Brazil’s Vale 4th-qtr profit misses as costs rise, forex weighs Vale said in a securities filing that net income totaled $771 million, compared with an average consensus estimate of $2.537 billion. Reuters | February 27, 2018 | 4:19 pm
Energy Fuels wins approval to expand uranium, vanadium mines in Utah The BLM also allows the expansion of the Daneros uranium mine if it implements additional emission controls. Reuters | February 27, 2018 | 3:21 pm
Lithium glut? No way, say industry executives eyeing demand Prices for lithium have more than doubled in the past two years on forecasts for massive demand from the electric vehicle industry. Reuters | February 27, 2018 | 3:11 pm
Scotland to have its first commercial gold mine Scotgold Resources plans to build an underground operation with an initial production capacity of 12,000 ounces of gold annually for up to 17 years. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2018 | 1:54 pm
Paulson’s right: gold producers must fix their bad M&A habits Potential buyers need to make a judgment that they will be able to increase the resources and reserves of any mine they buy. Bloomberg News | February 27, 2018 | 12:44 pm
Agnico Eagle is reviewing cobalt assets after receiving interest In the interim, the company is still focused on its core business of building and running gold mines. Bloomberg News | February 27, 2018 | 12:24 pm
Scotiabank pulls plug on sale of metals business The bulk of ScotiaMocatta's business is in precious metals and it is one of five banks that clear bullion in London's $5 trillion a year gold market. Reuters | February 27, 2018 | 11:45 am
Zambia to start forcing miners to move 30% of minerals by rail Country's Chamber of Mines says rail system is not ready to handle that amount of cargo, adding that the potential impact on the mining industry has not been properly considered. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2018 | 9:20 am
Fresnillo tanks as 2017 profit misses expectations, says costs to rise The Mexico-focused precious metals miner expects cost inflation this year to be about 7%, compared with the 6.4% it faced in 2017. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 27, 2018 | 7:50 am