Platinum, palladium and rhodium in short supply – Johnson Matthey Supply shortfalls have driven rapid price gains, with platinum trading at six-year highs and rhodium and palladium close to record levels. Reuters | February 11, 2021 | 9:45 am
Vision Lithium produces 99.99% pure Li₂CO₃ from Sirmac, stock explodes The Sirmac property is located approximately 200 km south of Nemaska's Whabouchi lithium mine in Quebec. Jackson Chen | February 11, 2021 | 9:37 am
Copper price rally slows ahead of Chinese holiday Traders and leading investors say the market needs more good news before prices can rip higher. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 11, 2021 | 8:43 am
Crypto’s rapid rise means investors need gold, top miner says The rise of cryptocurrencies, including red-hot Bitcoin, just handed one of the world’s leading gold miners one more reason to urge investors to buy the age-old haven that is bullion. Bloomberg News | February 11, 2021 | 8:09 am
China’s 2020 refined nickel imports slump to 6-year low Chinese imports of refined nickel fell by 32% year-on-year to 130,700 tonnes in 2020. Reuters | February 11, 2021 | 7:58 am
New Gold mulls Rainy River underground expansion Company expects to increase production at the mine by 22% this year to between 270,000 and 290,000 ounces of gold. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 11, 2021 | 7:01 am
Ivanhoe to launch $16m exploration program at Western Foreland in DRC The licenses are in close proximity to the Kamoa-Kakula copper project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 11, 2021 | 6:15 am
ALX Resources requests permit to drill at Gibbons Creek uranium project The miner says the project shows potential for unconformity-style or deeper, basement-hosted uranium mineralization. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 11, 2021 | 6:11 am
Sprott invests in junior Goliath Resources Investment firm has injected C$2 million into the junior, giving it a 8.5% stake in the company. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 11, 2021 | 4:06 am