Canadian Mining Hall of Fame accepting 2021 nominations The deadline to contact a member or associate member organization about nominating a candidate for induction is June 1. Canadian Mining Hall of Fame | May 7, 2020 | 11:47 am
Chile’s top miners boost production in March Production at Codelco - the world's largest copper miner - rose 14.8% year over year. Reuters | May 7, 2020 | 10:58 am
How Deere, Caterpillar kept plants running during the coronavirus outbreak Both equipment makers have won the support of unions to run their facilities during the pandemic. Reuters | May 7, 2020 | 10:13 am
Gold prices rebound on US unemployment data Spot gold rallied back above $1,700 an ounce, up 2.2%. Jackson Chen | May 7, 2020 | 10:01 am
China is virtually alone in backing Africa’s coal projects Chinese companies and banks are involved in financing at least 13 coal projects across the continent with another nine in the pipeline. Bloomberg News | May 7, 2020 | 9:52 am
Oil bust forces college grads to rethink career path The energy business used to add jobs at about 10 times the US national pace, now it’s even worse than the economy in general. Bloomberg News | May 7, 2020 | 9:13 am
Indian lithium plant plan advances as EV market boom looms India’s first lithium refinery will have a proposed capacity of 20,000 tonnes a year of lithium hydroxide. Bloomberg News | May 7, 2020 | 8:58 am
Poland to test 1,000 miners a day as virus grips coal region Silesia mining region in southern Poland showed the highest number of infections. Reuters | May 7, 2020 | 8:48 am
Rio Tinto dodges emissions cut, but issue unlikely to go away About 63% of shareholders voted against resolution to set emissions targets for its customers, while 37% voted in favour. Reuters | May 7, 2020 | 8:41 am