Papua New Guinea hits back at Barrick for halting Porgera Barrick's local unit suspended operations at the gold mine on Saturday. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 28, 2020 | 7:03 am
Romios acquires claims next to Newmont’s Arseno Lake deposit Arseno Lake is a zinc-lead-silver-gold prospect in the northwestern part of the province. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 28, 2020 | 6:30 am
Mongolia cancels Tavan Tolgoi’s $1 billion IPO plan The shelved share sale would have marked at least the third effort to raise money to develop the giant coal mine. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 28, 2020 | 3:49 am
In global electricity slump, coal is the big loser In the US, coal’s share of power generation has dropped more than 5 percentage points since February. Bloomberg News | April 27, 2020 | 4:47 pm
Investors increase scrutiny over ESG reporting Over the past five years, companies have been much more active on specific governance and social issues of ESG-related risks. Carl A. Williams – The Northern Miner | April 27, 2020 | 4:30 pm
Extended lockdowns to hit copper production Antamina reported 210 positive cases of covid-19 in Peru and said the date to restart operations is still uncertain. MINING.com Editor | April 27, 2020 | 3:31 pm
Seabridge releases KSM PEA with improved economics Study suggests large underground block cave mine at the Iron Cap deposit, with one third of the planned production sourced from open pits at the site. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | April 27, 2020 | 3:22 pm
Gemfields ups security, human rights efforts The miner is the only gemstone company to be recognized as a corporate member by Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR). Amanda Stutt | April 27, 2020 | 2:50 pm
Freeport’s El Abra mine in Chile to scale back processing Company said it would scale back copper processing by 40%. Reuters | April 27, 2020 | 1:20 pm