Rio Tinto settles with Australian watchdog on Mozambique disclosure breach Company has agreed to pay a small penalty for overstating its Mozambique coal reserves in 2012. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 7:27 am
Sandvik pauses Russian operations Russia accounted for 3.5% of Sandvik's sales in 2021. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 7:20 am
Lithium Americas considers spinning off US operations The separation would create an independent public company focused on the Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada. Reuters | February 28, 2022 | 7:18 am
Perseus Mining becomes sole owner of Orca Gold in $155m deal Perseus currently owns a 15% stake in the Canadian developer, which is developing the Block 14 gold project in northern Sudan. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 28, 2022 | 6:58 am
Donlin Gold drilling returns 14 metres at 23.5+ g/t for partners Barrick, NovaGold The positive results of the recent program have set the foundation for the largest budget at Donlin in more than a decade. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 28, 2022 | 6:46 am
Road de-icing, mined salt damaging freshwater ecosystems The use or production of salt in mining operations, road de-icing, and agriculture fertilizers are causing freshwater salinization. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 28, 2022 | 6:06 am
Germany may extend coal use to replace Russian gas While Germany can manage without Russian gas for the coming months, the country would have to expand its purchasing strategy significantly for next winter. Bloomberg News | February 28, 2022 | 4:17 am
BHP invests $79m in South America-focused Filo Mining The Canadian junior is developing a copper-gold-silver project straddling the border between Argentina and Chile. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 28, 2022 | 3:51 am
Bank of Russia resumes gold buying after two-year pause The central bank will start buying gold again on the domestic precious metals market. Bloomberg News | February 27, 2022 | 1:07 pm