Iranian mining sector: China’s CITIC Group Corporation is getting ready to invest $10bn in Iran’s mining and…
Topic: metals & minerals
News about the mining, production and exports of metals and minerals in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Central Asia
Rio Tinto awards Jacobs Engineering $5.3bn Oyu Tolgoi mining contract
Rio Tinto has awarded Jacobs Engineering the main contract to build the $5.3bn Oyu Tolgoi underground…
New Delhi to auction off 100 plots in bid to transform Indian mining sector
Indian mining sector: The Indian government has unveiled plans to transform the country’s mining sector by auctioning…
First gold ingots poured at Pakrut project in Tajikistan
The first gold ingots have been poured at Tajikistan’s Pakrut mining complex, its owners the China…
Oyu Tolgoi copper mine expansion still on, Rio Tinto assures investors
Rio Tinto’s Turquoise Hill Resources subsidiary has reassured investors that it expects to finalise financing for the $6.8bn …
Norilsk Nickel raises $1bn through eurobond issue
Mining company Norilsk Nickel has raised $1bn in the first significant Russian eurobond issue in almost 11…
Australians to explore for Kostanai minerals
Kostanai minerals: The Australian mining company Iluka Resources is to invest $4.4m exploring for ilmenite, rutile, zirconium and tin…
$6bn Oyu Tolgoi mine expansion ‘no brainer’ – Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto this week insisted that its plans for a $6bn expansion of the massive Oyu Tolgoi copper…
Tehran seeks $29bn FDI for Iranian mining sector
Iranian mining: Iran is looking for up to $29bn of foreign investment for the development of its minerals…
Mongolian uranium mining JV changes hands
Mongolian uranium: Canada’s Denison Mines is to sell its stake in the Gurvan Saihan uranium mine in Mongolia’s…
Russia claims new type of diamond discovered from Tolbachik volcano
The Russian Ministry of Science is claiming that geologists have discovered a new type of diamond that…
Rostec turns to China for help with rare earths extraction
Rostec subsidiary RT-Global Resources is in talks with potential Chinese partners about the possible joint development of some…
Kazakhstan looks for investors to help double share of world titanium market
In a bid to increase its share of the global titanium market and to boost its…
China’s CNGC and Polyus Gold strike deal over Natalka gold mine
Natalka gold mine Polyus Gold and the China National Gold Group Corporation (CNGC) have agreed to jointly…
Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister resigns over failed gold mine deal
Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister resigns: Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister Joomart Otorbayev resigned on Thursday after failing to clinch…
Siberian rare earth minerals deposits to be developed 50 years after discovery
Siberian rare earth minerals: 50 years after one of the world’s largest rare earth minerals deposits was…
Rostec looks to Africa for new arms export markets
Russia state-run industrial conglomerate Rostec has been using its involvement in low-margin African oil and platinum projects to…
Rio Tinto signs up to Kazakh copper exploration JV in Karaganda
Rio Tinto, the British-Australian company metal and mining company has entered into a joint venture with Kazgeology to…
Russia to explore Pacific seabed
Russia to explore Pacific seabed: The International Seabed Authority and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment…
Thyssen Schachtbau in Russian potash JV with Eurochem
Thyssen Schachtbau and the Russian mining arm of the Swiss-based Eurochem – one of Europe’s largest…
Tajik lead production plant to be built by Chinese
Tajik lead production plant: China’s Tajik-Sino Mining Company has signed a deal for the development of…
KAZ Minerals to invest $1.6bn in Aktogay and Bozshakol copper mines
KAZ Minerals, Kazakhstan’s largest copper producer, this week announced that is to invest up to $1.6bn this…
Russia restarts beryllium production after 20 years
Beryllium: Breakthroughs in beryllium production technology could mean that Russia will be self-sufficient in supplies of…
Sinosteel Corp. to build complex metallic alloys plant in Kazakhstan
China’s Sinosteel Corporation has agreed to invest just under $450m on the construction of a complex metallic…