Rare earth junior wants 2015 output from Wyoming project

Vancouver-based Rare Element Resources (RER), which is studying a project in Wyoming, could be producing by 2015 if all goes according to plan, CFO Mark Brown said on Thursday. The TSX-V-listed company will complete a scoping study on the Bear...

Avalon hires SNC-Lavalin for rare-earth separation plant study

Avalon Rare Metals, a junior firm based in Toronto, has appointed SNC-Lavalin Group for a scoping study for the construction of a rare earth separation plant in North America. The study, which should be completed by September 30, will include...

Mining in Africa projects

An overview of some of the main mining projects in Africa.

$3,2bn in place for Ambatovy nickel/cobalt project

Production at one of the world's largest nickel- and cobalt-mining and processing ventures, the Ambatovy project, in the Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar, is set to begin in 2010.

Ambatovy nickel project, Madagascar

The project will consist of an openpit mining operation and an ore preparation plant at the mine site.