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Hydro's CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg has appointed CFO Eivind Kallevik as interim head of Bauxite & Alumina with immediate effect, replacing Silvio Porto, in response to the challenging situation at the Alunorte alumina refinery that is currently operating at...

Portofino is pleased to announce that it has executed a binding agreement with a private Argentine concession owner to acquire a 100% interest in the Yergo and Yergo 2 lithium brine salar projects in Catamarca, Argentina which comprise over...

The Democratic Republic of Congo tried to strike a more conciliatory tone Wednesday after a week of increasingly heated exchanges between Africa’s top copper producer and some of its largest foreign investors. Mining companies are furiously lobbying the government...

Russia's Norilsk Nickel, the world's leading palladium producer, said in a statement on Wednesday it is planning a joint venture with Russian Platinum, to expand mining of metals belonging to the platinum group.Nornickel's co-owner, billionaire Vladimir Potanin, was cited...

Shares in Canada’s Northern Vertex Mining were up Wednesday after the miner said is closer than ever to pour first gold at its Moss mine, in northwestern Arizona.The Vancouver-based company said that roughly 7,800 tonnes of ore have been...

The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS) has announced it will participate in upcoming conferences.Joc O’Rourke, Mosaic’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the BMO Capital Markets 27th Global Metals & Mining Conference in Hollywood, Florida, on Tuesday, February...

GOLDCORP INC is pleased to announce that Joi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab and professor of the Practice of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT, will deliver the keynote address at the #DisruptMining finale on March 4,...