $2.6B expansion of Iron Bridge magnetite project

The announcement follows the company's commitment to build the $1.3 billion Eliwana iron ore mine last year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 2, 2019 | 9:39 am

Frontier Lithium to build demonstration plant for battery metals products

The plant is expected to produce up to 15,000 tonnes of lithium concentrate (spodumene) per year from samples taken at the PAK deposit, located in Canada's northwestern Ontario.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 2, 2019 | 7:02 am

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