Centerra mine’s future up in the air as Kyrgyzstan to review deal The parliament’s revision of the strategic agreement, set for September, may lead to increased environmental payments for the Canadian miner. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 29, 2018 | 5:58 am
China’s No.1 maker of battery cells for EVs to build plant in Germany A German battery plant could help ease an expected negative impact in the workforce employed by the local automotive industry. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 29, 2018 | 3:50 am
Bluerock Diamonds trades up on resumption of production at Kareevlei Company says that changes made to the crushing circuit will positively impact the plant’s performance, Michael Allan McCrae | June 29, 2018 | 1:56 am
BHP adds electric vehicles to its light truck fleet BHP Billiton will add two electric vehicles to its 240 fleet of trucks at its Olympic Dam mine in South Australia. The […] Michael Allan McCrae | June 29, 2018 | 1:17 am
Copper price drops to 9-month low, but what about strikes? Copper bears drop price 11% in 3 weeks, but new report shows labour contracts still up for renewal threaten 3 million tonnes of production just in Chile. Frik Els | June 28, 2018 | 12:13 pm
AngloGold says no production impact from Guinea power protests Members of a local community near our Siguiri mine have been protesting the temporary rationing of power, which is an unfortunate necessity. Reuters | June 28, 2018 | 12:01 pm
Here’s where 3 million EV batteries will go when they retire The first batches of batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles are hitting retirement age, yet they aren’t bound for landfills. Bloomberg News | June 28, 2018 | 11:28 am
Mining investors spooked as African dispute payments multiply Miners across Africa are increasingly using one-time payments to settle disputes with governments, a trend that’s disturbing some investors. Bloomberg News | June 28, 2018 | 11:16 am
South Africa’s Exxaro expects H1 thermal coal output to rise 1% Exxaro Resources Ltd expects coal production for the half year to June 30 to increase by 1.7 percent to 23.52 million tonnes. Reuters | June 28, 2018 | 11:01 am