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Lundin amends, extends credit facility

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Canadian base-metals miner Lundin Mining has amended and restated a credit agreement to increase the amount of the revolving credit facility, lower the cost of borrowing and extend the term of the facility, the firm said on Thursday. The...
2nd September 2010
 
 
BASE METALS

China, US data propels copper to 4-month high

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Copper hit a four-month high on Wednesday, as firmer manufacturing data in both China, the world's biggest copper consumer, and the United States, the world's largest economy, boosted the demand outlook. Analysts and traders also pointed to a...
1st September 2010
 
 
BASE METALS

Lundin boosts copper reserves at Neves Corvo

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Toronto-based Lundin Mining has increased both reserves and resources of copper at its Neves-Corvo mine, in Portugal, since its last update six months earlier. Lundin, which reported resource and reserve estimates for its mines in Europe and...
31st August 2010
 
 
BASE METALS

Exxaro seeks to expand base metals operations

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Diversified miner Exxaro will conclude plans to develop a 300 000 t/y mineral sands mine early in 2011 and is ramping up output at a pigment plant in Australia, it said in an interview on Tuesday. The South African miner for coal, mineral sands...
31st August 2010
 
 
M&A

HudBay buys stake in junior Augusta

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TSX-listed HudBay Minerals has agreed to buy shares and warrants in Augusta Resource Corp for C$29,99-million, the firms announced this week. Augusta will put the funds raised towards development at its flagship Rosemont project, in Arizona.
25th August 2010
 
 
CANADA

Alexco gets key Yukon permit, targets commissioning in 6 weeks

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Alexco Resource, which is building the Bellekeno silver/lead/zinc mine in Canada's Yukon territory, plans to complete construction and start commissioning within the next six weeks, the company said on Monday. Shares in Alexco rose 3,1%, to...
23rd August 2010
 
 
MINE SAFETY

Exxaro just misses injury rate reduction target

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In an effort to follow in Anglo American’s footsteps to aim towards zero fatalities across all of its operations, diversified black economically-powered mining major Exxaro has decreased its lost-time-injury-frequency rate (LTIFR) by 13% to 0,30.
20th August 2010
 
 
OFFTAKE

Farallon extends, tweaks Trafigura concentrate supply deals

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Vancouver-based Farallon Mining has extended the zinc and copper concentrate off-take agreements it has with Trafigura Beheer for two years, the firm said on Thursday. Farallon operates the G-9 mine in Mexico, where it produces zinc, copper, gold...
19th August 2010
 
 
 
 
 
 
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