Peru central bank warns against anti-mining protests damage A rising wave of anti-mining protest in Peru has paralyzed several operations in the world’s second largest copper producing country. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 2, 2021 | 9:15 am
Mosaic sees massive fertilizer price surge continuing Fertilizer prices have skyrocketed as soaring natural gas costs have forced some European production plants to halt or curtail production. Bloomberg News | November 2, 2021 | 8:21 am
Funds still wary of shorting super tight copper market A slowdown in China’s manufacturing sector is casting an ever larger shadow over the copper market, writes Andy Home. Reuters | November 2, 2021 | 8:15 am
Codelco hikes 2022 copper premium for Chinese buyers The world’s biggest copper miner has offered Chinese customers annual copper supply for 2022 at a premium of $105 a tonne. Reuters | November 2, 2021 | 7:59 am
Metso doubles order intake but supply chain problems weigh on sales Metso also updated its carbon emissions target, saying it now aims to reach net-zero by 2030 instead of a 50% reduction. Reuters | November 2, 2021 | 7:44 am
Ramelius trumps Gold Road with sweetened bid for Apollo It increased its cash-scrip offer by nearly 11% to A62 cents, trumping Gold Road's all-cash A56c per share bid. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 2, 2021 | 6:26 am
New contactless mechanism to monitor phosphates, pH enhances safety of nuclear fuel recycling Two PNNL interns developed a contactless technique to better measure, in real-time, the acidity of highly radioactive solutions. MINING.COM Staff Writer | November 2, 2021 | 6:06 am
IMII awards five iMpowered scholarships in support of women, Indigenous students This year’s winners are Lovely Es Amuan and Nicole Launders, both pursuing the mining engineering technology diploma program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | November 2, 2021 | 6:00 am
Canada to ban thermal coal exports by 2030 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also committed to impose a hard cap on emissions from the oil and gas sector. Cecilia Jamasmie | November 2, 2021 | 3:51 am