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FILE PHOTO: Workers walk along a tunnel at Codelco El Teniente copper mine, the world's largest underground copper mine, near Rancagua, Chile July 30, 2024. REUTERS/Fabian Cambero/File Photo
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Chilean miner Codelco to use recycled material for ball milling at El Teniente mine

The move is part of efforts by the world's largest copper producer to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2030.

FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of the machinery at the coal terminal of Huanghua port, in Hebei province, China February 1, 2023. China Daily via REUTERS/File Photo
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Column-China’s iron ore and coal imports ease in January, but prices diverge: Russell

China, the world's largest producer, consumer and importer of coal, may need less from the seaborne market as domestic supplies increase.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Brucutu mine owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seen in Sao Goncalo do Rio Abaixo, Brazil February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo
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Iron ore output from Brazil’s Vale slid 4.6% in fourth quarter

By Andre Romani and Marta Nogueira SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian miner Vale posted on Tuesday its highest annual iron ore production...

FILE PHOTO: An employee sifts diamonds at a diamond cutting and polishing factory in Surat, Gujarat March 3, 2009.  REUTERS/Arko Datta/File Photo
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India’s NMDC to extract diamonds worth $3.4 million from mine near tiger reserve

NMDC in India is expected to extract 6,500 carats of diamonds, worth $3.4 million, this fiscal year from ores in a mine near...

FILE PHOTO: A worker checks copper rods at Truong Phu cable factory in northern Hai Duong province, outside Hanoi, Vietnam in this file photo from August 11, 2017. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo
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Copper market sees half chance of 10% US tariff by first quarter-end, Goldman says

The copper market is pricing in odds of about 50% that there will be a 10% U.S. tariff on the metal by the...

The sun sets behind an oil drilling rig in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on March 17, 2011.  REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
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Republican-led states sue Biden administration over offshore drilling ban

Republican-led states sue over Biden's ban on new offshore oil and gas projects along most U.S. coastlines.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Brucutu mine owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seen in Sao Goncalo do Rio Abaixo, Brazil February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Washington Alves/File Photo
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Brazil’s Cosan unloads stake in miner Vale

The move was "based solely on the goal of optimizing its capital structure," the Brazilian conglomerate said.

FILE PHOTO: Fernanda Jerez, a Chuquicamata copper mine underground mining project worker, poses for a picture, in Calama, Chile, February 6, 2024. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza/File Photo
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Analysis: Codelco workers fear copper production push hard to maintain

The company is targeting annual production of 1.7 million metric tons by the end of the decade.

The new GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., March 16, 2021.   REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File photo
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GM signs supply deal with Vianode for synthetic graphite for EV batteries

The deal will run from 2027 when Vianode launches production at a plant in North America, through to 2033.

Protesters are seen gathered outside the offices of the Alberta Energy Regulator as public hearings take place inside, in Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Matthew Scace
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Albertans await decision on potential coal mine as public hearings wrap up

Protests mark final hearing on controversial Alberta coal mine, as decision nears on Northback Holdings' project.

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