Mountain Province stock takes off on 74% diamond resource increase The updated inferred mineral resource at Faraday 2 highlights 5.45 million carats of diamonds, a hefty 74% increase over its 2017 estimate. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 11, 2019 | 10:02 am
Tianqi agrees truce in battle over Chilean lithium miner SQM Tianqi's $4.1B purchase of a 24% stake in SQM went through in December, but the Chinese firm has faced push back. Reuters | April 11, 2019 | 9:54 am
Fresnillo Q1 production slumps, sticks to FY targets The company reported lower than expected full-year profit in February while warning of headwinds including lower precious metals prices for 2019. Reuters | April 11, 2019 | 9:53 am
Nickel shortage in view unless China-led projects in Indonesia succeed — analysts The outlook comes after China's Tsingshan Group surprised the market last year with a low-cost estimate and short time frame to launch a $700 million plant on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Reuters | April 11, 2019 | 9:22 am
Worried about nickel supply, China battery maker BYD welcomes JV discussions Electric car and battery maker BYD counts Warren Buffet among its investors and is also German automaker Daimler AG's partner in China. Reuters | April 11, 2019 | 9:09 am
Newmont shareholders overwhelmingly approve $10B Goldcorp takeover, creating world’s top gold miner Deal creates the world’s largest gold producer by output, robing Barrick of its recently cemented supremacy. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 11, 2019 | 7:50 am
Australia to host battery research centre The centre will investigate opportunities for greater efficiencies in the extraction and refinement of battery minerals. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 11, 2019 | 6:54 am
After legal battle, Los Andes Copper’s past drilling campaign receives approval In 2017, Chile's Superintendency of Environmental Affairs filed a notice saying the campaign violated the country's environmental regulations. Staff Writer | April 11, 2019 | 6:46 am
South African gold output has longest losing streak since 2009 Gold output fell 21 percent from a year earlier compared with a revised 23 percent drop in January. Bloomberg News | April 11, 2019 | 4:00 am