Nickel price bulls gamble on tight LME supplies Worries about availability come from inventories in LME registered warehouses which at 94,830 tonnes have dropped 65% since April last year. Reuters | January 20, 2022 | 10:39 am
Rio Tinto shares slump as Serbia pulls plug on its $2.4bn lithium project "As far as project Jadar is concerned, this is an end," Prime Minister Ana Brnabić said. Reuters | January 20, 2022 | 10:02 am
Huge explosion in Ghana mining region kills residents, fells buildings Police on Thursday reported a "huge" explosion in the west when a truck carrying explosives from the Tarkwa to Chirano gold mines. Reuters | January 20, 2022 | 9:53 am
BMO Capital Markets ranked top mining M&A adviser of 2021 – report Out of the 1,502 M&A deals that were announced in the sector during 2021, BMO Capital Markets advised on 19 with a total value of $20.5 billion. MINING.com Editor | January 20, 2022 | 9:42 am
Kumtor exceeds 2021 gold guidance under nationalized management Kumtor is said to be tax compliant under Kyrgyz law for the first time. Henry Lazenby | January 20, 2022 | 9:16 am
Iron ore price highest in four months on China stimulus China stepped up its monetary easing efforts to prop up a slowing economy this week by lowering a set of key policy rates and lending benchmarks. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 20, 2022 | 9:02 am
Capstone enters exploration deal with BHP copper for project near Pinto Valley Capstone has entered into an 18-month agreement to conduct drilling and collect metallurgical samples at BHP Copper’s Copper Cities project. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 20, 2022 | 8:18 am
Copper majors are taking another look at Argentina, McEwen says Argentina, where interventionist policies have held back the industry, is becoming a more attractive setting for foreign investors, at least in some of its mineral-rich provinces. Bloomberg News | January 20, 2022 | 8:17 am
Terra, CanAlaska sign deal for two uranium projects in Saskatchewan Australia’s Terra Uranium has signed a deal to earn up to an 80% interest in CanAlaska's Waterbury East and McTavish projects. Northern Miner Staff | January 20, 2022 | 8:16 am