South32, Trilogy Metals to jointly develop Alaska project The move will help South32 expand its portfolio in North America. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2019 | 10:28 am
Water around Rio Tinto’s Madagascar mine is high in lead, uranium – study Mean concentration of lead downstream was 0.0256 mg/L, the study found, compared to WHO's recommended maximum of 0.01 mg/L in drinking water. Reuters | December 20, 2019 | 9:41 am
Doctor Copper ends 2019 with a new-found spring in his step LME copper hit a seven-month high of $6,235.50 per tonne Friday morning. Reuters | December 20, 2019 | 9:28 am
Steenkampskraal rare earths mine ready to start construction It is considered the world's highest-grade rare earth mine, and has cleared the last permit needed to move forward. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 20, 2019 | 6:15 am
Codelco cancels $1bn desalination plant contract with Japan’s Marubeni Construction of the plant, with an initial capacity of 840 litres per second, was due to start in the first quarter of 2020. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2019 | 5:00 am
AngloGold reopens 30 million ounce Ghana mine The company is seeking access to Obuasi’s 30-million-ounce ore body over the next two decades. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2019 | 3:57 am
RANKED: Top 10 lowest cost gold projects on the globe Turkey took three out of the top five. Vladimir Basov | December 19, 2019 | 3:56 pm
Top shareholder urges miner Centamin to seek takeover offer date extension Endeavour on Thursday said it had insufficient time before the current "put up or shut up" deadline of Dec. 31 to study Centamin's assets. Reuters | December 19, 2019 | 3:49 pm
The good times are over for Wall Street’s coal stock bulls Prices for the coal used to make steel are down about 30% since May, Bloomberg News | December 19, 2019 | 3:12 pm