The future is beneficiation
But the strategy to boost industry has a major stumbling block: readily available power.
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Barrick strikes deal for Equinox, tops Minmetals
Barrick Gold said on Monday it will take over Australian copper miner Equinox Minerals for more than C$7-billion, topping Minmetals' offer by 16%.
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Vale launches $1,1-billion bid for SA's Metorex
Vale, the world's largest iron ore producer, bid $1,1-billion for Metorex to tap into its copper and cobalt operations and drive growth via Africa.
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A Chilean woman's place is in her mine
With a pickaxe, clunky safety boots and the jeans, Isabel Galleguillos has become Chile's first woman with her own open-pit mine.
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Zambia to nationalise ailing foreign-owned mines
Zambian president announces plans to nationalise foreign-owned copper mines that have closed down because of the global recession.
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