Rio Tinto extends PepinNini Musgrave JV period
Rio Tinto Exploration has extended the farm-in period of the Musgrave nickel-copper-cobalt joint venture (JV) agreement with PepinNini Lithium until December next year. The project, which is located in north-western South Australia, comprises 10 tenements held 100 per...
Nevada Copper readies to resume production in Q3
Nevada Copper is progressing towards the restart of concentrate production in Q3 2020, the owner of the Pumpkin Hollow copper project announced in an update Tuesday. Production at the underground mine was temporarily halted in early April due to the strict travel and...
Fortescue Metals targets zero emissions by 2040
Fortescue Metals Group, the world’s fourth largest iron ore producer, has brought forward a self-imposed deadline to be carbon-neutral by 2040, about 10 years earlier than its closest rivals BHP, Rio Tinto and Vale. The Australian miner expects to slash its own...
Horizon Minerals eyes Lilyvale as global vanadium producer
Horizon Minerals is set to complete a pre-feasibility study of the Richmond-Julia creek vanadium project in Queensland after receiving prospective drilling results from the site’s Lilyvale deposit. The updated independent mineral resource estimated for Lilyvale is at...
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