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Anglo plans 5Mt/y coal mine, Universal outlines midtier ambitions, Vale inks Malawi rail deal and other news in the Coal Roundup

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The December/January edition of the Coal Roundup includes details of Anglo American's new five-million-ton-a-year coal mine, Universal Coal's ambitions to become a midtier producer by 2015 and Vale's $1-billion rail line deal with the Malawi...
6th February 2012
 
 
DIVERSIFIED MINERS

Anglo’s South African export coal production rises

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Export thermal coal production from Anglo American’s South African and Colombian mines rose 5% to 8.6-million tons in the three months to December 31.
3rd February 2012
 
 
VANADIUM

Energy storage trend expected to boost vanadium – American Vanadium

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The vanadium market, which has been in a state of oversupply for the past decade, may be transitioning towards an extended period of potential undersupply.
3rd February 2012
 
 
PLATINUM-GROUP METALS – 1

Govt-enforced safety stoppages lacerate Amplats, Lonmin platinum production

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JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Soaring government-enforced safety stoppages at South African platinum mines have lacerated the production performances of mining companies Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) and Lonmin, latest production reports...
3rd February 2012
 
 
Diversified minERS

Vale’s foreign focus is on Africa, Asia a key market – CEO

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The CEO of Brazilian major diversified mining group Vale, Murilo Ferreira, has reconfirmed the importance of Africa to his company. “It’s a new frontier,” he told the Brazilian journal Brasil Econômico last week. “Not only from the point...
3rd February 2012
 
 
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30th January 2012
 
 
Diversified miners – 2

Brazil’s Votorantim to ramp up its mining activities

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Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim is to make significant, although still undisclosed, investments in new mining projects in South America, employing some of the money it obtained from selling its stake in Brazilian steelmaker Usiminas to the...
27th January 2012
 
 
RARE EARTHS – 1

Glenover reports positive drilling results at Limpopo rare earths prospect

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The global rare earths industry is in a state of flux, says natural resource exploration company Galileo Resources executive chairman Colin Bird.
27th January 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
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