Production stalled at Vedanta’s Konkola Copper Mines Vedanta is fighting Zambia's decision this month to name a provisional liquidator to run Vedanta Resources' 90,000 tonnes KCM business. Reuters | May 31, 2019 | 9:20 am
Canada’s Desert Gold renews permit for Malian gold project The BC-based miner owns 100% of the Djimbala project located in Mali’s Yanfolila gold belt. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 31, 2019 | 7:00 am
ZEN partners with Canadian university to produce low-cost graphene The company says the production process rapidly exfoliates Albany graphite into few-layer graphene with a conversion efficiency of over 90%. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 31, 2019 | 6:52 am
De Beers’ Victor mine ends production During its operation, the Victor mine yielded roughly 8.1 million carats of diamonds. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | May 30, 2019 | 1:43 pm
We all need to calm down about rare earths — opinion Once every decade or so, the world goes through a collective freak-out about rare earths. Bloomberg Opinion | May 30, 2019 | 12:11 pm
IMO 2020, EVs, and steel — a perfect storm in the needle coke sector? The new regulations may have a further, more unexpected effect on the steel sector, and the nascent electric vehicle battery industry. Wood Mackenzie | May 30, 2019 | 11:57 am
Copper market faces larger shortages, supply issues simmer Benchmark copper prices on the London Metal Exchange, trading at around $5,850 a tonne, have tumbled nearly 9% this month. Reuters | May 30, 2019 | 11:55 am
Mapped: Who owns the world’s gold reserves Central banks around the globe have been on a gold buying spree this year, with Russia and China, leading the pack. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 30, 2019 | 11:45 am
China willing to meet reasonable rare earth demand from other countries China is willing to meet reasonable demand for rare earths from other countries, but it would be unacceptable that countries using Chinese rare earths to manufacture products would turn around and suppress China. Reuters | May 30, 2019 | 11:39 am