Vedanta to challenge winding up of Zambian business in court The Zambian government says KCM has breached the terms of its licence. Reuters | June 11, 2019 | 10:42 am
Bonus schemes play a role in tailings dams failures – research According to a paper in Resources Policy, such compensation packages actively encourage managers to cut costs and increase production regardless of the risks associated with those decisions. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 10, 2019 | 9:30 am
Camino Minerals allowed to expand drilling in southern Peru Expanded drilling at the Chapitos gold-copper project is expected to commence during the latter half of 2019. MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 10, 2019 | 6:57 am
New Energy to acquire project near Codelco’s and BHP’s mines in Chile The project is located along the prolific West Fissure fault system, near the open-pit Escondida mine. MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 10, 2019 | 6:48 am
Congo state miner says it paid $263m in tax advances Gecamines rejected allegations that there are discrepancies in its financial statements. Bloomberg News | June 9, 2019 | 10:15 am
Scientists produce gold, silver, copper foams The foams are supposed to give physicists better X-ray sources to employ in experiments at the National Ignition Facility. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 9, 2019 | 9:14 am
This 50-year chart shows just how undervalued commodities are New study plotting US equities against raw material prices going back to 1970 points to 112% upside for commodities just to return to trend. Frik Els | June 7, 2019 | 4:04 pm
Noront and Aroland First Nation to work together on nickel mine in Ontario The Indigenous group will become a shareholder in Noront. MINING.COM Staff Writer | June 7, 2019 | 6:38 am
Nyrstar suspends Port Pirie lead smelter, declares force majeure The company stopped output at Port Pirie on May 28 due to an unplanned outage at the blast furnace. Reuters | June 6, 2019 | 9:08 am