Rio Tinto’s Saudi Smelter to Start by 2012
Rio Tinto Group expects to produce aluminum from its planned smelter in Saudi Arabia by late 2011 or early 2012, the company's Chief Executive Tom Albanese was cited as saying by Arab News .
Rio Tinto Group expects to produce aluminum from its planned smelter in Saudi Arabia by late 2011 or early 2012, the company's Chief Executive Tom Albanese was cited as saying by Arab News .
A committee established to study the feasibility of building the 4 000-MW Inga Three hydroelectric project in the Demo-cratic Republic of Congo is expected to invite public tenders this year, BHP Billiton ...
BHP Billiton announced today that, effective 5 June 2008, force majeure has been lifted across the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance managed operations ). Force majeure was put in place on 24 January 2008 ...
Mining companies stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars as a result of the shutdown of the Varanus Island gas plant in Western Australia, a stockbroking analyst says.
Zambia's Copperbelt Energy Corp. , which supplies power to the country's copper and cobalt mines, has cut back supply following disruptions in electricity imports, a senior CEC official said on Wednesday.
The world's biggest nickel producer, Norilsk Nickel, has indefinitely postponed plans for a project to refine nickel using Norilsk's patented Activox technology at the Tati Nickel operation in the country, ...
.......Norilsk acquired the technology and 85% of the Tati mine when it bought Canada's LionOre Mining last year.
Industry experts raised concern of a possible drop inf aluminum supplies in the next five years following record high increases in the price of oil and problems facing producers in China and South Africa.
Bloomberg reported that BHP Billiton Ltd, the world's largest mining company, may begin producing coking coal from a mine in Indonesia's part of Borneo next year after securing a forest use permit.
Bloomberg reported that BHP Billiton Ltd, the world's largest mining company, may begin producing coking coal from a mine in Indonesia's part of Borneo next year after securing a forest use permit.
Australia's biggest mining state of Western Australia lost a third of its gas supplies on Wednesday, with the operator of a gas plant hit by an explosion declaring force majeure to its major customers.
Australia's biggest mining state of Western Australia lost a third of its gas supplies on Wednesday, with the operator of a gas plant hit by an explosion declaring force majeure to its major customers.
China's apparent consumption of copper concentrate drops 3.73 pct in Apr. Updated: 2008-06-03 09:18 Counter: China's apparent consumption of copper concentrate was 438,600 tons in April of this year, dropping ...