February 4, 2021

US court upholds Trump’s national security tariffs on steel imports

A three judge panel found the Commerce Department and Trump properly applied a Cold War-era trade law in imposing the tariffs.

February 4, 2021

MINING.COM reaches one million monthly readers

Readers from all over the world flocked to MINING.COM for breaking news and opinions as the transformation of the industry gained pace.

February 4, 2021

Sale of Ekati mine to Arctic Canadian Diamond closes

Dominion Diamond retains its 40% stake in the Diavik diamond mine in the Northwest Territories.

February 4, 2021

Proposal to ban big mines put to vote in southern Ecuador

The referendum threatens to derail more than 40 concessions seeking to tap gold, silver and copper reserves.

February 4, 2021

Rio Tinto launches sustainability label for aluminium with blockchain

The mining giant said the label will be similar to a nutrition label found on food and drink packaging.

February 4, 2021

Turquoise Hill scores win in funding dispute with Rio Tinto over Mongolia mine

It has received temporary relief in the arbitration proceedings against Rio Tinto, which prevents the mining giant from restricting Turquoise's funding talks.

February 4, 2021

Galantas Gold closer to production after blasting deal

Shares in the Northern Ireland-focused miner soared on the announcement of deal to expand blasting at its Omagh gold mine.

February 3, 2021

US mines produced $82.3 billion in minerals in 2020 – report

The principal contributors to metal production were gold (38%), copper (27%), iron ore (15%) and zinc (6%).

February 3, 2021

USA Rare Earth hopes to raise up to $500m in IPO

The company is developing the Round Top rare earths deposit in Texas.

February 3, 2021

Ross Beaty to step down as Pan American chairman in May

Trained as a geologist, Beaty launched Pan American in 1984.