New LME stocks squeeze is creeping up on Doctor Copper LME copper stocks give every appearance of experiencing a second grab-it-while-you-can impulse wave, writes Andy Home. Reuters | February 8, 2022 | 6:46 am
Research shows risk aversion determines coal contracting behavior of US power plants New research shows that coal power plants respond to regulatory practices by taking costly actions to reduce the variance of their input costs. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 8, 2022 | 6:06 am
British Columbia denies permit for Morrison copper-gold mine again The project in the Canadian province has been stuck in the environmental assessment stage for 19 years. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 8, 2022 | 3:44 am
As US national debt hits $30 trillion, higher borrowing costs & negative real yields will make it harder to finance The United States reached a new milestone this week, but it’s nothing to be proud of. Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | February 7, 2022 | 9:42 pm
US and Japan reach agreement to remove Trump-era steel tariffs Washington will suspend the 25% levy on incoming steel imports from Japan up to 1.25 million metric tons a year, Bloomberg News | February 7, 2022 | 3:30 pm
Latin Metals inks option agreement with Barrick Gold for Argentina properties To earn an initial 70% interest, Barrick must pay $2.32 million in cash to the underlying vendor and $750,000 in cash to Latin Metals. Northern Miner Staff | February 7, 2022 | 3:04 pm
Uranium Snapshot: Eight juniors of interest As the world slowly moves away from fossil fuels, here are eight juniors on the hunt for what may be this century’s greenest metal. Marilyn Scales - The Northern Miner | February 7, 2022 | 1:44 pm
US to spend $725m this year on abandoned coal mine cleanup The money represents a portion of the $11.3 billion allocated to mine reclamation in the infrastructure law that Congress passed last year. Reuters | February 7, 2022 | 12:09 pm
NRCan delivers pan-Canadian geoscience strategy The geoscience strategy is intended to be a renewed commitment to improving the availability and accessibility of public geoscience data and to improving collaboration. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 7, 2022 | 12:06 pm