Global mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd has signed two agreements with the world’s largest copper producer CODELCO, to explore for the base metal in Chile.
The first agreement covers the Esteli prospect which adjoins the Exploradora property in northern Chile. 
The second agreement covers the Paloma prospect near the El Tesoro min and the BHP Billiton Ltd-operated [...]

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A large underground basin of “hot rocks” has been discovered by geologists who believe it could provide clean energy to a quarter of Queensland.
The Millungera Basin, located about 100 kilometres east off Cloncurry in North-West Queensland, covers a 15,000 square kilometre area and could hold geothermal energy potentially to rival that of the Copper Basin [...]

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The world’s first deep sea mining project  is being halted by Indigenous people from coastal areas in Papua New Guinea.
Brisbane-based Nautilus Minerals is well on its way to starting the world’s first sea floor copper mine in 1,500 metres of water not far from East New Britain.
But the project’s fast pace is worrying locals, who have [...]

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Oxiana has delivered a record quarterly output of copper and flagged a continuing rise in the price of the red metal, while warning of a delay to first production from its Prominent Hill project.
Copper production from the company’s flagship Sepon mine in Laos rose 24 percent to a record 17,132 tonnes during the first quarter.
Oxiana, [...]

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Global mining giant Xstrata may face a number of lawsuits after a young girl from Mt Isa was found with a ‘cocktail of metals’ in her system.
6 year old Stella Hare, who has behavioural and learning difficulties and had a melanoma removed this year, had high levels of lead as well as high levels of [...]

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