Pandemic to accelerate industry automation – report
Fitch predicts miners will explore options to shorten and simplify supply chains.
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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.
Newmont names new Peñasquito mine boss
Bernard Wessels replaces Jim Cooper as general manager of the Peñasquito mine.
Top 10 countries with largest gold reserves
The top 10 central banks with the largest gold reserves have remained mostly unchanged for the last few years.
DeepGreen partners with scientists on seafloor discovery program
The battery metals start-up is investing over $60 million to accelerate a program on the potential environmental impacts of collecting polymetallic nodules from the deep seabed.
Gold’s the 5% hedge, not a trade: Kevin O’Leary
O’Leary, a long-time gold bull, says he has maintained a 5% allocation to gold for decades.
