Iron ore price frenzy grips China’s mammoth steel sector Prices for iron ore have more than doubled in 2020, putting the steelmaking raw material on track to be the top-performing major commodity for a second straight year. Reuters | December 22, 2020 | 9:54 am
New South Wales greenlights Maxwell coal mine The company plans to produce approximately 148 million tonnes of run-of-mine coal over 26 years. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 22, 2020 | 9:30 am
Eskay Mining discovers two VMS deposits, shares up These discoveries confirm the presence of new Eskay Creek type massive sulphide deposits. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 22, 2020 | 9:23 am
Positive feasibility study for Midas Gold’s Idaho project Stibnite project, as envisioned in the FS, would become one of the largest and highest-grade open pit gold mines in the United States. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 22, 2020 | 8:35 am
Canada rejects Shandong Gold’s bid to buy TMAC TMAC's shares fell as much as 16% on Tuesday. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 22, 2020 | 8:22 am
SQM signs 8-year lithium deal with LG Energy Solution Contract will supply about 55,000 metric tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent. Reuters | December 22, 2020 | 7:50 am
Production at Las Bambas hit by road blockades The copper mine, controlled by China's MMG, is "progressively" reducing production due to protests. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 22, 2020 | 7:40 am
Excellon expands Kilgore gold property Remote sensing work produced results suggestive of alteration associated with target epithermal gold systems. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 21, 2020 | 3:21 pm
Excelsior produces first copper cathode at Gunnison in Arizona The in-situ recovery (ISR) operation is expected to sell the first copper cathodes in January 2021. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 21, 2020 | 3:00 pm