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Lithium: Rio Tinto prepares to ship pilot plant to Serbia
Rio Tinto Ltd is set to ship a pilot lithium processing plant to Serbia from Melbourne in the coming weeks. The work, undertaken at a science center on the outskirts of Melbourne, has found a way to economically extract lithium from jadarite, a mineral that has only...
Aluminium: Rio Tinto cuts Kitimat production by 65%
Rio Tinto reported Monday that it planned to cut production at its BC Works aluminum smelter in Kitimat, Canada, to 35 percent following a strike initiated by Canadian union Unifor after negotiations broke down. Unifor reported Sunday that about 900 workers began...
Copper: Peru’s roadblocks hit Las Bambas mine once again
A four-day roadblock in Peru by protesters seeking greater benefits from natural resource exploitation is disrupting operations at MMG Ltd’s Las Bambas copper mine, one of the country’s largest. Residents of three communities in the Chumbivilcas province...
Newmont to decide on $2 billion project in Peru by end of year
Newmont will make a decision on a $2 billion investment in its Yanacocha mine in the Cajamarca region of northern Peru before the end of the year, according to CEO Tom Palmer. Newmont plans to develop the first phase of sulfide deposits and an integrated processing...