Argentina opposition candidate working on plan for mining sector The front-runner for October's presidential election has told companies that his team has been working on a plan to benefit the country's mining sector. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 12:10 pm
Fortescue triples profit, sees strong China demand Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group on Monday posted a record profit and bumper dividend. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 11:13 am
Golden Predator provides restart notice for Brewery Creek mine The formal notice has accepted by the Yukon government. Jackson Chen | August 26, 2019 | 11:04 am
China’s Zhaojin Mining eyes doubling of gold output via overseas M&A Zhaojin has also been linked with a takeover of Russian miner GV Gold. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 10:23 am
Glencore commits $45 million to restart First Cobalt refinery in Canada Once operational, the facility will be the only primary producer of refined cobalt for the electric vehicle (EV) market in North America. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 26, 2019 | 10:13 am
Automation technology to be deployed at Westgold operations Autonomous solutions provider RCT is finalizing a major automation project for Westgold Resources at five of its gold mine sites. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 26, 2019 | 10:03 am
Sandvik extends My Sandvik fleet connectivity to other brands The first non-Sandvik machines are expected to be connected to My Sandvik via Newtrax technology in Q4 2019. Sandvik | August 26, 2019 | 9:36 am
Top vanadium producer sees demand rising after prices slump Evraz Plc, the world’s largest vanadium producer outside China, says steelmakers are boosting their use of the metal again. Bloomberg News | August 26, 2019 | 9:22 am
China passes law allowing regions to set resource taxes Major resources such as crude oil or rare earths will still be subject to a fixed tax rate set by the central government. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 9:01 am