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Hermosa zinc/lead/silver project, US – update
24th February 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

South32’s has reported that it remains confident that costs at its Hermosa project will not increase. 


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Simandou iron-ore project, Guinea – update
17th February 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Consulting, engineering, construction and mobility services company Egis has signed a contract with the government of Guinea to act as technical adviser for the construction of the project’s... 


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Hermosa zinc/lead/silver project, US – update
27th January 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

South32 is progressing plans to potentially produce battery-grade manganese at its Hermosa project. 


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Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project, US – update
27th January 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

The Bureau of Land Management has issued a trespass notice to Australia-based ioneer for the unauthorised use of certain Tiehm’s buckwheat habitat at the Rhyolite Ridge lithium project. 


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Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project, US – update
20th January 2023 By: Sheila Barradas

Rhyolite Ridge has received a conditional commitment for a proposed loan of up to $700-million from the US Department of Energy to support the development of the project. 


Lithium deposit at the Rhyolite Ridge project
Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project, US – update
16th December 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

ioneer has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shell Canada Energy for the supply of sulphur to ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project. 


Fast liquefied natural gas 2 project, Mexico
Fast liquefied natural gas 2 project, Mexico
2nd December 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The project entails the deployment of multiple liquefied natural gas units, each with a capacity of 1.4-million tonnes a year, which will use existing pipeline transportation capacity to deliver... 


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Interstate 35 Capital Express South project, US
11th November 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The Texas Department of Transport plans to upgrade the Interstate 35 through Austin. 


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Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project, US – update
5th August 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

ioneer has signed a binding offtake agreement to supply 4 000 t/y of lithium carbonate from the project. 


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Simandou iron-ore project, Guinea – update
5th August 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Development plans for the rail and port infrastructure to service the Simandou iron-ore project have progressed with the establishment of the TransGuinean Company Joint Venture. 


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Pascua-Lama gold project, Chile/Argentina
22nd July 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Chile's Supreme Court ratified the definitive closure of the Pascua-Lama gold and copper mining project on July 14.  


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Nimba iron-ore project, Guinea – update
8th July 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The Nimba Development Company has started with a preliminary technical information exchange process with the government of Guinea. 


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Simandou iron-ore project, Guinea – update
8th July 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

News agency Reuters has reported that Guinea Mines Minister Moussa Magassouba has ordered all work related to the Simandou iron-ore mine project to be halted 


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Eneabba rare earths refinery, Australia – update
1st July 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Iluka Resources has awarded a contract to perform engineering, procurement and construction management for the project. 


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Simandou iron-ore project, Guinea – update
24th June 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The Guinean government has grown increasingly impatient with the companies that control the giant Simandou deposit, which has not been developed since Rio Tinto was first granted an exploration... 


Iluka awards FEED contract at Eneabba
22nd June 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

ASX-listed miner Iluka has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Fluor Australia at its Eneabba rare earths refinery, along with a contract to undertake engineering,... 


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Salares Norte gold project, Chile – update
27th May 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

Gold Fields has confirmed the death of three foxes at its Salares Norte gold/copper project 


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Simandou iron-ore project, Guinea – update
15th April 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The Guinea government has reached an agreement with Rio Tinto and Chinalco to resume activities at Simandou after resolving infrastructure disputes. 


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Simandou iron-ore project, Guinea – update
1st April 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The Guinea government has reached an agreement with Rio Tinto and Chinalco to resume activities at Simandou after resolving infrastructure disputes. 


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Simandou iron-ore project, Guinea – update
18th March 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The Guinea government has ordered the cessation of all activities at the Simandou iron-ore deposit. 


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Hermosa zinc/lead/silver project, US
4th March 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

South32 intends developing the Hermosa polymetallic project comprising the zinc/lead/silver Taylor sulphide deposit, the zinc/manganese/silver Clark oxide deposit and an extensive, highly... 


Teck CEO Don Lindsay
Teck CEO a ‘big believer’ in Chile as mining jurisdiction
1st March 2022 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian diversified miner Teck Resources is studying further copper expansions beyond Phase 2 of its Quebrada Blanca (QB) mine and says is up to Chile, which is considering new tax and royalty... 


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Ex-Xstrata exec Pearce named incoming CIM president-elect
18th February 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) has announced the appointment of former Xstrata Nickel executive Ian Pearce as its incoming president elect. He will assume the... 


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Nimba iron-ore project, Liberia
18th February 2022 By: Sheila Barradas

The Nimba project is considered one of the best undeveloped iron-ore resources in the world. 


