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Mining giant BHP said that a recently announced strike at Chile's Escondida mine, the world's largest copper mine, was unjustifiable as the company complies with safety standards and contractual commitments. Escondida workers announced on Tuesday they decided to go on strike on November 21 and 23 due to labor demands after their union, Sindicato 1, expressed concerns over security in the mine located in northern Chile.

An administrator for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, this week announced an open call for innovations by USAID for the Powering A Just Energy Transition Green Minerals Challenge (JET Minerals Challenge). The JET Minerals Challenge, launched during COP27 in partnership with Amazon, BHP Foundation and Chandler Foundation, would incentivise the development, application and scaling of innovations that root out corruption in green mineral supply chains to fulfil the promise of an inclusive... Читать дальше...

Oz Minerals has requested a trading halt pending an announcement in relation to a potential change-of-control transaction, three months after the copper miner rejected a A$8.4-billion ($5.7-billion) bid by BHP Group. The securities will remain in the trading halt until the commencement of normal trading on Friday, or when the announcement is released to the market, Oz Minerals said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on Wednesday.

Renewable microgrid technology is underpinning the delivery of the decarbonisation targets of Gold Fields in Australia, Mining Weekly can report. From a 2016 baseline, the Johannesburg- and New York-listed gold mining company is targeting halving of Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030.

London-listed critical and strategic metal-focused exploration and development company Aterian has appointed UK-based chartered accountant Graham Duncan as its new CFO, with immediate effect. Duncan has more than 25 years of capital markets experience. He also holds a Corporate Finance Diploma issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

The value of diamond miner De Beers’ rough diamond sales for the ninth sales cycle of the year amounted to $450-million. Owing to the restrictions on the movement of people and products in various jurisdictions around the globe, De Beers group says it has continued to implement a more flexible approach to rough diamond sales during this cycle, with the sight event extended beyond its normal week-long duration.

A joint development agreement struck between global majors Nel Hydrogen US and General Motors is expected to speed up the development of green hydrogen technology that is competitive with fossil fuels.  The aim of agreement is to help accelerate the industrialisation of Nel’s proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser platform, a user of platinum-group metals (PGMs), which are hosted overwhelmingly by South Africa.

The update to the technical report of the Wynyard potash project, in Saskatchewan, has been delayed and will only be finalised in the new year, reports Canadian fertiliser products developer Karnalyte Resources. The Toronto-listed company in March appointed consulting and engineering firm Wood to update its the project plan, citing a strong outlook for the industry.

A two-year buying frenzy in the world’s biggest lithium market is showing tentative signs of cooling off into the end of 2022 as huge increases in demand from China’s electric-vehicle sector begin to moderate. Spot prices for lithium carbonate in China edged lower on Tuesday to register their first drop since June, according to data tracked by Asian Metal Inc. Speculation that demand for the battery material may soften triggered a slump in some leading lithium stocks, with top producer Albemarle tumbling.

Indonesia has proposed in talks with Canada establishing an Opec-like organisation for nickel producing countries, the Southeast Asian nation's investment ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. Indonesia and Canada are the first and sixth biggest nickel producers in the world, respectively. The proposal was made when Indonesian Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia met Canada's International Trade Minister Mary Ng on Tuesday on the sideline of the G20 summit in Bali.

Junior Caravel Minerals will raise A$12-million in a share placement to fund a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the Caravel copper project, in Western Australia, and to fund further resource drilling. The ASX-listed company has received firm commitments for the placement of 60-million new fully paid ordinary shares at a price of 20c each. The offer price represented a 9.3% discount to Caravel’s last trading price, and an 11.6% discount to the company’s ten-day volume weighted average share price.

Diamond miner Lucapa has generated A$30.1-million in revenue from its latest international diamond tender, which featured seven special sized diamonds weighing 767 ct recovered at its Lulo mine, in Angola. The ASX-listed company on Wednesday said that the seven diamonds averaged A$39 237/t, with the tender including a 170 ct fancy coloured diamond, three white diamonds of more than 100 ct each, and three other special sized white stones.

Mining major Anglo American has struck a deal with Queensland-owned energy generator Stanwell to power its steelmaking coal business solely through the use of renewable energy from 2025 onward, as part of a ten-year power supply deal. In what will be Stanwell’s biggest ever retail deal, the company will supply Anglo American with renewable electricity, powering their five steelmaking coal operations across Central Queensland’s Bowen Basin.