Glencore’s Zambia subsidiary to resume mining operations temporarily Mopani will resume activities for 90 days but still expects to place its mining operations on care and maintenance afterwards. Reuters | May 3, 2020 | 9:18 am
Copper market heading for 200,000-300,000 tonne surplus in 2020 – Antofagasta chief Antofagasta chief executive said operation halts at some mines are offsetting depressed demand due to the covid-19 pandemic. Reuters | May 3, 2020 | 8:56 am
Scientists develop stretchable lithium-ion battery The flexible energy storage system is aimed at wearable and body-implantable electronic devices. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | May 3, 2020 | 7:00 am
INTERVIEW: Nompumelelo (Mpumi) Zikalala, managing director De Beers De Beers manager says company need to find new and sustainable ways to recover diamonds. Global BUsiness Reports | May 2, 2020 | 2:39 pm
INTERVIEW: Peyman Moeini president, Peytec Peytec uses proprietary WPSN network products to enable complex transactions to be eliminated. Global Business Reports | May 2, 2020 | 11:44 am
Balmoral announces high-grade discovery at Fenelon in Quebec The property forms part of the company’s district-scale Detour Gold Trend project, about 75 km west-northwest of Matagami in Québec, Canada. Northern Miner Staff | May 1, 2020 | 3:21 pm
US lawmakers fault Trump for failing to curb Chinese aluminum overcapacity Senators said neither the Phase 1 trade deal with China, nor Trump’s separate 10% tariffs imposed on aluminum imports in 2018 had solved the underlying problem. Reuters | May 1, 2020 | 3:06 pm
Negative crude oil price, industrial materials update The world was oversupplied at any rate and then a whole bunch of demand went away and it didn’t go away slowly. Sprott Media | May 1, 2020 | 1:15 pm
Pretium reports Q1 profit at Brucejack, shares up Company announced adjusted earnings of $25.9 million up from $16.5 million in the same period of 2019. MINING.COM Staff Writer | May 1, 2020 | 12:24 pm