$9 billion battery project with BMW, BASF gets EU green light Another EU battery project, coordinated by Germany, is under way and is likely to seek EU approval for state aid later this month. Bloomberg News | December 9, 2019 | 9:17 am
Goldman says gold price to hit $1,600 next year Hedge funds and other large speculators boost bullish bets on higher gold price. Bloomberg News | December 9, 2019 | 9:01 am
Chile’s top miners boost copper output even amid protests Output at mines owned by Codelco, BHP, Anglo American, Rio Tinto and Glencore all went up. Reuters | December 9, 2019 | 8:35 am
B2Gold’s drilling results for Fekola mine in Mali show room to grow north Company has also completed over 45,000 metres of combined aircore, diamond and reverse circulation drilling in the Anaconda region. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 9, 2019 | 7:07 am
Geoscience BC to explore copper-gold deposits buried below till The non-profit just launched the C$2.9-million Central Interior Copper-Gold Research series. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 9, 2019 | 6:20 am
Surge expands Caledonia project in British Columbia The miner added new mineral claims that include the Silver Skarn project and additional land nearby the former Island copper mine. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 9, 2019 | 6:15 am
Savannah Resources secures first of three mining licences for Mozambique project The miner, which operates the Mutamba project in a joint venture with Rio Tinto, says permit is valid to April 2044. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 9, 2019 | 4:45 am
Rare earth miner Lynas picks Kalgoorlie for processing plant The plant will perform the first step of processing rare earths from its Mt Weld mine, which had been shipped to Malaysia. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 9, 2019 | 3:31 am
Australian Labor mayor slams party’s lack of support for mineworkers The Mayor of Townsville says Labor's lack of support for coal mining is pushing people towards right-wing political parties. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 8, 2019 | 10:12 am