Niger’s junta has temporarily suspended the granting of new mining licences and ordered an audit of the sector, reported Reuters. The West African nation has the continent’s highest-grade uranium ores and is the world’s seventh-biggest producer of uranium, noted the news agency. France’s state-owned Orano operates the SOMAÏR open-pit uranium mine in northern-central Niger. Those operations have continued despite a…
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Primero awarded KCGM contract
NRW Holdings’ Primero Group has been selected as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for Northern Star Resources’ KCGM (Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines) growth project in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Full story.
Read MoreRio Tinto told to keep Oyu Tolgoi within budget
Mongolia has asked its partner Rio Tinto to stay within an estimated $7.06 billion budget for the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold mine’s underground expansion, reported Reuters. Full story.
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