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Copper: Panama’s president gives final approval to Cobre Panama mine contract
Panama's president on Friday gave final approval to a law authorising a new long-term contract for a major copper mine (Cobre Panama), following lengthy negotiations that will ultimately provide the state's coffers with more revenue from the project. The contract...
Tin-tantalum: Strategic Minerals will fight for the reopening of its Spanish mine
Strategic Minerals Europe has issued a statement to the media saying it will fight for the restart of Section C of its tin-tantalum mine in Penouta, northwestern Spain, following the decision of the Superior Court of Justice of Galicia (TSXG) to provisionally suspend...
Graphite: limits imposed by China will accelerate plans to find alternative products
China's decision on Friday to restrict exports of graphite, a key material for electric vehicle batteries, will only accelerate efforts to develop alternative sources and materials, but it will take time. China, the world's largest producer and exporter of graphite,...
An explosion claims six victims at a recycled aluminium smelting plant in southern China
According to reports, on 21 October 2023, a tragic accident occurred at a plant in southern China, resulting in an explosion with at least six fatalities. The death toll rose to six when four people, initially listed as missing, were later found dead, local Chinese...