Franco-Nevada reports 10% quarterly sales boost Company sold 134,941 gold equivalent ounces in Q1, up 10.6% from Q1 2019, but warned of 'production curtailments.' MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 7, 2020 | 12:27 pm
Chile’s top miners boost production in March Production at Codelco - the world's largest copper miner - rose 14.8% year over year. Reuters | May 7, 2020 | 10:58 am
How Deere, Caterpillar kept plants running during the coronavirus outbreak Both equipment makers have won the support of unions to run their facilities during the pandemic. Reuters | May 7, 2020 | 10:13 am
Gold prices rebound on US unemployment data Spot gold rallied back above $1,700 an ounce, up 2.2%. Jackson Chen | May 7, 2020 | 10:01 am
Oil bust forces college grads to rethink career path The energy business used to add jobs at about 10 times the US national pace, now it’s even worse than the economy in general. Bloomberg News | May 7, 2020 | 9:13 am
Indian lithium plant plan advances as EV market boom looms India’s first lithium refinery will have a proposed capacity of 20,000 tonnes a year of lithium hydroxide. Bloomberg News | May 7, 2020 | 8:58 am
Rio Tinto dodges emissions cut, but issue unlikely to go away About 63% of shareholders voted against resolution to set emissions targets for its customers, while 37% voted in favour. Reuters | May 7, 2020 | 8:41 am
Peru mines to hit 80% production in a month Executive director of the National Society of Mining says around 20 companies are ready to resume operations. Reuters | May 7, 2020 | 8:23 am
Albemarle eyes Tianqi’s stake in world’s largest lithium mine The world's top lithium miner said it was interested in buying all or part of Tianqi's stake in Greenbushes mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 7, 2020 | 6:58 am