Citi: It’s ‘only a matter of time’ before gold price hits a record Bullish factors building in the bullion market are set to see prices take out the record set in 2011, according to Citigroup. Bloomberg News | July 20, 2020 | 6:15 am
South32 Q4 manganese output eases The world's largest producer of manganese ore produced 1.23 million wet metric tonnes (wmt) in the quarter ended June 30. Reuters | July 20, 2020 | 6:03 am
Sumitomo scores legal victory in Bolivia The Plurinational Constitutional Court ruled that due process was violated in a two-year-long labour dispute. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 19, 2020 | 10:37 am
BHP’s C-19 Tracer app may be rolled out within Chile’s mining industry Local media report that BHP is proposing the idea of expanding the use of the covid-19 contact tracing app beyond its mine sites. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 19, 2020 | 7:30 am
Scientists take baby-step towards better storage, recycling of nuclear fuel Curium may be the key that opens the door towards designing new strategies to control chemical separation used in nuclear recycling. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | July 19, 2020 | 7:01 am
Cobalt price: BMW avoids the Congo conundrum – for now German firm's unique deal with world's only primary cobalt mine avoids DRC human rights problems entirely, something no cellphone or carmaker can claim. Frik Els | July 17, 2020 | 4:56 pm
US asks judge to block miner’s share sale of Citgo parent Crystallex International is seeking to enforce a $1.4 billion arbitration award against Venezuela, most of which remains unpaid. Bloomberg News | July 17, 2020 | 3:19 pm
Despite Brazil’s covid-19 spike, Minister of Mines optimistic Bento Albuquerque said revenue from mineral production in H1 2020 was 1% higher than in the first half of 2019. Bruno Venditti | July 17, 2020 | 2:50 pm
India, China gold retail markets reel from pandemic pain Physical bullion remained out of favour this week among consumers in top hubs China and India in the grip of the coronavirus Reuters | July 17, 2020 | 1:30 pm