South Africa gold miners seek new CEOs as another plans to exit With Gold Fields CEO Nick Holland retiring, South Africa loses a second gold mining boss in less than a month. Bloomberg News | August 20, 2020 | 8:46 am
KGHM says Sierra Gorda may not need support from next year The mine posted a 150% leap in second-quarter core profit despite risks related to coronavirus in Chile. Reuters | August 20, 2020 | 8:11 am
BHP and Rio Tinto show the swings and arrows of China commodity exposure It may be a bit of an oversimplification, but in the current situation the world of commodities is effectively split between China and the rest. Reuters | August 20, 2020 | 8:07 am
German battery recycling project awarded $1 million in public funding The ZSW project is aimed at efficiently recovering lithium, nickel, cobalt and natural graphite from spent batteries. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 20, 2020 | 6:30 am
Australian Strategic Materials, ZironTech produce high-purity praseodymium at pilot plant This milestone is the final testing stage of the patented metallization process for permanent magnet metals. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 20, 2020 | 6:15 am
SQM posts record sales, boosts output despite weak market The world’s second largest lithium miner saw sales jump almost 50% and boosted output, but low prices hit profits. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 20, 2020 | 3:52 am
British Columbia initiates Tulsequah mine cleanup Government report estimates remediating defunct mine at C$65 million. Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | August 19, 2020 | 3:26 pm
AusIMM launches EEF scholarship program The 2021 EEF Scholarship provides support to students throughout their higher education studies to kick start their career in mining. MINING.com Editor | August 19, 2020 | 1:27 pm
Copper price above $3 for first time since June 2018 Copper price jumps to highest since June 2018 as massive Chinese stimulus suck in metal and LME inventories drop to 13-year low. Frik Els | August 19, 2020 | 11:50 am