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South African gold producers urge unions to narrow demands as third set of wage talks fail

Four companies are negotiating - Sibanye-Stillwater , Harmony Gold, AngloGold Ashanti and a smaller producer, Village Main Reef- under the auspices of the Minerals Council South Africa industry group.

Reuters | July 25, 2018 | 9:45 am

Wheaton closes streaming deal with gold miner Sibanye

The Canadian streaming firm has bought all of Stillwater's gold production for the life of the mine and, initially, also 4.5% of its total palladium output.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 9:30 am

Goldcorp reports net loss of $131 million in Q2

Guidance reconfirmed.

Michael McCrae | July 25, 2018 | 9:06 am

Kibali gold mine aims at record output after underground ramp-up

DRC's Kibali is moving from underground mining by contractors to owner-mining, as has already happened at the company’s Loulo mines in Mali.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 7:54 am

Nickel is new headache for automakers as cobalt fears abate

Locking in supplies of key battery raw materials lithium and cobalt has been a headache for electric car manufacturers, but these days it’s the supply of nickel and graphite that’s keeping them up at night.

Bloomberg News | July 25, 2018 | 7:00 am

Antofagasta copper output up in Q2 despite Los Pelambres pipeline issue

Production in the second-quarter of the year jumped 6.1% to 163,200 tonnes, as higher output at its Centinela and Antucoya mines mitigated declines at Los Pelambres and Zaldívar.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 5:59 am

Tianqi goes ahead with $382-million Greenbushes lithium mine expansion

The expansion, on top of a $238 million upgrade due for completion in April, will double the mine’s production to 1.95 million tonnes a year of lithium concentrate a year from 2020.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 25, 2018 | 3:48 am