From gold bars to barring mining, US town awaits extractive ban ruling "Places like the Methow Valley should be protected" Reuters | December 18, 2018 | 9:26 am
Vedanta’s Black Mountain mine the latest to adopt Sandvik innovations Vedanta Zinc will commission OptiMine for trucks, loaders and drills next year, accelerating data-driven operation for world-class mining safety. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 18, 2018 | 9:05 am
Pacific Empire expands copper-gold interests in British Columbia The Vancouver-based miner consolidated a land position of over 90 square kilometres in the Babine copper-gold porphyry district in central British Columbia. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 18, 2018 | 7:58 am
Jiulian Resources gets permit to drill BC’s Big Kidd property The Kelowna-based miner plans to establish up to 60 drill sites and four kilometres of exploration trail near Merritt. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 18, 2018 | 7:00 am
Metals rebirth tied to shrinking supplies, stimulus in China Five metals fell by 13 percent or more, led by zinc, which lost more than 20 percent. Bloomberg News | December 17, 2018 | 2:30 pm
Glencore’s Katanga says it agreed settlement in Canadian probe A settlement over an investigation into its accounting, the two sides said, without disclosing the terms of the settlement. Bloomberg News | December 17, 2018 | 11:33 am
Only 13% of board members in the mining industry are women: Bedford When it came to analyzing named executive officers in mining firms, only 8% were women. MINING.com Editor | December 17, 2018 | 7:15 am
Canadian regulator to fine Glencore-controlled miner over Congo -WSJ The expected settlement is related to the company’s business activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2014 and 2016. Reuters | December 16, 2018 | 12:13 pm
The security risks of mining in Latin America Americas Market Intelligence says companies need to do their due diligence. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 16, 2018 | 11:52 am