Japan’s Sumitomo Metal sees global nickel deficit nearly halving in 2019 Global demand for nickel is seen increasing by 3.4 percent in 2019 from this year to 2.339 million tonnes. Reuters | December 26, 2018 | 1:46 pm
New Mountain Province CEO has deep diamond roots President and CEO Stuart Brown spent 19 years with De Beers. Northern Miner Staff | December 26, 2018 | 1:01 pm
Gold set for best month in two years as angst fuels haven demand “The path of least resistance is up.” Bloomberg News | December 26, 2018 | 11:37 am
London’s streets no longer paved with gold as miners struggle Reports that AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. is considering a London listing provides some festive cheer to a city that’s lost its way as a home for gold miners. Bloomberg News | December 26, 2018 | 10:23 am
Bolivia: Where revolutionaries and lithium miners go to die In 2017 Morales started talking about lithium mining. The country holds vast amounts of the mineral. Rick Mills | December 26, 2018 | 10:05 am
Life-blood of Tesla batteries hits supply limits in Andean mine As mining activity surges, water tables are falling amid growing environmental concerns. Bloomberg News | December 26, 2018 | 9:00 am
China’s Minmetals to buy 2.04m tonnes iron ore from Rio Tinto in 2019 Minmetals will purchase Pilbara Blend lump ore that will delivered through 12 cargoes and priced at around $144.94 million. Reuters | December 24, 2018 | 10:42 am
Mining M&A jumps to five-year high 1,349 announced mining deals valued at $86B through December 18, up 60% from 2017. Frik Els | December 24, 2018 | 10:33 am
Global chaos makes gold a holiday winner as funds pile in As financial anxieties heighten, investors have poured about $1.56 billion into exchange-traded funds backing precious metals over the past month. Bloomberg News | December 24, 2018 | 9:41 am