International Women in Mining Alliance aims for gender equality in industry Women in Mining engage with global regulators, market leaders and policy shapers. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 5, 2021 | 6:09 am
Copper price crashes through $4.00, down 7% Massive selloff in industrial metals wipes billions off mining stocks – Freeport down 14%, Rio Tinto 11% for the week. Frik Els | March 4, 2021 | 11:31 am
Seafloor miner DeepGreen plans listing through SPAC merger Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp will combine with DeepGreen in a $2.9bn deal. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 4, 2021 | 9:18 am
Adriatic takes big strides forward at its brownfield projects in the Balkans In late January Adriatic was granted an exploitation permit for its Veovaca project near Vares in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 50 km north of the capital, Sarajevo. Northern Miner Staff | March 4, 2021 | 8:12 am
Flights halted from PNG copper mine to Australia over virus cluster Five new confirmed infections were linked to the Ok Tedi copper mine. Reuters | March 4, 2021 | 7:28 am
Turquoise Hill CEO quits on Rio Tinto meddling Ulf Quellmann has resigned after top shareholder Rio Tinto told the Canadian miner it plans to vote against his re-election. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2021 | 3:55 am
Green revolution gets more expensive as copper price rallies Copper is a vital part of green infrastructure from grids to wind turbines, and a recent price surge threatens to make decarbonization more costly. Bloomberg News | March 4, 2021 | 3:30 am
Global copper smelting edges lower in February due to Chinese holiday The decline in China was partially offset by gains in Europe and North America. Reuters | March 4, 2021 | 2:09 am
Congo’s cobalt and copper production jumped in 2020, central bank says Congo produced 85,855 tonnes of cobalt in 2020, up 10% from 2019. Reuters | March 4, 2021 | 1:21 am