Xstrata PLC (XTA.LN), the Anglo-Swiss mining company that’s in the process of merging with Swiss commodities broker Glencore International PLC (GLEN.LN), said Friday Xstrata Nickel–the industrial partner in the Koniambo Nickel Project–has completed construction of the first production line of the smelter Line 1.
Nov 21 (Reuters) – Zambia has granted environmental approval to Canadian group First Quantum Minerals for a planned 300,000 tonnes per year copper smelter, the environmental management agency said on Wednesday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/21/firstquantum-zambia-approval-idUSL5E8ML8BY20121121
Jubilee Platinum says it has taken a “major step” towards implementing its mine-to-metals strategy with the announcement of a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Platinum Australia.
Nov 20 (Reuters) – A Cuban nickel plant damaged by Hurricane Sandy more than three weeks ago is now up and running, according to official media in Holguin province where it is located.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/20/metals-cuba-sandy-nickel-idUSL1E8MK6JI20121120
PERTH (miningweekly.com) – The $1.5-billion Ramu nickel/cobalt mine, in Papua New Guinea, has loaded its maiden shipment from the Basamuk process plant, ASX-listed Highlands Pacific reported on Wednesday.
http://www.miningweekly.com/article/ramu-ships-first-nickel-product-2012-11-21
Industrial metals will rally through the middle of next year as the economy strengthens in China, the biggest user of everything from aluminum to zinc, according to the most accurate price forecaster tracked by Bloomberg.
KOLKATA (miningweekly.com) – India and Japan were expected to formalise greater collaborations and joint ventures (JVs) in Kazakhstan, it was revealed on Thursday.
Aluminum Corporation of China’s Jiangsu company confirmed that it has halted operations at four rare earth element (REE) smelting and separation factories,according to Chinese media sources.
Broken Hill Prospecting Ltd today announced that a detailed scoping study for the production of sulphuric acid bi-product from its worldclass, 100%-owned Broken Hill Cobalt Project in western NSW had highlighted significant potential for a long-term operation with a low capital start-up and staged development.
http://www.mineweb.com/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page674?oid=161522&sn=Detail&pid=102055
GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 7, 2012- KEMET Corporation, a leading manufacturer of tantalum, ceramic, aluminum, film, paper and electrolytic capacitors, today announced it will be a presenter at the InnoMobility 2012 Conference being held November 7-8th, 2012 in Greenville, SC.
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