Almaden Minerals rejects activists’ letter to Mexican president The Canadian miner deemed as false the allegations in a letter given by a group of activists to the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 27, 2019 | 8:20 am
Codelco and Ennomotive challenged engineers to find creative uses for copper-graphene nanocomposite Sixty-five engineers from 15 countries came up with ideas. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 26, 2019 | 12:19 pm
How microbes contribute to the formation of giant copper deposits Researchers are studying the unusual Las Cruces deposit in southwestern Spain. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 25, 2019 | 9:26 pm
Slow growth for Europe’s mining sector — report In Q2 2019, analysts expect investment levels across the European mining sector will be sluggish. MINING.com Editor | January 25, 2019 | 3:17 pm
Workers at Prodeco’s Colombia coal port vote down proposed strike Only eight out of 115 workers voted in favor of a strike, much less than the overall worker majority required for a legal strike. Reuters | January 25, 2019 | 1:58 pm
Pacific Bay extends Meteor Boot at Haskins-Reed in BC The company tested targets near the Meteor zone, where 2011 drilling cut 17.5 metres grading 88.35 grams silver, 1.11% lead and 3.39% zinc. Northern Miner Staff | January 25, 2019 | 1:51 pm
RosCan reports positive results from drilling campaign in Mali The miner said that significant amounts of saprolite-hosted gold mineralization was discovered. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 25, 2019 | 1:31 pm
Mirasol Resources expands in southern Argentina The Vancouver-based miner is consolidating the Sascha - Marcelina project to make it 30,600 hectares big. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 25, 2019 | 1:04 pm
How the US lost the plot on rare earths If Cold War Presidents from Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan knew that the nation’s national defense rested on technologies coming from its former and current adversaries, they would surely be turning in their graves. Rick Mills | January 25, 2019 | 12:00 pm