Alcoa Inc is talking to anyone who can help secure a reliable supply of low-cost power for its Rockdale, Texas, aluminum smelter after temporarily idling half of the facility's production on Thursday, an Alcoa ...
Ghana's government has bought Alcoa's 10 percent stake in the 200,000 tonne/year VALCO aluminium smelter for $2 million, the West African country's presidency said in a statement on Friday.
Venezuela's environment minister said Saturday that the government will put national interests first in the mining sector and forbid mining in a forest reserve that is home to two of the country's largest gold ...
Patriot Coal crews worked Saturday to contain a release of waste water from its coal preparation plant near Waverly that eventually spilled into Highland Creek on the Henderson-Union county line.
Today we hear that Sumitomo Corp. of America has loaned Augusta Resources Corp. $40 million in exchange for the right to negotiate a minority ownership interest in the Rosemont project [ right: credit, Rosemont ...
Rio Tinto has approved the funding of US$667 million in infrastructure and studies for mine expansions as part of its drive to increase the annual capacity of its Pilbara operations to 320 million tonnes by ...
Copper processing charges may drop again this year because supplies to smelters are falling short of demand, strengthening the position of mining companies in annual talks, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
Rio Tinto plans to invest $371 million to automate its iron ore railway in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, following successful trials, the UK-Australian mining group said Monday.
A consortium of mining companies currently negotiating with the Volta River Authority, VRA, to transfer an 80 megawatt, MW power plant they have contrasted to the Authority.
Global miner BHP Billiton Ltd said on Thursday it has brought forward the rebuilding of a furnace at its Kalgoorlie nickel smelter due to deterioration, forcing the shutdown of its Kwinana refinery.
The corporation, a leading global producer of copper that operates in Peru and Mexico, is planning to invest $934 million in Tia Maria, a copper reserve located in Cocachacra - a district in the southern ...
Chinese copper smelters will not hold mid-year talks with overseas miners for copper concentrate treatment and refining charges (TC/RC) this year, an official with one of China's major copper smelters told Interfax. ...