December 4, 2020 Glencore taps coal head Gary Nagle as new CEO Announcement came as the Swiss firm revealed an ambitious plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
December 3, 2020 Innu communities sign Reconciliation and Collaboration Agreement with IOC IOC, majority owned by Rio Tinto, operations are integrated across a mine and processing plant in Labrador City, Newfoundland and a port and stockpile in Sept-Iles, Quebec.
December 3, 2020 Not enough class 1 nickel in the pipeline – Sherritt CEO Carmakers are coming to appreciate the difference between the mining industry and the automobile industry.
December 3, 2020 US metals and mining industry M&A deals total $1.59bn in Q3 2020 The valuation is a decrease of 13% from the previous quarter, and also marks a drop of 10.9% in comparison to the last four-quarter average of $1.79 billion.
December 3, 2020 Chinese rare earth metals surge in price November saw the prices of all major Chinese-sourced rare earths spike, but especially those used in magnets.
December 3, 2020 Northern Dynasty to appeal US Army Corps’ Pebble decision The company's application for permits under the Clean Water Act and other federal statutes was denied last week.
December 3, 2020 Defiance Silver aims to triple land position in Zacatecas silver district Defiance Silver plans to enlarge its land holdings by acquiring Pan American Silver’s Lucita property.
December 3, 2020 Botswana Diamonds discovers kimberlite pipe at Thorny River project A recent, six-hole drilling program revealed a kimberlite blow.
December 2, 2020 New Cat 657 Wheel Tractor-Scraper for low-cost earthmoving With a 7% increase in fuel efficiency over the 657G WTS, the new unit is able to move more material per unit of fuel.
December 2, 2020 Newmont’s Musselwhite mine ramping up to full operations Commercial production has been restored at the mine's conveyor system.
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