Rio Tinto fires up BlueSmelting demo plant in Quebec
The demonstration plant will process 40,000 tonnes of ilmenite per year, making it the largest of its kind in the world.
The demonstration plant will process 40,000 tonnes of ilmenite per year, making it the largest of its kind in the world.
It took two years and six trips to Mexico, but earlier this month Radius Gold (TSXV: RDU) emerged triumphant with an option […]
The company recently finalized an offtake agreement with Glencore.
Earlier this month, agents dismantled illicit mines in Canaa dos Carajas, near Vale’s Sossego mine.
Automaker not planning to take stakes in mines.
By integrating traceability in gold sourcing and processing, Fênix DTVM and Minespider have delivered the first fully traced gold bar.
Currently, gold is sold with paper receipts based on the "good faith" of the seller, making it impossible to trace its origin.
Automaker has joined PT Vale Indonesia and Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt as their new partner in a nickel processing plant in Indonesia.
The proposal would sharply reduce the length of mining concessions to 15 from 50 years.
The deal will likely be similar to an agreement the US signed with Japan this week.