China’s commodity imports look tepid, may be slightly warmer The decline in commodity imports in the first quarter seem to confirm the narrative of slowing growth in the world's second-largest economy. Reuters | April 15, 2019 | 9:28 am
Iron ore shortage after Vale disaster hurting Brazil steelmakers — report Vale's situation could force other steelmakers to halt production if nothing is done to normalize supplies. Reuters | April 15, 2019 | 9:18 am
Katanga Mining resumes cobalt exports from DRC The company produced about 930 tonnes of contained cobalt since January through interim operational solutions. Reuters | April 15, 2019 | 9:06 am
Savannah Resources to take full control of lithium mine in Portugal Mina do Barroso mine could become the first European supplier of spodumene, a lithium-bearing mineral. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 15, 2019 | 9:00 am
Fission Uranium tables PFS for Patterson Lake South The PFS assigns the project a $693m after-tax net present value at an 8% discount rate and a 21% after-tax internal rate of return. Northern Miner Staff | April 15, 2019 | 8:52 am
British Columbia government to restore structure at historic coal mine The 22.5-metre concrete headframe and tipple structure at the Morden Colliery coal mine was built in the early 1900s by the Pacific Coal Company. MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 15, 2019 | 6:58 am
Lundin Mining grabs Brazilian mine from Yamana in $1B deal The Chapada copper-gold mine, in the northwest Brazilian state of Goiás, began production in 2007. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 15, 2019 | 6:50 am
American Manganese’s lithium-ion battery recycling technology achieves high recovery rates An independent lab ran a series of tests and average recovery rates ranged from 91.4% to 94%. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 15, 2019 | 6:49 am
Newmont-Goldcorp $10B merger to close this week Deal creates the world’s largest gold producer by market value, output and reserves. Cecilia Jamasmie | April 15, 2019 | 6:00 am