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Asian Mineral Resources marks first full year of production in northern Vietnam
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Crude price drop should give miners some cost relief, but the outlook’s not clear
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South American precious metals producer must lift performance in the face of mounting debt servicing requirement
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It’s the little things that count for progressive Australian producer
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North American gold equities making the most of market opportunities
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Government to offload Coal India stake
Coal India set to break record for India’s largest equity offering
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FQM reins in spending on volatile markets
Copper miner scales back capital expenditure on big growth project
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Highfield moves on with port deals
Junior sets about establishing transport pathways for emerging Spain potash project
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Kambalda warhorse still producing the goods
Nickel sector flat for producers turning in outstanding exploration results
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Living in the past
Holidays haunted by zeitgeists, spirits and ghosts of Christmases past
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Time to cash your chips?
Iron ore miners with a dud hand might need to make for the exits
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Three cheers for the Swiss National Bank
Floating currency the right decision; history as usual will judge the merit of its timing
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IMF delivers more bad news for miners
Industry’s fortunes coming to rest on competent government economic management …
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Donlin Creek makes it past half way
Massive gold project in Alaska passes half way mark in tricky permitting process
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Banks blamed for soft diamond market
Lending clampdown impact flows through to producer revenues
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Puffed-up Chesser
Investors in junior explorer have a tough choice to make
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Ferrexpo writes off Brazilian investment
The Ukrainian-focused company is the latest to feel the heat from the slump in the price of iron ore
Blair is ‘wow factor’ in revamped Indaba
The annual professional conference dedicated to the capitalisation and development of mining interests in Africa is being rebooted under new ownership
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Technology, trucks boost Gem Diamonds
Diamond producer revisits strategy in bid to improve efficiencies
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DD spells end for graphite deal
Due diligence on Mexican graphite mine scuppers potential acquisition
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Another 75,000 reasons to approve
Latest offtake arrangement potentially boosts sales pipeline for proposed UK potash project
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Fission lands nice Patterson Lake catch
Maiden uranium resource puts Athabasca explorer on the map
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Engineer switches focus to stay busy
Newly merged AMEC Foster Wheeler has hit the ground running in the minerals engineering and construction market
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Caterpillar warns of sales hit
Equipment manufacturer points to continued weakness in commodity prices
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It’s still cold out there
Global mining consulting firms feel the chill of a deep winter in commodity markets
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An age of discovery
Celebrated economic mineral geologist, Richard Sillitoe, talks to Mining Journal about exploration, encounters, and staying grounded
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Uranium U-pgrade in prospect
Marenica, Toro to conduct trial of potentially groundbreaking uranium concentration process
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Ortac finds workaround to cyanide ban
Ortac Resources is hoping thiosulphate leaching technology will finally help the company gain ground in Slovakia
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From bore-hole to boardroom
A landmark webcast focusing on advancing ‘data-driven’ exploration gave some highly encouraging readings on future directions
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Getting equipment to speak up
Software used in the oil and gas space has just what miners may need
FQM’s Ravensthorpe hits snag
What is it they say about a great orebody making a great company? A structural failure in the atmospheric leach tank at First Quantum Minerals’ (FQM’s) Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Western Australia has brought back memories of the problems former owner BHP Billiton had developing a viable nickel mine in the first place. FQM, which has proven Ravensthorpe can work effectively despite tricky metallurgy, said this week it was hoping to re-start operations shortly after suspension in mid-December.
