Category: Asia

A senior Argentinian official recently visited New Delhi and held a series of meetings with Indian officials from ministries of commerce, mining and industries where India proposed a rapid setup of lithium-ion batteries in the...

A resurgence in international precious, base and battery metals exploration and development investment activity has given a leading international mining consulting firm good reasons to celebrate the five-year anniversary of its...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) faces a long road to recovery after a series of earthquakes and aftershocks struck the mountainous region already reeling from a 7.5-quake on February 26. Australia and New Zealand sent helicopters and...

The government of eastern Indian province Odisha has decided to offer long-term bauxite supply linkages throwing a lifeline to Vedanta Ltd., which operated a refinery and smelter in the region. Odisha, which has bauxite reserves...

Highland Gold has reported positive results from a Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) of its Kekura gold project in the Chukotka region of northeast Siberia and is proceeding with development. Key equipment will be selected and...

Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel), the world’s largest producer of palladium and refined nickel, and LLC Russian Platinum have signed a framework agreement for a 50/50 joint venture to develop disseminated ore deposits in the Norilsk...

India’s sole integrated copper producer, Hindustan Copper Ltd. (HCL) will develop a greenfield copper deposit in Malanjkhand in central state of Madhya Pradesh aiming to produce 500,000 tons of copper ore per year and commence...

KAZ Minerals is building a second sulphide ore concentrator at its Aktogay open-pit copper mine in East Kazakhstan province of Kazakhstan. The new plant will double Aktogay’s sulphide ore processing capacity from 25 million to...

The International Council of Mining and Metals (ICMM) and the China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals and Chemical Importers and Exporters (CCCMC) have agreed to help promote sustainable development in Chinese companies’...

Polyus has poured the first doré gold (inset photo above) at its Natalka mine, a major greenfield project in Russia’s Far East, during the ongoing hot commissioning process at the mill. The full processing facility is currently...

CNMC Goldmine Holdings Ltd. confirmed that its newly constructed carbon-in-leach (CIL) plant is in the process of conducting trial operation, marking a major milestone in its efforts to ramp up gold output after poor ore grades...

Rio Tinto and China’s Sinosteel Corp. have agreed to extend their historic Channar Mining joint venture. This third extension of the joint venture, confirmed in Beijing by Rio Tinto Chief Executive J-S Jacques and Sinosteel...