Negotiations over Cobre Panama mine contract near end
The country aims to obtain more in royalty payments from the Canadian miner and improve environmental conditions at the giant copper mine.
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Japan requests Indonesia remove coal export ban immediately
Japan has requested Indonesia immediately remove its export ban on shipments of high grade coal.
Peru is winning over miners with soft hand on conflicts, PM says
The new strategy of respecting the right to protest while brokering lasting agreements may take longer, but it’s starting to bear fruit, Prime Minister Mirtha Vasquez said in an interview late Tuesday.
Gold price bounces higher ahead of Fed minutes
Gold prices are firming despite the market pricing of a 70% probability for a Fed rate hike in March, TD Securities wrote.
Magna wraps 2021 drilling at Shakespeare with long, strong nickel and copper
Magna notes that the Shakespeare project is permitted, and that the feasibility study will be released in the first quarter this year.
Glencore’s former top copper trader joins digital metal startup
Ex-head of copper marketing, Nico Paraskevas, joined Open Mineral as a senior adviser after investing in the digital metals trading startup.
Platinum catalyst may be the key to reducing methane emissions
US-based researchers developed a catalyst technology that may be the key to keeping methane out of the atmosphere and making use of the greenhouse gas.
The View from England: It’s the economy, stupid
The Minerals Education Coalition calculates that the average American born last year will consume almost 3 million pounds of minerals, metals and fuel in their lifetime.
Goldman Sachs says bitcoin will compete with gold as “store of value”
Bank says that bitcoin will take market share away from gold in 2022 as digital assets become more widely adopted.
