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World Copper pursues low-cost oxide strategy

World Copper pursues low-cost oxide strategy

World Copper (TSXV: WCU; US-OTC: WCUFF) is making headway on developing compelling low-cost, oxide-resource-based copper projects in Chile and the United States, CEO Nolan Peterson told The Northern Miner in…


Antofagasta to test use of hydrogen in mining equipment

Antofagasta to test use of hydrogen in mining equipment

Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has become the first mining company in Chile to set-up a pilot project to advance the use of hydrogen in large mining equipment, especially haulage trucks.   The pilot, set up at the company’s Centinela copper…






Albemarle to buy Chinese lithium firm for $200 million

Albemarle to buy Chinese lithium firm for US$200 million

Albemarle (NYSE: ALB), the world’s top lithium producer, says it will buy China-based Guangxi Tianyuan New Energy Materials for about US$200 million, as part of its plans to boost lithium conversion capacity. …





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