January 17, 2020

Lynas’ rare earth licence renewal in Malaysia challenged in court

The lawsuit challenges the Malaysian government's decision to renew the company’s operating licence last year.

January 17, 2020

B2Gold achieves record production for 11th year in a row

The company's 2019 figures exceeded the upper end of production guidance.

January 17, 2020

Rio Tinto readies to close world’s biggest diamond mine

The miner expects to see production of rough diamonds drop from 17 million carats last year to 12-14 million in 2020 as a result.

January 16, 2020

Mining companies threaten action against Tanzania over new law

Indiana Resources alleged breach of contract after the East African nation amended its mining law.

January 16, 2020

Scotgold readies to open Scotland’s first commercial gold mine

Chief executive Richard Gray expects to see a "mini gold rush" in the Scottish Highlands in coming years.

January 16, 2020

Joshua Gold acquires King Solomon’s mine

The Ontario-based company says initial sampling returned promising results.

January 16, 2020

Noram encouraged by drill results at Nevada lithium project

The Canadian miner said its drill program yielded higher results than the current inferred resource.

January 16, 2020

IAMGOLD’s 2019 production falls short, CEO to retire

Attributable gold production last year reached 726,000 gold ounces, compared to the 765,000 to 810,000 ounces the company expected.

January 15, 2020

Ecuador sends first export of copper concentrate from Chinese-owned Mirador mine

The mine started production in July 2019 with a projection of some 94,000 tonnes of copper concentrate annually.

January 15, 2020

Market risk, economic growth to drive gold demand this year — report

The major driving forces include financial uncertainty and lower interest rates, a weakening in global economic growth, and gold's price volatility, says World Gold Council.