Gold Fields would consider joint ventures to bolster output In Ghana, that could potentially involve working in future with rival AngloGold Ashanti to lower costs and improve productivity. Bloomberg News | August 27, 2021 | 7:39 am
Silver Elephant to spin-out battery metals assets The Gibellini vanadium project, in Nevada, the Manitoba-based Minago nickel project and certain battery metals royalties will be stand-alone companies. MINING.COM Editor | August 27, 2021 | 7:38 am
DRC reviewing $6bn mining deal with Chinese investors President Felix Tshisekedi said in May that some mining contracts could be reviewed because of concerns they are not sufficiently benefiting Congo. Reuters | August 27, 2021 | 7:24 am
Kazatomprom says CEO Pirmatov stepping down Mazhit Sharipov, who is currently Kazatomprom's chief nuclear fuel cycle officer, will be appointed as acting CEO. Reuters | August 27, 2021 | 7:16 am
Aluminum price hits highest level since April 2018 on China curbs Worries about supplies from China escalated after the country's Xinjiang region imposed output limits on five smelters. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 27, 2021 | 7:02 am
Jiangxi Copper Q2 profit hits 10-year high on rising prices The company's first-half net income quadrupled year-on-year to $469.5 million. Reuters | August 27, 2021 | 6:42 am
Ambatovy makes surprise pick of Stratton as marketing partner Madagascan miner has agreed a deal for Britain-based Stratton Metals to market its cobalt in the US and Europe Reuters | August 27, 2021 | 6:36 am
New sensor able to detect rare earths in acid mine waste Researchers at Penn State University developed a luminescent sensor that can detect terbium in complex environmental samples. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 27, 2021 | 6:06 am
Mining People: Condor Gold, Fortitude Gold, Galleon Gold, Gowest Gold, O3 Mining, Quaterra Key moves in the mining sector. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 27, 2021 | 6:00 am