Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula to begin copper production within a month

If the required steps to fully implement the amended settlement do not take place Crystallex will go back to court to seize assets linked to Citgo.

The planned industrial action is part of a longstanding dispute after Grupo Mexico fired the mine's workforce and reopened it in 2010.

The country's state development agency says Albemarle has failed to provide as much as 25% of its annual production at a discount to companies seeking to produce battery metals within Chile, as stipulated in a contract signed in 2016.

Over its almost 18-year mine life, Santo Domingo is expected to produce an average of 134-million pounds a year of copper, 4.2-million tonnes a year of iron concentrates and 17,000 annual ounces of gold.

On Jan. 1, the London Bullion Market Association will introduce a new version of the guidelines that embrace what’s called environmental, social and governance standards.

Armando Guadiana said the changes make no sense as most provisions already exist in other laws.

Global iron ore production will grow due to mine expansions in Brazil and increasing output from India.

Exploration commenced at Malku Khota in 2003 and work on the project continued through to the expropriation in August 2012.

The Chapitos project is located in the Peruvian Iron Oxide Copper Gold belt.