No sign of early contract talks at BHP’s Escondida mine -Union
BHP's Escondida on Wednesday cast doubt on chances of starting talks on a new labor agreement with the company before formal negotiations scheduled for June.
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Glencore says copper output will rise as Katanga ramps up
The Katanga mine in Democratic Republic of Congo likely to add roughly 150,000 tonnes of copper and 11,600 tonnes of cobalt in 2018.
Barrick’s BattleBorn series will bring together Nevada’s tech and innovation community
“Barrick is excited to host the state’s first global mining hackathon in Las Vegas,” said Michael Brown, President, Barrick USA.
Lucapa finds over a hundred diamonds at Australian project
The 119 diamonds recovered from the Little Spring Creek lamproite drill core samples included seven macro diamonds and 112 micro-diamonds.
New large stones found at Yubileynaya pipe
In January 2018, ALROSA recovered two gem-quality stones weighing 97.92 carats and 85.62 carats.
Acacia adopts fresh gold price protection measures
Miner has spent $2 million to lock in the option to sell 120,000 ounces of future output at $1,320 an ounce, as it waits for Tanzania exports ban to end.
Brazilian prosecutors say Anglo’s sale of Amapa iron ore shady
They also claim miner offloaded the asset to avoid paying for environmental damage caused by an accident at its floating dock, which killed six people and dragged vehicles, equipment and large amounts of iron ore into the Amazon River.
More than 900 Sibanye miners trapped underground, not in danger
Originally there were more than 1,000 miners stuck underground, but sixty-four were rescued overnight.
Congo just gave the cobalt price another big boost
DRC stuns miners with immediate lifting of 10-year exemption for licensees, 50% tax on 'super-profits' and code permitting 5-fold increase in cobalt royalty.
