Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi mine to lift force majeure Majority owner Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd said that it expected to make up any sales-related effect over the next few quarters. Reuters | February 28, 2018 | 4:59 pm
Saskatchewan company expands in Ontario GFG Resources now controls a total of 700 square kilometres of gold assets in Ontario and Wyoming. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 28, 2018 | 4:50 pm
Giustra-backed Lithium X plunges on doubts about Chinese buyer The Vancouver-based company fell the most in nearly two years Wednesday. Bloomberg News | February 28, 2018 | 4:29 pm
Billionaire Lundin chases base-metal buy with $3 billion budget Copper ‘might be the easiest asset to work with:’ Lukas Lundin. Bloomberg News | February 28, 2018 | 4:19 pm
Samarco iron ore mine could reopen this year Samarco Mineracao – a Vale-BHP joint venture – ceased operations in November 2015 following a deadly tailings dam burst. MINING.com Editor | February 28, 2018 | 11:37 am
Mongolian court sides with government in copper mine ownership row The Erdenet mine produces 530,000 tonnes of copper concentrate a year. Reuters | February 28, 2018 | 11:21 am
Copper price felled as Chinese factory reading drops most in 5 years Slowdown in Chinese manufacturing blamed on impact of Beijing's pollution clampdown, cooling construction sector. Frik Els | February 28, 2018 | 11:05 am
Zimbabwe has potential to meet 20% of global lithium demand Zimbabwe is keen to attract investment after Mugabe era and is already Africa's top lithium producer. Reuters | February 28, 2018 | 9:39 am
South Africa’s mining charter to be finalized in three months Uncertainty around the charter has deterred investment into a sector that accounts for 8% of gross domestic product in the world's top platinum producer Reuters | February 28, 2018 | 9:31 am