FACTBOX-Mines and plants hit by low prices, high costs

Dec 17 - Century Aluminum Co (CENX.O) says will begin immediately to curtail one potline at Ravenswood, West Virginia aluminium smelter. [nN17345102]

Dec 17 - Alberta Star Development (ASX.V) says plans to delay its 2009 exploration programme.

Dec 16 - Penoles (PENOLES.MX) may delay a planned 48 percent expansion of its main zinc refinery. [ID:nN16257407]

Dec 16 - Congo has slashed copper output targets for the next three months by 30-40 percent and halved 2009 cobalt output projection. [ID:nLG646678]

Dec 16 - Bosnia's Aluminij Mostar will cut aluminium output in 2009 by 25 percent. Cutback announced late Nov, but no details given at that time. [ID:nLG375822]

Dec 16 - Jamaica's Windalco Bauxite Co will cut production by 35 percent. [ID:nN16271002]

Dec 15 - Teck Cominco Ltd says will temporarily shut its Pend Oreille zinc mine. [ID:nBNG91937]

Dec 15 - Nyrstar (NYR.BR) to cut output at Clarksville zinc refinery in the United States by about 40 pct. [ID:nLF269312]

Dec 15 - Belvedere Resources (BEL.V) says has suspended all production at its Hitura and Sarkiniemi nickel mines.

Dec 15 - Strait Gold Corp (SRD.V) says has terminated its options on two Peru mining projects. [ID:nN15458770]

Dec 15 - OM Holdings Ltd (OMH.AX) to slash manganese output in Australia by nearly 30 percent next year. [ID:nSYD283355]

Dec 15 - Russia's United Company RUSAL plans to cut aluminium output by 4 pct or about 180,000 tonnes. [ID:nLF49756]

Dec 15 - Zambia's Chambishi Metals Plc has stopped production of cobalt. [ID:nLF735431]

Dec 12 - Tajikistan is cutting monthly aluminium output by about 10 percent year-on-year. Might be extended. [ID:nLC85018]

Dec 12 - Revett Minerals (RVM.TO) says may place Troy copper-silver mine in the United States on care and maintenance.

Dec 11 - Rio Tinto says will slow pace of 2009 exploration work at La Granja copper project in Peru. [ID:nN11414669]

Dec 11 - Japan's Pan Pacific Copper Co to cut copper runs 10 percent in Q1 2009 and may increase to 20 percent. [ID:nT277639]

Dec 11 - Russia's UC RUSAL, plans shortly to close several potlines at its Bogoslovsk and Urals smelters. [ID:nLB348582]

Dec 10 - Norsk Hydro to permanently shut 120,000 T of aluminium capacity at Karmoy smelter Q1 2009. [ID:nLA653715]

Dec 10 - Acadian Mining (ADA.TO) says it scaling back operations at its Scotia zinc-lead mine in Canada.

Dec 10 - Highland Gold Mining delays commissioning of Novoshirokinskoye gold-silver-lead-zinc project and defers bulk of construction work at Mayskoye gold project. [ID:nLA493483]

Dec 10 - Madras Aluminium says to temporarily suspend its entire aluminium production. Previously made a 60 pct cutback.

Dec 10 - Rio Tinto's global spending cuts and layoffs likely mean delays for aluminium projects in Canada. [ID:nN10347371]

Dec 10 - Rio Tinto Alcan has cut production at its aluminium smelters in France. [ID:nLA738279]

Dec 10 - Genco delays completion of feasibility study for expansion at Mexico's La Guitarra silver-gold mine. [ID:nWNAB1526]

Dec 9 - Xstrata Plc said will continue shutdown of Falcondo ferronickel operations in Dominican Republic. [ID:nL9699328]

Dec 9 - China's top tin producer, Yunnan Tin, has stopped production at its smelting facility. [ID:nPEK28752]

Dec 9 - Boliden says it cutting its zinc production at its Finnish and Norwegian smelters. [ID:nL9657601]

Dec 9 - Eramet says to adjust nickel output to about 50,000 tonnes per year (tpy) from the start of 2009.

Dec 9 - Xstrata says has cut ore production by 20 percent at its McArthur River lead-zinc mine in Australia [ID:nL9713243]

Dec 8 - Anvil Mining Ltd says it suspending copper production and shutting its Dikulushi mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). [ID:nSYD14038]

Dec 8 - South Korea's Young Poong plans to cut zinc production by 10 percent. [ID:nSEO333638]

Dec 8 - Germany's GEA confirmed Ruhr-Zink will close Datteln zinc plant at the end of the year. [ID:nL8445457]

Dec 8 - Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd says to lower copper production by 10-20 percent in Q1 2009. [ID:nT327296]

Dec 4 - Vale says to close indefinitely Copper Cliff South mine in Ontario. [ID:nN04383005]

Dec 4 - Finnish mining firm Talvivaara defers some capital spending to conserve cash. [ID:nL4517096]

Dec 3 - Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold lowers 2009 and 2010 copper output plans. [ID:nN03310672]

Dec 3 - Development work on the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia has been cut to essential tasks. [ID:nSYD100070]

Dec 3 - OceanaGold puts on hold Didipio copper-gold project in the Philippines. [ID:nMAN345477]

Dec 3 - Nippon Mining Holdings Inc says thinking of curbing copper output by 10-20 percent. [ID:nSP256151]

Dec 3 - BHP Billiton temporarily cuts manganese output at Samancor operation. [ID:nSYD25371]

Dec 3 - Impala Platinum's Zimbabwe unit Zimplats Holdings Ltd says ceased open pit mining last month. [ID:nL3413877]

Dec 2 - Glencore halts work at small Rosaura lead-zinc mine in Peru. [ID:nN02227790]

Dec 2 - Alcoa to trim output at Fusina aluminium smelter in Italy as part of plan to curtail 615,000 T of its annual output. [ID:nL2494392]

Dec 1 - Korea Zinc will cut output by 10 percent or 45,000 T for 13 months until end- 2009. [ID:nSEO221445]

Dec 1 - Norilsk Nickel says nickel, platinum and palladium output to fall this year from previously planned levels. Plans to cut copper output next year only, while further falls expected in platinum and palladium. [ID:nL1684074]

Dec 1 - Weatherly International suspends operations at Otjihase and Tschudi copper mines in Namibia.

Dec 1 - Coal, gold and antimony miner Cambrian Mining says cutting production. [nBNG387303] (Compiled by Karen Norton; editing by Peter Blackburn)