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The article offers news briefs for mineral industries in Asia as of September 2018. Topics discussed include the planned expansion of its copper mines by Hindustan Copper Ltd. (HCL); the acquisition of Baimskaya copper project in Russia by KAZ Minerals; and the increase in gold production at its Sokor project in Malaysia by CNMC Goldmine Holdings Ltd.

The article offers Asia mining industry news briefs. Topics discussed include approval of a second-phase of development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold-silver mine in southern Mongolia by Mongolian government, the start-up of the Cheremoukhovskaya-Gloubokaya mine at Russian aluminum producer UC Rusal's North Urals bauxite mine complex in Severouralsk, Russia and approval of development of the Qopler sulphide project at Alacer Gold's Qopler gold mine in Erzincan province, eastern Turkey.

The article offers updates related to the mining industry in Asia in 2010. PanAust Ltd. invests 100 million U.S. dollars in its Phu Kham copper-gold operations in Laos to increase ore processing rates and improve metal recoveries. China-based Jinchuan Group Ltd. has decided to purchase Vancouver, British Columbia-based Continental Minerals Corp., whose primary asset is its large Xietongmen copper-gold project, for 432 million Canadian dollar.

The article reports developments in mining industry in Asia. Oceana Gold Philippines Inc. is on track in the Didipio copper-gold project development in Nueva Viscaya, Philippines. On December 5, 2007, Xstrata Copper announced that the mineral resource estimate for its Tampakan copper-gold project in the Philippines has increased by over 10% in both tonnage and contained copper.