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2040
Diversified miner Anglo American has announced its plans to achieve carbon neutrality across its operations by the year 2040, with eight of its assets to reach that goal by 2030.
85%
Copper producer Sandfire Resources has signed agreements to acquire an 85% interest in the Red Bore copper project in Western Australia.
1.5Mt
Mining major BHP Group has submitted a letter of commitment to responsible copper production under the Copper Mark framework.
The commitment applies to assets that BHP said made up about 1.5Mt of copper production in FY20.
5.7%
Anglo-Swiss miner Glencore has lowered its 2020 coal production guidance by 5.7% due to an ongoing strike at its Colombian mine Cerrejón.
$32m
BOC has signed a $32m deal with Fortescue Metals to establish a renewable hydrogen supply at the Christmas Creek mine in Western Australia.
Project updates
Canadian firm Lundin Mining’s Candelaria copper mine in Chile has reportedly submitted a new contract offer to a striking union in a bid to end strike action at the mine.
The board members of Australian firm Jupiter Mines have approved the demerger of the company’s Yilgarn iron ore assets in Australia into a separate company.
Australian iron ore company Fortescue Metals Group now has 183 autonomous haul trucks operating across the company’s Solomon and Chichester Hubs in Western Australia.
The company achieved this milestone with the completion of its autonomous haulage project at the Chichester Hub.
Millennial Lithium has announced that commissioning of its lithium carbonate pilot plant at the company’s flagship Pastos Grandes project in Argentina is underway.
The pilot plant is located next to the Pastos Grandes Salar. It is a full flowsheet design for producing up to three tonnes per month of ‘battery-grade lithium carbonate’.
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