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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.

This section offers Asian region mining industry news briefs as of April 2016. The Indian Ministry of Mines is planning to auction 12 copper reserves in 2017 to domestic import-dependent copper producers and foreign copper companies for backward integration to ensure security of raw material. Altech Chemicals in Western Australia has raised funding for the design of its proposed plant for high-purity alumina (HPA) to be constructed by 2017 in Johor, Malaysia.

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 mining industry news briefs related to Asia as of January 2015. Topics discussed include plans of gold explorer Alacer Gold for the expansion of gold mine in Eastern Turkey to add heap-leach pad capacity at a cost of 30 million U.S dollars, formation of a agreement between gold miner Barrick Gold and mining company Ma'aden to develop underground copper mine Jabal Sayid and establishment of a three-year contract among diamond miner Airosa and 12 other diamond companies.

Reports on developments in the mining industries in Asia, as of August 1999. China State Planning Commission's approval of a joint venture between China and Canadian interests at the Yichang phosphate mine; Foreign firms' increased interest in Qinghai Province because of its abundant resources; Formation of Xinjiang Ashele Copper Industry Co. Ltd. to develop the second largest copper deposit in China.

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.