Uganda to invite companies to redevelop former copper mine Once a major copper and cobalt producer, the Kilembe mine is believed to contain 4 million tonnes of ore. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2019 | 6:42 am
SolGold’s projects safe after Ecuador courts rejects mining referendum The Constitutional Court's verdict is considered a victory for companies seeking to exploit some of the world’s largest untapped copper reserves. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2019 | 3:39 am
CHARTS: Mining is riding out US-China trade war There is weakness elsewhere, but China's commodity business model of importing raw material is in fine shape, says new report. Frik Els | September 18, 2019 | 4:00 pm
Steel and base metals express divergent views on China — opinion Industrial metals have fallen into two very distinct camps over the course of 2019. Jackson Chen | September 18, 2019 | 10:34 am
Ecuador court denies requests for popular approval of mining projects The constitutional court has previously ruled against requests to subject individual mining projects to popular approval, including a request for a community consultation over Australian company SolGold's Cascabel mine. Reuters | September 18, 2019 | 10:10 am
BHP CEO’s pay cut by almost 25% after worker’s death, runaway train While Andrew Mackenzie's base salary was kept at $1.7m, earnings including benefits totalled $3.5m, down from the $4.6m he pocketed in 2018. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 18, 2019 | 3:43 am
China’s August zinc output at highest since December 2017 — stats bureau Also, China's August alumina output rose 3.5% year-on-year to 6.04 million tonnes. Reuters | September 17, 2019 | 11:03 am
China Gold is hunting for deals worth as much as $2 billion China's second-largest gold miner is targeting companies with assets in operational stages that have ramp-up plans. Bloomberg News | September 17, 2019 | 8:49 am
Noront updates drilling at McFaulds VMS discovery The best result returned 10.1 metres grading 3.3% copper, 6.5 g/t silver, 0.2 g/t gold, and no significant zinc values. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 16, 2019 | 2:46 pm