The rise in output came mostly on an increase in production at Fort Knox in Alaska and Kupol in Russia, the firm said, and the rise was in line with expectations, based on the full-year mining plan.
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For the mining industry, Plan Nord is big news.
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Investors were alarmed and mining stocks plummeted after an initial draft of a black ownership plan for the mining sector was leaked in the middle of last year.
Beejan believes this could hurt investments already committed by mining companies to the Plan Nord project.
IBM, infrastructure companies and utilities are mining electric vehicle data to plan where to put charging stations, manage the impact on the power grid and develop new services for the nascent EV industry.
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Kelley said that the Plan Nord infrastructure and mining projects have and will continue to create employment for first nation groups.
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Chile's mining minister has not ruled out the alternative plan, but has cautioned it might not work.
The Chilean mining minister has not ruled out the alternative plan, but has cautioned it might not work.
Now that Xstrata and Glencore have unveiled their widely expected plan to merge and form a mining-and-commodities behemoth, the hard work begins: Selling the deal to shareholders and regulators.
The Plan A drill -- a mining drill -- reached 148 meters (486 feet), but the hole it was drilling would still need to be widened to 70 centimeters (27.5 inches) to accommodate the rescue capsule.
His involvement with large mining firms in Quebec did not begin with the birth of Plan Nord.
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Bumi's current management also announced further steps in its plan to consolidate control of another Indonesian coal-mining subsidiary, Berau Coal, of which it owns 85%.
The route is a major highway in Quebec and its extension was included in Plan Nord, an initiative announced last month by mining firms and the provincial government to develop gold and other mining projects in northern Quebec.
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Strateco, Abitex, Western troy and Eastmain Resources are all mining companies in the area that will benefit from the governments infrastructure plan.
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The government plan to close down a large part of the country's loss-making mining industry is part of the reform package.
Thus a plan began to coalesce for buying those properties and running them as efficiently as possible, mining their substantial order backlogs for superior returns.
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Major mining companies including, Vale , BHP Billiton, Fortescue Metals Group, among others have lowered or plan to lower their spending for 2013-2014.
Kwesi Nyantakyi, the 39-year-old president of the Ghana Football Association (GFA), believes the country is reaping the dividends of a professional approach through the implementation of a five-year business plan, which has attracted massive injection of cash through corporate sponsorship from kit sponsor Puma and mining, banking, brewery and telecommunication firms.
He found the money by dropping the government's plan to cut company tax by a percentage point, a promise linked to a new tax on mining profits.
Plan Nord is focused on opening up opportunity for permits, roads, infrastructure, to encourage more mining in northern Quebec, a region rich in diamonds, copper, molybdenum, rare earths and gold.
But it was objections from Rio's shareholders, and a recovery in commodities prices which lifted mining firms' share prices and made the proposed deal with Chinalco look too generous, that ultimately scuppered the plan.
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