White House considering direct purchases of US mined uranium The plan calls for requiring the government to buy American uranium to replenish their stockpiles and for other purposes. Bloomberg News | September 6, 2019 | 12:47 pm
Rampant investor demand eats into platinum oversupply — report Resurgent investor demand for platinum will drive overall consumption of the metal up 9% this year, the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) said on Friday. Reuters | September 6, 2019 | 12:04 pm
Colombia’s coal, gold, nickel output down year-on-year in Q2 Multinational mining companies looking to kick off large-scale underground gold projects have struggled in recent years. Reuters | September 6, 2019 | 11:55 am
Mosaic resumes full operations at Brazil mines The Araxá and Tapira mines were idled in April to comply with stability certification of their tailings dams. Jackson Chen | September 6, 2019 | 11:45 am
Bad news for cobalt, nickel as EV sales forecasts cut — BMO BMO believes global cobalt consumption for the EV sector will hit 86,000 tonnes in 2015, down from the 97,000 tonnes previously anticipated. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 6, 2019 | 9:53 am
Australia’s Poseidon Nickel to restart Black Swan project as nickel prices surge The miner is backed by billionaire Andrew Forrest. Reuters | September 6, 2019 | 8:40 am
Australia’s Port Hedland iron ore shipments to China jump 10% in August Shipments to China jumped to 38.14 million tonnes in August from 34.53 million tonnes in July. Reuters | September 6, 2019 | 8:09 am
Robots could now be in charge of mill reline process A robotic solution presented by Chile's MIRS is said to reduce total reline time by about 40%. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 6, 2019 | 6:20 am
Lara Exploration transfers rights for Tocantins gold project The Canadian miner gave its rights to the property to Mineração Aldeia de Vale Eireli in exchange for a 2% NSR. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 6, 2019 | 6:15 am