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Lucara says South Africa strike affecting Botswana diamond project

Canada's Lucara Diamond Corp, building the AK6 mine in Botswana, said on Friday strike action in South Africa’s steel sector was delaying deliveries to the project, though it did not yet know the full impact on the mine's schedule. AK6 was on track so far, being 60% complete. The company’s other projects include Mothae Diamond Project, located in Lesotho, and Kavango Project, located in northeast Namibia.

Vale holds to copper targets despite deal collapse

Brazilian miner Vale will stick to its target of producing 1-million tonnes of copper a year by 2015 after pulling out of a bid for South Africa's Metorex and may pursue other buyouts, a source close to Vale said on Wednesday.

Indophil falls short of A$189.5m capital raising target

PERTH (miningweekly.com) Copper/gold developer Indophil Resources, which holds a strategic interest in the Tampakan project in Philippines, has raised some A$183.3-million after completing the retail component of its non-renounceable entitlement offer,

Taseko Q2 copper output flat; molybdenum up 38 pct

Taseko Mines' second-quarter copper production at the Gibraltar mine in British Columbia was flat at about 20 million pounds, but its molybdenum output rose about 38 percent. The Vancouver-based miner, which produced 300 000 pounds of molybdenum in the

Vale sees iron ore above $150/t next five years

SINGAPORE - Brazil's Vale , the world's top iron-ore miner, expects prices of the steelmaking raw material to remain above $150/t for at least the next five years on tight global supplies, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.