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Glencore set to appoint Caplan as aluminium boss - source
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Trader Andrew Caplan is set to become the new head of Glencore Xstrata's aluminium division after the departure of veteran Gary Fegel, a source with direct knowledge of the situation said.
A relative newcomer by Glencore standards, Caplan joined...
By: Reuters
23rd May 2013
PERMITTING
EMED completes TMF design for flagship Spanish project, timeline slips
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Project developer EMED Mining, which is working to restart production from its flagship Rio Tinto mine, in Spain’s region of Andalucia, on Wednesday said it had completed the design of the tailings management facility (TMF) after it was...
By: Henry Lazenby
23rd May 2013
LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT
Motlatsi proposes new migrant labour deal
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Mining union pioneer Dr James Motlatsi on Thursday proposed a new deal for South Africa's migrant mine workers.
Speaking to Mining Weekly Online in a video interview, the founding president of the National Union of Mineworkers called on the...
By: Martin Creamer
23rd May 2013
VANADIUM
American Vanadium clinches deal to sell German clean technology
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US project developer American Vanadium on Wednesday announced that it had entered into a master agreement that would allow it to market and sell German energy solutions provider Gildemeister’s CellCube vanadium redox flow batteries in North...
By: Henry Lazenby
22nd May 2013
IRON-ORE
Northern Iron shares tumbles on production warning
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ASX-listed Northern Iron has warned shareholders that concentrate production from its Sydvaranger project, in Norway, would be lower in the current quarter than the expected 550 000 t, owing to mechanical issues.
The miner reported on Wednesday...
22nd May 2013
RARE EARTHS
Tasman Metals receives mining lease for Swedish rare earths project
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Rare earths project developer Tasman Metals on Tuesday announced that it has received a 25-year mining lease for the Norra Karr heavy rare-earth element (REE) project in Sweden. Tasman said the mining lease gave the company the full mineral rights...
By: Henry Lazenby
21st May 2013
IRON-ORE
Bombardier implements train control technology at Swedish iron-ore mine
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International minerals group Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara AB (LKAB) on Tuesday reported that it had inaugurated the deepest new production level at its Kiruna iron-ore mine, in northern Sweden. The company implemented Canadian rail technology company...
By: Megan Wait
21st May 2013
TRANSPARENCY PROBE
UK lawmakers consider probe into transparency of mining firms
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Britain's parliament will this week consider whether to probe the transparency of oil and mining firms listed in London, an issue highlighted by corruption probes at emerging market miners which lawmakers fear have dented the stock market's...
By: Reuters
20th May 2013
RARE EARTHS
Alternative rare earths remain elusive three years after curbs
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Following the global economic downturn of 2008/9 and a series of events and press reports in 2010 that coined what some referred to as the “rare-earths crisis”, there has been a glut of new rare earths projects starting out, yet few have...
By: Henry Lazenby
17th May 2013
RARE EARTHS
Critical alternative rare earths sources remain elusive well after 2010 curbs
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Following the global economic downturn of 2008/09 and a series of events and press reports in 2010 that coined what some referred to as the “rare-earth crisis,” there has been a glut of new rare earths projects starting out, yet few have...
By: Henry Lazenby
17th May 2013
GOLD
Physical gold demand soaring on currencies’ turbo-charge
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The demand for physical gold is soaring to potentially record highs, boosted by the current low dollar prices that are particularly attractive in several other currencies.
“Gold is looking particularly attractive in many currencies around the...
By: Martin Creamer
16th May 2013
DIVERSIFIED MINER
Glencore brings in ousted BP boss as interim chairperson
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Glencore Xstrata has appointed Tony Hayward as its interim chairperson, a source with knowledge of the matter said, propelling the once "vilified" former BP chief executive into the limelight after an unexpected boardroom coup. John Bond, a City...
By: Reuters
16th May 2013
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