Copper is surging, but it doesn’t mean economy is booming Copper’s gain has been driven chiefly by concerns over strains on supply from key producers South America. Bloomberg News | July 10, 2020 | 9:42 am
Sacred sites blast exposes Australia’s laws skewed to mining Now, Western Australia government wants to give indigenous groups more say over sacred sites. Reuters | July 10, 2020 | 9:29 am
Alrosa’s June sales drop 76% Company's sales of rough and polished diamonds stood at $31.3 million, down from $222 million for the same period last year. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 10, 2020 | 9:22 am
Camino gets drill permits for Los Chapitos project in Peru The Canadian miner wants to expand the known areas of copper mineralization, target new areas of mineralization, and determine the size of the copper system at the project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 10, 2020 | 6:30 am
Vale, Epiroc sign Batteries as a Service deal According to the companies, this is the first Batteries as a Service deal in the world. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 10, 2020 | 6:15 am
Novagold says potential class action amateurish, ignorant US law firm's potential class action suit against the company would be based on “malicious and false information,” says Novagold. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2020 | 5:58 am
Barrick escalates dispute with PNG over Porgera mine Barrick claims Papua New Guinea violated a bilateral investment treaty with Australia, as well as international law governing foreign investment. Cecilia Jamasmie | July 10, 2020 | 3:49 am
Royal Helium closes private placement, stock soars Funds will be used to finalize the targets of the initial drilling program in Saskatchewan. MINING.com Editor | July 9, 2020 | 3:34 pm
Gold price and reserve depletion to drive M&A – BofA The total transaction value of mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter of the year reached $2.86 billion. Northern Miner Staff | July 9, 2020 | 3:28 pm