Turkey’s Cengiz ready to bid for British Steel if Chinese deal collapses Jingye Group announced a provisional deal to buy British Steel in November but it still hasn't gone through. Reuters | January 26, 2020 | 1:30 pm
Vale raises emergency watch level for its Gongo Soco mine dam after heavy rain The dam is safe and secure, Vale said, but had been on Level 1 watch due to its proximity to the Sul Superior dam, which remains at Level 3. Reuters | January 26, 2020 | 1:15 pm
Waste heat recovery could back clean energy power at mine sites A report suggests that diesel genset efficiency optimization could be the answer to renewables' intermittencies. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 26, 2020 | 1:01 pm
Novel mine reclamation techniques prove effective Researchers at the University of Wyoming were successful at applying geomorphic reclamation. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 26, 2020 | 12:42 pm
Copper price rout continues as China virus spreads Copper price down more than 7% since last week as China locks down 40m people as anger grows over coronavirus outbreak. Frik Els | January 24, 2020 | 11:00 am
Freeport shares dented by output drop, higher 2020 spending The US miner has spent billions in the switch from a depleting open pit and to develop a coexisting underground mine. Reuters | January 24, 2020 | 10:48 am
Gold miner valuations The hefty gold mining earnings are likely to grow even larger in Q4 results. Adam Hamilton - Zeal Intelligence | January 24, 2020 | 10:00 am
IMF aid to Congo Republic on hold over Glencore, Trafigura impasse The IMF bailout hinges on the African nation restructuring the oil-backed loans to the Swiss traders. Reuters | January 24, 2020 | 9:39 am
One year after Vale’s Brazilian dam burst, burying Brumadinho One year ago, a Brazilian dam operated by Vale gave way to a tsunami of 9.7 million cubic meters of mining sludge that buried part of a town and killed 270 people. Bloomberg News | January 24, 2020 | 9:35 am