Strong year-end for BHP Billiton

Quebec Iron Ore, Inc. (QIO) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Metso for the maintenance of Metso equipment with a Life Cycle Services (LCS) contract.

The Port of Gdansk Authority SA (PGA) and sugar beet grower Krajowa Spolka Cukrowa SA (KSC) have signed an agreement on a lease of
property for the construction of a new sugar terminal, along with access infrastructure.

Resgen has revealed that talks are underway to secure funding for its Boikarabelo mine in Limpopo Province of South Africa.

Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) has announced that it is investing US$500M in a bauxite project in Boffa.

Various site and other preparatory works have begun for Adani’s integrated coal mine, rail and port project in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.

South32 is to spin off its South African operations into a separate company next year, paving the way for 20 years additional production at the Klipspruit mine.