Platinum giants say union declares dispute in wage talks The producers have rebuffed AMCU’s initial demands for a 48% wage increase, which some say would lead to job losses and mine closures. Bloomberg News | September 9, 2019 | 10:14 am
Russia’s gold stash now worth more than $100 billion Russia’s long-running bet on gold is looking better every month. Bloomberg News | September 9, 2019 | 10:03 am
First Cobalt favors quick restart of Canadian refinery Glencore agreed last month to fund a feasibility study to restart and potentially expand the refinery. Reuters | September 9, 2019 | 9:07 am
Copper finely poised between negative macro and robust micro — opinion Copper last week hit a year-to-date low of $5,518/tonne in the London market as the macroeconomic picture becomes ever gloomier. Reuters | September 9, 2019 | 8:54 am
Benz evaluating exploration program for Eastmain Mine in Quebec The Eastmain Mine gold project is owned by Eastmain Resources but Benz entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the former producing operation. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 9, 2019 | 6:20 am
Orano to start drilling at Close Lake uranium project in Saskatchewan The campaign is set to be of approximately 3,000 metres in up to four holes at an estimated cost of $1.1 million. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 9, 2019 | 6:15 am
China’s copper imports, aluminium exports fall in August as slowdown bites China's unwrought copper imports fell in August after a bounce in the previous month. Reuters | September 8, 2019 | 6:54 am
African miners reviewing legalities around tailings dam failures – expert Most firms are paying close attention to the legal issues surrounding past, present and future ownership and management of mine tailings facilities. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 8, 2019 | 6:45 am
Australian government sees potential in vanadium The federal government gave ‘major project status’ to Australian Vanadium’s namesake project in Western Australia. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 8, 2019 | 6:30 am