Rio Tinto starts drilling at Janice Lake RTEC drilling at Forum Energy Metals' 100% owned copper-silver project in Saskatchewan. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 17, 2021 | 9:27 am
Gold price dealt ‘fatal blow’ by bond yield rally Gold fell to its lowest in over two months as surging bond yields and a firmer US dollar continued to take a toll on the precious metal. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 17, 2021 | 9:11 am
Nickel was king in EV battery capacity deployment in 2020 Adamas Intelligence says that over 60% of all passenger EV battery capacity deployed globally in 2020 was in the form of high-nickel cells. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 17, 2021 | 6:06 am
Maverix Metals beats 2020 gold guidance The Vancouver-based royalty firm saw a 20% y-o-y increase in attributable gold equivalent ounces sold worldwide. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 17, 2021 | 6:02 am
Nouveau Monde considers US listing The company anticipates its stock to begin trading in the US during the second quarter of this year. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 16, 2021 | 10:26 am
Cornish Metals closes £8.2m financing, starts trading on AIM Proceeds of the equity financing will be used to fast-track drilling at the United Downs copper-tin project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 16, 2021 | 9:26 am
China eyes rare earth export curbs for US defense – FT "The government wants to know if the US may have trouble making F-35 fighter jets if China imposes an export ban," the FT reported. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 16, 2021 | 8:47 am
Adding copper salts to coal may increase combustion efficiency – study Russian researchers found that adding copper salts to coal reduces the content of unburnt carbon in ash residue by 3.1 times and CO content by 40%. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 16, 2021 | 6:15 am
ALROSA sells $10m at year’s first diamond auction in Dubai Demand for our rough began to recover late last year and now remains stable, the miner said. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 15, 2021 | 11:38 am
Rio Tinto reaches new power agreement for Iceland aluminum smelter Rio has also decided to withdraw a complaint filed in July 2020 regarding the energy supply for ISAL. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 15, 2021 | 11:04 am