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Newcrest plan to dump tailings in old Cadia open pit approved

The use of the pit as a tailing storage facility means the miner will sacrifice remaining gold and copper reserves to help it return to full production after a dam collapse halted operations at the underground mine complex.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 23, 2018 | 3:15 am

Canadian miner eyes New Zealand’s gold

Full Metal Minerals wants to buy the Puhipuhi Gold Project.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 20, 2018 | 5:11 pm

How gold is improving cancer treatment

Gold particles are helping researchers track the diversity of individual cancer cells circulating in the body.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 20, 2018 | 4:37 pm

Canada’s Copper Mountain grabs Altona Mining in $72-million deal

Merger creates a mid-sized copper miner, with an expected annual production of about 73,000 tonnes of the metal.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 19, 2018 | 11:13 am

Australia’s South32 sees brighter manganese outlook, shares soar

The Perth-based miner plans to raise its Australian manganese production by 6 percent to 3.3 million wet metric tonnes.

Reuters | April 19, 2018 | 9:58 am

Australia’s Pilbara Minerals to ship first spodumene cargo to China in Aug

Spodumene is a mineral mined as a source of lithium, a key ingredient in electric vehicle batteries, for which China is the world's biggest market.

Reuters | April 19, 2018 | 9:32 am

BHP to produce nickel sulphate next year, eyeing cobalt on battery boom

It expects to have sold 90% of its nickel sulphate supply by the end of 2019, two years earlier than anticipated.

Reuters | April 18, 2018 | 11:11 am

Australian miner reports maiden potash resource in Germany

Davenport Resources reported a maiden Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant resource of 576.6-million tonnes at 12.1% potassium oxide at its Ebeleben mining licence.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 17, 2018 | 5:38 pm

Rio Tinto first-quarter shipments rise 4.7 pct

The Anglo-Australian miner maintained its guidance for this year of 330 million to 340 million tonnes.

Reuters | April 17, 2018 | 3:57 pm

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