Turquoise Hill considers gold streaming, debt funding for Oyu Tolgoi The streaming transaction would involve "a significant up-front payment" to Oyu Tolgoi, as well as deferred payments based on gold "spot" prices. Reuters | December 23, 2020 | 8:08 am
South Africa approves South32 thermal coal operations sale Country's antitrust tribunal approved the sale to Seriti Resources Holdings. Reuters | December 23, 2020 | 8:04 am
Corruption runs rampant in Cameroon’s mining sector – report Research by Transparency International and FODER found that the absence of the 2016 Mining Code Implementing Decree favors a state of anarchy in Cameroon’s mining sector. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 23, 2020 | 6:10 am
Over 100 Spanish, Portuguese artists publish book against Almonty’s Valtreixal project Proceeds from the sale of the book Heaven, open up are expected to be used to fund actions against the Valtreixal project. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 22, 2020 | 12:20 pm
Codelco reaches advance labor deal at Chuquicamata The 36-month agreement enters into force on April 1. Reuters | December 22, 2020 | 11:44 am
Ethos Gold grows Toogood project in Newfoundland The Vancouver-based miner added two new properties to its holdings, thus creating the Toogood gold project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 22, 2020 | 10:30 am
Battle North gets $40m loan for Bateman construction Proceeds are expected to fully fund the Bateman gold project to commercial production. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 22, 2020 | 10:29 am
Roxgold granted permit approval for Seguela The permit is valid for ten years and there is potential to renew the license as the company grows and expands the project in Cote d’Ivoire. Northern Miner Staff | December 22, 2020 | 10:23 am
We’re never going to mine the asteroid belt: Fickling Humanity’s failure to exploit extraterrestrial ore reserves isn’t a sign that we lack imagination. Bloomberg Opinion | December 22, 2020 | 10:06 am