Zambian court suspends KCM wind-up hearing pending appeal ruling Zambia’s High Court has suspended hearings until the Court of Appeal rules on the lower court’s refusal to let the matter go to arbitration. Reuters | August 27, 2019 | 9:38 am
Chinese venture to start mining battery metal antimony in Tajikistan TALCO Gold aims to eventually produce 10% of the global output of antimony. Reuters | August 27, 2019 | 9:14 am
Are coal exports to India an opportunity or lost cause? The country looks to be the petri dish of whether renewable energies such as solar and wind can genuinely replace fossil fuel generation. Reuters | August 27, 2019 | 9:07 am
Pilbara Minerals takes lithium mine stake off table, slices sales forecast The moves reflect persistent weakness in lithium’s end market. Reuters | August 27, 2019 | 4:14 am
Chile announces new stimulus to kickstart sputtering economy Chile, which produces nearly one-third the world's copper, has suffered amid floundering global prices for the red metal. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 1:55 pm
Egyptian billionaire eyes mining opportunities at home with new law Investment in Egypt's vast mineral wealth has been stalled by what miners describe as some of the world's most discouraging terms. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 12:22 pm
Argentina opposition candidate working on plan for mining sector The front-runner for October's presidential election has told companies that his team has been working on a plan to benefit the country's mining sector. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 12:10 pm
Fortescue triples profit, sees strong China demand Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group on Monday posted a record profit and bumper dividend. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 11:13 am
China’s Zhaojin Mining eyes doubling of gold output via overseas M&A Zhaojin has also been linked with a takeover of Russian miner GV Gold. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 10:23 am
China passes law allowing regions to set resource taxes Major resources such as crude oil or rare earths will still be subject to a fixed tax rate set by the central government. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 9:01 am
Get cracking: Lynas scouts for rare earths plant to meet Malaysian demands Lynas has four years to build a plant that will remove low-level radioactivity from the material it ships to Malaysia. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 6:00 am
Worker buried alive at open-cut manganese mine in Australia A wall at the open-cut Bootu Creek manganese mine failed on Saturday afternoon. Reuters | August 25, 2019 | 8:48 am