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Swiss open criminal probe after Glencore complaint by non-profit

Switzerland’s top prosecutor opened a criminal probe against “unknown perpetrators” suspected of bribing foreign officials after a public interest group filed a complaint in 2017 against Glencore.

Bloomberg News | May 29, 2019 | 9:02 am

Zambia turns up the nationalist heat on its copper miners — opinion

President Edgar Lungu has swiftly followed through on his threat with a move to liquidate Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), the local operating unit of India's Vedanta and one of the country's biggest producers.

Reuters | May 29, 2019 | 8:56 am

Vedanta’s KCM unit said to attract Kazakh, Chinese interest

Eurasian Resources Group and China Non-Ferrous Metals Co. expressed interest in buying Konkola Copper Mines, should the Zambian government succeed in seizing it from Vedanta.

Bloomberg News | May 29, 2019 | 8:48 am

Golden Share acquires Basking project in Ontario

The project is located 100 kilometres north-northwest of the Ring of Fire nickel and chromite deposits.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 29, 2019 | 6:51 am

CanAlaska to start drilling at West McArthur uranium project

The program is intended to locate high-grade uranium hosted in faults along the C10 horizon, the major regional fault structure.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 29, 2019 | 6:47 am

Mexico’s Zacatecas state offers to mediate Newmont Goldcorp mine dispute

The dispute at Penasquito, Mexico's largest gold and silver mine, has led to losses for public coffers and the firm, as well as lost pay for workers and contractors.

Reuters | May 28, 2019 | 4:41 pm

VW to rework $56B battery push on Samsung deal risk

Volkswagen is making changes to its battery-purchasing plan worth about 50 billion euros ($56 billion) over concerns one of its supply deals, with Samsung, might unravel.

Bloomberg News | May 28, 2019 | 4:04 pm

Drill results boost Nighthawk Gold shares

Nighthawk has increased its drill program to 35,000 metres for the year, up from the previously forecast 25,000 metres, which makes it the largest drill program in the explorer’s history.

Northern Miner Staff | May 28, 2019 | 2:57 pm