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Canada's Belo Sun touts procedural win but Brazil gold mine still on hold
15th July 2019 Belo Sun Mining said on Friday it had won a legal victory in its push to mine the country's largest undeveloped gold deposit in the Amazon rainforest, which has drawn criticism from environmentalists and indigenous advocates. But the public prosecutor's office that is seeking to block the mine... →
IEA sees oil market oversupplied in 2019 on US production
12th July 2019 Surging US oil output will outpace sluggish global demand and lead to a large stocks build around the world in the next nine months, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. The forecasts appear to predict the need for producer club Opec and its allies to reduce production to balance... →
South Africa's manufacturing, mining subdued as growth burden shifts to central bank
11th July 2019 South Africa's manufacturing output grew only slightly in May while the slump in mining continued, albeit more moderately, shifting attention back onto the central bank to stimulate growth in an economy bleeding jobs. Factory output rose 1% year-on-year in May while mining production fell 1.5%... →
Shrinking demand to eclipse supply issues in tin market
11th July 2019 The tin market is under greater pressure from an economic slowdown and falling demand than supply issues, where lower production from countries such as Myanmar is likely to be offset by a new project in central Africa. Tin prices on the London Metal Exchange at around $18 000 a tonne are down 15%... →
Czech PPF Group sells 4.5% stake in Russia's Polymetal
10th July 2019 PPF Group, owned by the Czech Republic's richest businessman Petr Kellner, has sold a 4.5% stake in Russian gold and silver producer Polymetal, a bookrunner for the deal said on Wednesday. PPF Group, which now owns 6.5% in the Russian company, sold about 21-million shares in Polymetal at a... →
Brazil court convicts Vale for damages caused by deadly dam rupture
10th July 2019 A Brazilian state judge on Tuesday convicted mining company Vale for damages caused by the deadly rupture of a tailings dam in January that killed at least 240 people. Judge Elton Pupo Nogueira ruled that Vale is responsible for fixing all the damages, although he did not set a monetary value... →
Platinum firms kick off wage talks
10th July 2019 The world's top platinum miners kicked off talks with South Africa's unions on Tuesday in what is expected to be a tough round of wage talks, as a rise in profits is likely to provoke higher wage demands. The majority union in the platinum sector, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction... →
Congo's Jan to May copper output slides 16%, cobalt down 21%
9th July 2019 Copper production in Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's top producer, fell by 16.2% year-on-year in the January to May period, while cobalt output slid 21.5%, the central bank said on Tuesday. Copper output for the first five months of 2019 stood at 416 067 t compared with 496 468 t in the... →
Nyrstar extends stoppage at Port Pirie smelter until late July
9th July 2019 Metals and mining company Nyrstar said on Tuesday that it was extending force majeure at its Port Pirie lead and zinc smelter in Australia until the last week of July. The Belgium-based company now expects both the TSL and the blast furnace to restart by the end of July. →
Brazil to auction mining rights for about 1 000 areas this year – regulator
9th July 2019 Brazil plans to put about 1 000 mining areas up for auction this year including areas containing gold, copper and iron-ore, a director of the country's National Mining Agency (ANM) told Reuters on Monday. ANM had initially planned to start auctioning off the areas in the first half of 2019, but... →
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