Fluor, C2V open second year of carbontech accelerator programme
16th February 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Engineering, procurement and construction multinational Fluor and carbon technology (carbontech) development partnership the Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative) have opened applications for... 


The carbon to value initiative and Fluor announce year two of the carbontech accelerator program
16th February 2022

As public and private sector stakeholders around the world increasingly recognize the climate imperative of carbon dioxide removal and the economic opportunity the growing carbontech industry... 


Explorer announces positive PFS results
3rd December 2021

Guinea-focused developer Société des Mines de Fer de Guinée (SMFG) chairperson Guy de Selliers and SMFG CEO Mamady Youla have announced the positive findings of its prefeasibility study (PFS) for... 


Image: Outcropping high-grade lithium-boron mineralisation at Rhyolite Ridage in the US
Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project, US – update
5th November 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

The Financial Surveillance Department of the South African Reserve Bank has approved a $490-million deal between ioneer and Sibanye-Stillwater. 


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Interstate-35E project – Phase 2, US
17th September 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

The contract for the design, construction and maintenance of Phase 2 of the project has been awarded. 


Aerial view of Khoemacau copper/silver plant
Khoemacau copper/silver project, Botswana – update
10th September 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

The project is ramping up to nameplate throughput of 3.65-million tonnes a year. 


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Rhyolite Ridge lithium/boron project, US – update
3rd September 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

ioneer has announced plans for a A$60-million capital raise to accelerate construction of the project. 


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First concentrate produced at Khoemacau’s copper/silver project
22nd July 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

NYSE-listed Fluor reports that Khoemacau Copper Mining recently achieved first copper and silver concentrate production at its starter project, near Toteng, in Botswana. The project is in the... 


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Salares Norte gold project, Chile – update
16th July 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

A Chilean environmental regulator's probe into whether a group of endangered short-tailed chinchillas was harmed by attempts to move them so that Salares Norte can be built will likely be concluded... 


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Khoemacau copper/silver project, Botswana – update
9th July 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

Production of the first copper-silver concentrate from Khoemacau Copper Mining’s Boseto process plant has started. 


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Oak Hill Parkway infrastructure project, US – update
9th July 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

Construction has started on the project. 


Bluedrop Energy CEO Kenneth Maduna
US advisory firm gets behind local LPG company to grow asset base
6th July 2021 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Gas start-up company Bluedrop Energy plans to list its shares on the NYSE in 2022 and the JSE at a later stage. Bluedrop in April secured $20-million, or R300-million, in funding from US-based... 


Fluor South Africa GM Bill Langenbach
Fluor repositions South African unit to support energy transition drive
2nd July 2021 By: Terence Creamer

Global engineering and construction company Fluor, which has been closely associated with South Africa’s liquid fuels and chemicals industries since the 1960s, has restructured its South African... 


Fluor South Africa GM Bill Langenbach
Fluor repositions South African unit to support energy transition drive
14th June 2021 By: Terence Creamer

Global engineering and construction company Fluor, which has been closely associated with South Africa’s liquid fuels and chemicals industries since the 1960s, has restructured its South African... 


Greener than green hydrogen company SGH2 signs largest green H2 offtake deals in history to help decarbonize the California transportation sector
Greener than green hydrogen company SGH2 signs largest green H2 offtake deals in history to help decarbonize the California transportation sector
7th June 2021

Mountain View, CA – Today, the global energy company SGH2 Energy announced the execution of contracts between its subsidiary SGH2 Lancaster Project Company, LLC and two of California’s largest... 


Greener than Green Hydrogen company SGH2 signs largest Green H2 offtake deals in history to help decarbonise the California transportation sector
7th June 2021

Today, the global energy company SGH2 Energyannounced the execution of contracts between its subsidiary SGH2 Lancaster Project Company, LLC and two of California’s largest owners and operators of... 


South Flank iron-ore sustaining mine project, Australia – update
South Flank iron-ore sustaining mine project, Australia – update
28th May 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

BHP has produced first ore at the South Flank mine. 


Fluor well positioned to meet global energy transition demands
11th May 2021 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The global energy transition is driving significant demand for reliable and cost-effective renewable energy, as well as for minerals and alternative battery materials, states engineering company... 


South Flank iron-ore sustaining mine project, Australia – update
South Flank iron-ore sustaining mine project, Australia – update
23rd April 2021 By: Sheila Barradas

The project is on schedule and budget. 


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