Iron ore price drops on China’s appeal to cut steel output Benchmark iron ore futures in China fell nearly 6% on Wednesday, after the country urged the steel industry to produce less crude steel next year. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 30, 2020 | 11:45 am
Two workers trapped in underground mine in Chile Chile’s mining agency is leading the rescue efforts. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 30, 2020 | 11:45 am
Precious metals and the fight against covid Precious metals have broad applications in the medical field, well beyond the dental uses most people associate with them. Sprott Asset Management | December 30, 2020 | 11:10 am
Today’s dirty utilities may be tomorrow’s ESG winners Does it make sense to invest in a company that’s already ticked a lot of ESG boxes or one that could yet do so? Bloomberg Opinion | December 30, 2020 | 10:28 am
Over 3,000 diamonds recovered from Star-Orion South project in Saskatchewan The gems, weighing over 210 carats, were recovered from the ninth bulk sample trench excavated on the Star kimberlite. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 30, 2020 | 10:25 am
First gold poured at Canada’s newest gold mine Pure Gold expects to reach commercial production at its eponymous mine by the end of Q1 2021. Northern Miner Staff | December 30, 2020 | 10:10 am
Samarco expects to reach pre-2015 production by 2029 Company estimates that only in 9 years it should reach a production scale between 22-24 million tonnes of iron ore per year, the same level as before the failure of the Fundão dam. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 30, 2020 | 9:55 am
Adventus shares up on drilling results at El Domo Company and Salazar Resources announced new results from the copper-gold deposit in central Ecuador. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 30, 2020 | 9:25 am
Minnova closer to restarting PL mine in Manitoba The miner said it made significant advances at the Manitoba project in 2020. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 30, 2020 | 9:10 am