The Guinea government has said shareholders involved in Simandou have signed $15-billion in financing agreements for the project. 

Production has started. 

One of the foreseeable local and global energy transition trends in 2024, and beyond, is that of increased production of transport fuels made of vegetable oils and animal fats in the short term,... 

Iluka Resources confirmed a major cost overrun at its refinery on February 21. 

Guinea’s National Transition Council has approved a joint venture between Rio Tinto, China-backed Winning Consortium Simandou and government. 

One of the most significant focus areas for the mining and metals industry in the next decade, and into the future, will be the management of carbon emissions, says global engineering, procurement... 

China Baowu Steel Group has raised more than $1-billion from a bond issue, in part for the giant Simandou iron-ore project. 

Rio Tinto has earmarked about $10-billion a year in capital investments from 2024 to 2026. 

The project was 97% complete as at September 13.  

HSE Director Charleen Kruger is a respected long-term employee of Fluor in South Africa, an American multinational engineering, procurement and construction firm. Kruger is responsible for managing... 

First production is expected in the fourth quarter of this year. 

As the Stibnite gold and antimony project, in Idaho, advances toward a construction decision, Perpetua Resources has appointed Michael Wright VP of projects to lead the development. Wright will... 

South32 has warned of a noncash impairment expense with regard to the Taylor zinc/silver/lead deposit at the project. 

The project has been confirmed as the first mining project added to the US Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council's FAST-41 process. 

South32’s has reported that it remains confident that costs at its Hermosa project will not increase. 

Consulting, engineering, construction and mobility services company Egis has signed a contract with the government of Guinea to act as technical adviser for the construction of the project’s... 

South32 is progressing plans to potentially produce battery-grade manganese at its Hermosa project. 

The Bureau of Land Management has issued a trespass notice to Australia-based ioneer for the unauthorised use of certain Tiehm’s buckwheat habitat at the Rhyolite Ridge lithium project. 

Rhyolite Ridge has received a conditional commitment for a proposed loan of up to $700-million from the US Department of Energy to support the development of the project. 

ioneer has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shell Canada Energy for the supply of sulphur to ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project. 

ioneer has signed a binding offtake agreement to supply 4 000 t/y of lithium carbonate from the project. 

Development plans for the rail and port infrastructure to service the Simandou iron-ore project have progressed with the establishment of the TransGuinean Company Joint Venture. 

Chile's Supreme Court ratified the definitive closure of the Pascua-Lama gold and copper mining project on July 14.  

The Nimba Development Company has started with a preliminary technical information exchange process with the government of Guinea. 

News agency Reuters has reported that Guinea Mines Minister Moussa Magassouba has ordered all work related to the Simandou iron-ore mine project to be halted 

Iluka Resources has awarded a contract to perform engineering, procurement and construction management for the project. 

The Guinean government has grown increasingly impatient with the companies that control the giant Simandou deposit, which has not been developed since Rio Tinto was first granted an exploration... 

ASX-listed miner Iluka has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Fluor Australia at its Eneabba rare earths refinery, along with a contract to undertake engineering,... 

Gold Fields has confirmed the death of three foxes at its Salares Norte gold/copper project 

The Guinea government has reached an agreement with Rio Tinto and Chinalco to resume activities at Simandou after resolving infrastructure disputes. 

The Guinea government has reached an agreement with Rio Tinto and Chinalco to resume activities at Simandou after resolving infrastructure disputes. 

The Guinea government has ordered the cessation of all activities at the Simandou iron-ore deposit. 

South32 intends developing the Hermosa polymetallic project comprising the zinc/lead/silver Taylor sulphide deposit, the zinc/manganese/silver Clark oxide deposit and an extensive, highly... 

Canadian diversified miner Teck Resources is studying further copper expansions beyond Phase 2 of its Quebrada Blanca (QB) mine and says is up to Chile, which is considering new tax and royalty... 

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) has announced the appointment of former Xstrata Nickel executive Ian Pearce as its incoming president elect. He will assume the... 

The Nimba project is considered one of the best undeveloped iron-ore resources in the world. 

As public and private sector stakeholders around the world increasingly recognize the climate imperative of carbon dioxide removal and the economic opportunity the growing carbontech industry... 

Guinea-focused developer Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée (SMFG) chairperson Guy de Selliers and SMFG CEO Mamady Youla have announced the positive findings of its prefeasibility study (PFS) for... 

The Financial Surveillance Department of the South African Reserve Bank has approved a $490-million deal between ioneer and Sibanye-Stillwater. 

The project is ramping up to nameplate throughput of 3.65-million tonnes a year. 

ioneer has announced plans for a A$60-million capital raise to accelerate construction of the project. 

NYSE-listed Fluor reports that Khoemacau Copper Mining recently achieved first copper and silver concentrate production at its starter project, near Toteng, in Botswana. The project is in the...