US-China trade war isn’t buckling copper price – yet
But tin, nickel miners and aluminum manufacturers should worry more.
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Proposed legislation by Rep. Grijalva in US a ‘disaster in the making’, says AEMA
Hardrock mining is fundamentally different than oil, gas, and coal because it is much more difficult to find and develop hardrock mineral resources.
YMP launches 10 more scholarships totalling $44K, including inaugural Northern Miner scholarship
The Young Mining Professionals (YMP) is bumping up its YMP Scholarship Fund for the 2019-20 academic year for students in mining-related university programs in Canada.
World’s coal miners may be digging themselves into another glut
Coal’s use to generate electricity has declined precipitously in the U.S. despite a revival push by President Donald Trump.
Gold price dip bolsters festive demand in India; premiums slip in China
Gold futures in India fell to 31,240 rupees per 10 grams last week, the lowest in more than four months and down 8.2% from a 2019 high of 34,031 rupees hit in February.
Take control of your water
Mine operators must be conscious of their water use, as well as innovative in how they re-use and handle water.
Vale hopes to return to 400 million tonnes annual output in 2-3 years, CFO says
At the same time, CFO Luciano Siani said that quickly restarting production was not the company's top priority after the Brumadinho disaster, for which the company was forced to take nearly $5 billion in writedowns in the first quarter.
Amazon rainforest is ours and not yours, Brazil tells the world
The comments coincide with government plans to review existing conservation areas amid growing pressure from mining and agriculture lobbies.
World’s largest hard rock lithium mine to get bigger
Talison Lithium, a partnership between China’s Tianqi and U.S. group Albemarle, obtained an environmental approval for the A$516-million ($361m) expansion of the Greenbushes mine in Western Australia.
