Canada’s Pure Gold starts trading in London The decision to take a dual listing comes as Canadian investors shun junior miners, preferring the buzz and growth potential of cannabis producers. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 21, 2019 | 2:39 am
Victory Metals’ big vanadium find To date, Victory Metals has drilled 8,400 metres on the Iron Point project in Nevada. Amanda Stutt | May 20, 2019 | 3:37 pm
Confusing signals cloud London nickel market — opinion The LME nickel market was last week gripped by the most acute tightness in a decade. Reuters | May 20, 2019 | 1:19 pm
Norsk Hydro given nod to restore output at Alunorte alumina plant The plant, a key supplier to the aluminium industry, currently operates at half of its capacity after a spill in February 2018. Reuters | May 20, 2019 | 12:57 pm
Zambia’s Lungu seeks new investor in Vedanta-controlled copper miner London-listed Vedanta said in a statement that it was seeking an urgent meeting with Lungu over the future of KCM. Reuters | May 20, 2019 | 12:41 pm
SolGold in talks to finance long-life Ecuador copper project Ecuador has attracted a flurry of interest from big miners eager to increase their exposure to copper. Reuters | May 20, 2019 | 12:30 pm
Lonmin plans to cut 4,100 workers as it closes platinum mines The platinum producer has started a process that’s required under South African labor law to carry out the workforce reductions. Bloomberg News | May 20, 2019 | 10:00 am
Tanzania fines Acacia Mining $2.4m over alleged pollution Acacia, majority-owned by Barrick Gold, is embroiled in a long-running tax dispute with Tanzania. Reuters | May 20, 2019 | 9:44 am
Sibanye keeps option to increase Lonmin offer against rival bid Sibanye Gold reiterated that its increased offer for Lonmin is final, but kept its option open to sweeten the deal for the platinum producer should a rival bid emerge. Bloomberg News | May 20, 2019 | 9:35 am