Republican lawmakers call for measures to spur new US uranium mining Trump created the United States Nuclear Fuel Working Group in July to help uranium miners and nuclear industry struggling with foreign competition. Reuters | October 1, 2019 | 2:53 pm
Eastmain reports drill results from Eleonore South JV Eleonore South is a three-way joint venture of Eastmain, Azimut Exploration of Montreal and Newmont Goldcorp. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 1, 2019 | 2:50 pm
Geomega ups daily throughput of proposed rare earths plant The new study has economies of scale to process 1.5 t/d using 5,000-litre reactors. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 1, 2019 | 2:48 pm
Pala Investments sweetens acquisition deal for Cobalt 27 by $23m, shares up Shareholders had earlier opposed the deal, stating it 'undervalued' the company. MINING.com Editor | October 1, 2019 | 2:39 pm
Zimbabwe rejects US claim that diamond mine uses forced labour Zimbabwe has accused the US of ignorance after blocking rough diamond imports from the Marange fields. Bloomberg News | October 1, 2019 | 2:38 pm
Rio reports results from Forum Energy’s Janice Lake The Janice Lake property is owned by Transition Metals and optioned to Forum. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | October 1, 2019 | 2:13 pm
Pure Gold nearly doubles strike length of Wedge zone at Madsen The Madsen Red Lake mine is Canada’s highest-grade development-stage gold project, the company says. Jackson Chen | October 1, 2019 | 1:56 pm
Lithium at two-year low hobbles US bid to loosen China’s grip on market The lowest lithium prices in over two years are hampering a handful of miners that want to challenge China’s dominance in the market. Bloomberg News | October 1, 2019 | 12:59 pm
Congo mine deploys digital weapons in fight against conflict minerals It's the latest initiative in eastern DRC to improve systems meant to show minerals entering global supply chains come from mines that don’t use child labour or fund warlords and corrupt soldiers. Reuters | October 1, 2019 | 12:52 pm