Mining deal value down over $18bn due to pandemic
GlobalData says mergers and acquisitions, despite a decent first quarter owing to deals involving gold, fell by 51.6% during the first half of 2020.
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Zinc price to enter long term structural decline in 2021 – report
Fitch predicts prices will rise to around $2,600/tonne by the end of the year.
Newcrest names new head of investor relations
Tom Dixon is appointed effective October 1.
Pandemic to accelerate industry automation – report
Fitch predicts miners will explore options to shorten and simplify supply chains.
MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week
Cobalt prices surge on electronics boom, Friedland’s Nimba iron ore project, gold price falls on economic recovery hopes, and more.
Indian School of Mines wins KPMG’s Ideation Challenge
"Technology Replaces Repetitiveness" was the KIC winner for developing a solution that brings disruptive innovation to the mining industry.
PIC: When you’re so angry about copper grade you chisel it into rock
Stone tablet from the Old Babylonian period circa 1,750 BC complains bitterly about low grade ingots sold by wealthy Ur merchant.
Last day to register for Global Mining Symposium
Virtual investment conference runs September 1-3.
MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week
Rhodium price on track for new record, copper to extend rally, Glencore strategy to underpin cobalt prices.
Mining Exploration Price Index highest since 2013 – report
EPI, which measures the relative change in precious and base metals prices, weighted by the percentage of overall exploration spending for each metal as a proxy of its relative importance to the industry, was at 135.9, weighting to gold and the positive gold price performance in the quarter, S&P reports.
RANKED: World’s top 20 largest gold mines
Mine production saw a modest rise to 3,672 tonnes last year, WGC data shows.