Nexa Resources said Oct. 13 that it has received the operating licence for its Aripuanã polymetallic project in Mato Grosso, Brazil. The project, which will be the company’s sixth underground mine, was given its license from the Environmental Secretariat of the state of Mato Grosso (SEMA) on Oct. 7. Aripuanã’s resource includes zinc, lead and copper. The site will also…
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After informing its shareholders on Oct. 4 that it was suspending operations at the Onça Puma nickel mine in Para state, Brazil, after government notification of its noncompliance with its lining license, owner Vale has returned the mine to production.
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Vale has confirmed that a fire on Oct. 5 at its Salobo copper mine in the Pará state, Brazil, has temporarily idled production.
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World Copper has announced exploration results from the northern targets at the Escalones project located southeast of Santiago, Chile.
Read MoreVale has confirmed the suspension of operations at its Onça Puma nickel mine in the Para state, Brazil, after being notified by government officials it was out of compliance with its mining license. The miner said Oct. 4 that the Environmental and Sustainability office of the Para State (SEMAS), which according to local reports issued the notification on Oct. 1,…
Read MoreGold Fields has entered an order with ABB to bring a power and automation system to its remote Salares Norte project in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The scope of the work includes six electrical rooms and an integrated digital system based on ABB’s Ability 800xA distributed control system (DCS) and will serve to help the mine’s location and…
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A worker strike at the Uchucchacua mine, owned by Peru’s largest publicly held precious metals miner Compañia de Minas Buenaventura, has stymied operations for an unknown period, the operator confirmed on Sept. 23. The strike, which first took hold on Sept. 13 at midnight local time, has included the blocking of access to the mine, but the company said all…
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Alcoa Corp. announced that it plans to restart 268,000 metric tons per year of aluminum capacity at the Alumar smelter in São Luís, Brazil, which has been fully curtailed since 2015.
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BHP’s Cerro Colorado copper mine was handed a small victory by Chile’s First Environmental Court when it ruled to suspend a water pumping ban for 90 days while the miner prepares a new operational continuity plan. The latest ruling allows BHP to extract 54 liters per second of water for production purposes, “for a final term of 90 calendar days.”…
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FLSmidth said it has booked an order for the third quarter of this year to complete an equipment and service work program for the Sales de Olaroz lithium facility in Argentina. The contract, which includes the installation supervision, commissioning and training, formalizes a relationship the two companies first began together in early 2020. FLSmidth said the new plant will increase…
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