August 7, 2020 Sumitomo predicts record loss as covid-19 hits nickel project Japanese company forecasts a record net loss of 150 billion yen ($1.4 billion) for the year to March.
August 7, 2020 Rio Tinto didn’t inform cave blast owners of other mine plans Rio CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques faced an Australian Senate inquiry after the miner in late May legally destroyed sacred caves in Pilbara region.
August 7, 2020 Russian Arctic peoples appeal to Elon Musk for Nornickel boycott Group of indigenous people asked Tesla Inc’s Elon Musk to stop buying supplies from miner until the company compensates them for environmental damage to their ancestral lands.
August 7, 2020 Albemarle to shutter two lithium facilities in the US It will idle portions of the Silver Peak mine in Nevada and Kings Mountain production facility in North Carolina starting in September.
August 7, 2020 Fortescue rethinking expansion that endangers Australian sacred site Decision comes as an Indigenous group said the project threatened heritage sites, including a 60,000 year-old rock shelter.
August 6, 2020 First Donlin drill results in, Barrick and Novagold report With measured and indicated resources of about 39 million ounces of gold, Donlin is considered one of the largest open-pit gold deposits in Alaska.
August 6, 2020 Codelco to restart projects beginning next week The miner had been forced to delay several mine expansion projects.
August 6, 2020 INTERVIEW: Randy Smallwood, CEO, Wheaton Precious Metals WPM is now over 60% gold, but it is still very bullish on silver.
August 6, 2020 Arctic wastewater dump near Russia’s Norilsk was toxic, says Greenpeace Water samples taken in Russia’s Arctic at the site of a wastewater dump by mining giant contained 50 times the permitted level of toxic substances, said the environmental group.
August 6, 2020 Barrick considers switching primary stock listing to NYSE Company is weighing moving its main listing from Toronto to New York, the company’s chief executive said, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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