Kazakh miner ERG revives sale of Congo copper mine ERG revives efforts to sell its Frontier copper mine in the DRC despite a drop in valuation to about $400 million, two banking sources said. Reuters | March 7, 2018 | 10:43 am
Rio Tinto speeds up driverless fleet expansion in Australia Fifteen autonomous trucks will be introduced to West Angelas iron ore mine, in the Pilbara region. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 7, 2018 | 6:45 am
Why investors go to copper as an inflation hedge In an analysis by Bloomberg Intelligence, copper outperformed every major asset class aside from energy as an inflation hedge. Visual Capitalist | March 6, 2018 | 11:40 am
Barrick moves forward with plan to make every employee an owner The gold miner’s employees will receive this year 90 shares each, taking the total held by staff to more than 1.5 million shares. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 6, 2018 | 4:45 am
BC mining and exploration sees resurgence after years of stagnation The survey found that exploration expenditures across BC totaled $246 million in 2017, up $41 million (20%), from the year before. EY | March 5, 2018 | 1:10 pm
Sudden jump in zinc stocks threatens bull party: Andy Home The London zinc price has been on a two-year romp, hitting a 10-year high of $3,595.50 a tonne last month. Reuters | March 5, 2018 | 11:33 am
Zinc turned upside down as prices tank and stockpiles surge The zinc market is making a U-turn. Bloomberg News | March 5, 2018 | 11:03 am
Commander and Fjordland announce $1.2 million exploration program in Labrador Their 29,400-hectare property is located in central Labrador, 80 kilometres south of Vale’s Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 4, 2018 | 1:02 pm
Manganese’s novel chemical state could create more efficient batteries According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, this new state enables a high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion battery. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 4, 2018 | 10:00 am
