IRON ORE AND MANGANESE

Australia-based mineral exploration firm Lotus Resources has signed an agreement with Kayelekera Resources to increase its ownership stake in the Malawi-based Kayelekera uranium project to 85%. Lotus will exercise its option to acquire a 20% stake in the project through...

Multinational commodities giant BHP has awarded engineering and construction company Downer Group with a two-year contract for its Western Australia iron ore sites. The company received several contracts in the power generation, oil and gas, and industrial sectors, which are...

Downer EDI says its Asset Services business had recently been awarded a number of contracts in the power generation, oil and gas, and industrial sectors with a combined value of approximately A$324 million. In the industrials market, Downer has been...

BHP says it is looking into options to increase its iron ore export capacity at Port Hedland, in Western Australia, with the potential for a 40 Mt/y boost if “market conditions allow”. The company is currently focused on hitting its...

Anglo American announces that it has received the next phase of its operating licence for its Minas-Rio tailings facility in Brazil, following the work to raise the dam as part of the Step 3 licence area of the mine....

The Anglo-Australian miner said the investment in the Western Turner Syncline Phase 2 mine will facilitate mining of existing and new deposits and includes construction of a new crusher as well as a 13-kilometre conveyor, reports Reuters. The new conveyor...

Uranium One Group (U1G), a subsidiary of Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom, has signed a deal with Canada’s Wealth Minerals to buy up to a 51% interest in the company’s Atacama lithium project, located in Chile’s northern Antofagasta region. The...