NorZinc hits permitting milestone on road to Prairie Creek The project has 8.1 million tonnes in proven and probable mineral reserves grading 8.64% zinc, 8.1% lead and 124.22 grams silver per tonne David Perri | January 18, 2020 | 12:49 pm
Trade war has copper prices artificially low, Chile minister says The phase-one trade deal between the US and China may bring some relief. Bloomberg News | January 17, 2020 | 3:25 pm
Fresh high for iron ore price as Chinese steel breaks records Crude steel output was just shy of 1 billion tonnes in 2019, up 8.3%. Frik Els | January 17, 2020 | 3:13 pm
LME stock surge grounds high-flying nickel, but for how long? London Metal Exchange inventory has more than doubled in the space of little more than a month. Reuters | January 17, 2020 | 2:58 pm
Goldsource plans ‘significant’ drilling, expects resource update mid-2020 This year, Goldsource has work planned to advance the project towards prefeasibility stage. Jackson Chen | January 17, 2020 | 2:38 pm
Omineca stakes 13 more claims at Wingdam, stock soars The project has geological similarities and a location parallel to the multi-million ounce gold resource at Osisko Gold Royalties' Cariboo Gold Project MINING.com Editor | January 17, 2020 | 2:32 pm
Minera Alamos starts construction on Santana mine in Mexico Minera Alamos holds two development projects in its project portfolio that can be quickly ramped up to production. Trish Saywell - The Northern Miner | January 17, 2020 | 1:45 pm
A global look at high-risk tailings dams A third of the world’s tailings dams are at high risk of causing catastrophic damage to nearby communities if they crumble. MINING.com Editor | January 17, 2020 | 1:15 pm
Gold stocks wavering Stock traders must remain wary until speculators’ extreme gold-futures positioning finally gets normalized through big selling. Adam Hamilton - Zeal Intelligence | January 17, 2020 | 1:08 pm