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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.

Reuters | May 10, 2019 | 10:46 am

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.

Weir Minerals | May 10, 2019 | 10:27 am

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.

Reuters | May 10, 2019 | 9:35 am

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.

Bloomberg News | May 10, 2019 | 9:27 am

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.

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 10, 2019 | 9:23 am