Fiore grows Gold Rock project resource The Canadian miner announced results from a preliminary economic assessment of the project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 13, 2020 | 6:30 am
Despite slowdown in EV sales, li-ion batteries remain critical – report Roskill gives a forecast of what is to come. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 13, 2020 | 6:15 am
Yamana to sell Equinox Gold shares, warrants Once the sale is completed, the miner’s gross proceeds would total C$201 million (about $144m). Cecilia Jamasmie | April 13, 2020 | 3:50 am
French industry can return to work safely, metals lobby says ahead of Macron speech The industry is in "an extremely worrying situation" after 24 days of lockdown, Philippe Darmayan, president of the union of metals industry and businesses, said. Reuters | April 12, 2020 | 1:03 pm
Glencore copper mine in Congo sends 350 contractors home Glencore's Katanga Mining sent 350 workers to be repatriated after the miner delayed the commissioning of an acid plant. Reuters | April 12, 2020 | 12:49 pm
Illegal miners may spread covid-19 among indigenous communities in Venezuela, Brazil – NGOs NGOs ask Venezuelan authorities to take urgent actions against illegal miners so that they don’t dabble into Indigenous land. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 12, 2020 | 12:33 pm
Codelco says it may have to slow investment plan Codelco's president, Octavio Araneda, said the company is going to have to consider deferring some investments. Reuters | April 12, 2020 | 11:13 am
Zinc8’s New York energy storage project on track despite covid-19 pandemic The Canadian company’s CEO told MINING.com that since the project is still in the planning stage, things are likely to go as expected. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 12, 2020 | 8:00 am
Gold, vanadium, europium reveal existence of mysterious particle Majorana fermions could be the key to stable, error-proof qubits for quantum computing. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 12, 2020 | 7:00 am