ABB, Hitachi to develop GHG-reducing solutions The companies plan to apply ABB’s electrification, automation and digital solutions to mining trucks and excavators provided by Hitachi. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 31, 2021 | 6:08 am
Artemis awards $186m EPC contract for Blackwater plant in British Columbia Ausenco Engineering won the contract for a 5.5 million-tonne-a-year processing plant and related infrastructure at the Blackwater gold project in central B.C. Magda Gardner - The Northern Miner | March 31, 2021 | 6:00 am
Congo launches state-owned cobalt miner Entreprise Générale du Cobalt will sell cobalt hydroxide from artisanal miners under a five-year contract with trading house Trafigura. Cecilia Jamasmie | March 31, 2021 | 3:53 am
50-year gold price vs stocks chart shows bullion fair value above $2,500 Gold vs the S&P 500 since end of gold standard indicates bullion’s bull run to resume based on historical norm. That, or stocks are in for a beating. Frik Els | March 30, 2021 | 3:59 pm
The metals of antiquity – copper If gold has been humankind's most valuable friend throughout the ages, copper has certainly been our most useful. Rob Tyson - Mining International Ltd. | March 30, 2021 | 3:17 pm
Taseko Mines clears legal hurdles at Florence; advances copper projects Final design and engineering of the commercial in-situ production facility and the procurement of other critical components is underway. Northern Miner Staff | March 30, 2021 | 1:45 pm
Copper price below $4 as investors wait for US bill Investors eye details of a large US infrastructure bill that could boost metals demand. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 30, 2021 | 10:58 am
Feasibility from Marathon Gold outlines $305m open pit at Valentine The initial 6,800 t/d mill option includes gravity concentration and cyanidation of the concentrates and tails. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 30, 2021 | 10:53 am
Top iron ore producer forecasts 50% fall in price Australia’s chief economist expects iron ore to trade nearly $100/tonne below today’s price by end of next year and no return to triple digits. MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 30, 2021 | 10:49 am