Gold ETF inflows top 100 tonnes in August as havens triumph Spot gold traded at $1,522.68 an ounce on Monday. Bloomberg News | September 2, 2019 | 10:34 am
Rio Tinto takes GFG Alliance to arbitration over outstanding smelter payments Rio sold the Dunkerque aluminium smelter in France to GFG for $500 million last year. Reuters | September 2, 2019 | 10:20 am
Australian lithium miners submerged by low prices Australian producers are now scrambling to cut supplies as prices plummet on falling demand in the world's top electric vehicle market. Reuters | September 2, 2019 | 9:55 am
Greece will soon issue permits for Eldorado Gold’s project Its planned investment in Greece has been viewed as one of the biggest in the country in years. Reuters | September 2, 2019 | 9:45 am
Freeport’s Cerro Verde expansion not touching farmland – media report A regional ordinance states that the Freeport-McMoRan operation would only expand onto wasteland. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 1, 2019 | 11:35 am
Saudi Arabia creates new ministry of industry and mining The move is understood as part of the kingdom’s strategy to diversify the economy away from oil. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 1, 2019 | 7:30 am
Global Energy Metals expands Nevada footprint Global Energy Metals struck an option agreement in January with Nevada Sunrise Gold to acquire 85% of the historic Lovelock cobalt mine and nearby Treasure Box properties. Trish Saywell | September 1, 2019 | 7:30 am
Australia launches A$12.5m mining research centre The Australian government committed $3.7 million for the new facility. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | September 1, 2019 | 7:00 am
Populism and protest lurk behind Europe’s dying coal mines Anger and despair are running high ahead of Sunday’s state elections in Germany’s mining heartland. Bloomberg News | August 31, 2019 | 7:31 pm
