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
Codelco sweetens offer to avoid strike at Chuquicamata mine The company's latest proposal includes a slightly higher signing bonus than previous offers, union officials said. Reuters | June 6, 2019 | 9:02 am
First Quantum wants to operate Cobre Panama without ‘legal uncertainties’ Cobre Panama is the largest copper mine coming to market over the next couple of years and the biggest single private sector investment in Panama’s history. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 6, 2019 | 6:57 am
Copper price falls on worst global factory data since 2012 Growing trade fears combine with shrinking global manufacturing activity to push copper price to lowest level for 2019. Frik Els | June 5, 2019 | 12:49 pm
Top 40 miners’ good performance not enough for investors — report According to PwC, investors seemed unimpressed last year, as market valuations fell 18%. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | June 5, 2019 | 7:08 am
