Ex-gold miner joins billionaire ranks following Brazil’s biggest IPO Ilson Mateus, founder of Grupo Mateus, saw his fortune reach $1.6 billion earlier this week. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 15, 2020 | 10:04 am
Gold Resource sees Nevada output boost, stock jumps Preliminary gold production from its Nevada unit jumped 51%. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 15, 2020 | 9:24 am
Chile’s glacier protection bill faces new delays If approved in its current form, it would force Codelco to shut El Teniente and Andina copper mines. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2020 | 9:19 am
Newmont CEO not interested in returning to Rio Tinto Prior to joining Newmont in 2014, Tom Palmer spent two decades at Rio. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 15, 2020 | 9:02 am
Supervisors at Escondida evaluate proposal, extend talks The union told Reuters talks would continue through Oct 16. Reuters | October 15, 2020 | 8:34 am
Crackdown on smuggling revives Tanzania gold industry Barrick’s joint venture with the Tanzanian government paid its first cash dividend of $250 million earlier this week. Bloomberg News | October 15, 2020 | 8:27 am
Lucapa’s Mothae diamond mine richer than thought Lucapa said Mothae's indicated diamond resource increased by 6.8 million tonnes to 9.2 million tonnes. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 15, 2020 | 7:03 am
Growing cesium demand reactivates Lilypad project Historical work focused on defining tantalum resources also identified widespread occurrences of cesium ore. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 15, 2020 | 6:35 am
Rhyolite Resources to acquire Suriname gold project The Vancouver-based miner entered into a share purchase agreement with the company that holds 80% interest in the Brothers project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | October 15, 2020 | 6:15 am