Canada invests $72 million in clean technology for two Alberta companies The funds will go to oil sands producer Canadian Natural Resources and Titanium Corp.'s Creating Value from Waste (CVW) technology. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 14, 2019 | 2:58 pm
SQM receives environmental approval for Chile lithium plant expansion The $400 million plant expansion, once complete, would allow the Chinese-backed SQM to eventually produce as much as 180,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate a year from its Atacama salt flat operations. Reuters | March 14, 2019 | 2:50 pm
Gold-backed ETFs fell in February, following four months of inflows But global gold-backed ETF flows remain positive on the year ($1.7 billion) on the back of strong inflows in January. Amanda Stutt | March 14, 2019 | 2:08 pm
Funds blast Goldcorp chair’s ‘terrible’ $12 million package Goldcorp’s attempt to top-up its chairman’s retirement haul has met significant resistance. Bloomberg News | March 14, 2019 | 12:52 pm
Barrick to revise 2019 guidance following Newmont JV Following its $6.1B merger with Randgold in January, Barrick set a bullish guidance for 2019, forecasting a double-digit jump in output. MINING.com Editor | March 14, 2019 | 12:34 pm
Leagold achieves higher gold production with 2018 acquisitions More than half the company’s 2018 gold production came from its Los Filos gold mine in Mexico, which produced 195,362 oz. gold last year. Northern Miner Staff | March 14, 2019 | 12:22 pm
Reunion Gold completes resource estimate on Nivre in French Guiana The Nivre deposit contains 18.9 million indicated tonnes grading 1.09 grams gold per tonne for 665,000 ounces of gold. Northern Miner Staff | March 14, 2019 | 12:15 pm
Floating solar panels to boost efficiency at Chilean copper mine The newly installed panels at the Los Bronces copper mine have the capacity to produce 86 kilowatts. Reuters | March 14, 2019 | 11:41 am
Once-mighty Canadian mining losing ground to global competitors Mega-mergers by Canada’s two largest gold companies, Barrick Gold Corp. and Goldcorp Inc., stand to erode its global influence. Bloomberg News | March 14, 2019 | 11:30 am