Miners threaten Congo with legal action over mining code
Regulations to implement the new code are due to be signed into law next week.
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Gold Fields to set aside acquisitions, sees industry costs rising — CEO
The South African gold producer is setting aside pursuit of new acquisitions for a year as it focuses on its existing operations and nearby prospects instead, the bullion producer's chief executive told Reuters late on Tuesday.
Electric vehicles on the road to triple by 2020 — IEA
The number of electric cars, including battery-electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric passenger light-duty vehicles, increased by 57% in 2017 from the previous year.
Here’s what miners are getting wrong when it comes to digital transformation
While the global mining industry is quickly becoming more digitally mature, that transformation continues to focus on productivity and profitability, rather than on much needed innovation, a new study shows.
Mountain Province finds 95-carat diamond in Canada’s far north
The white octahedron of "top clarity" is the largest gem quality diamond and fourth largest stone ever recovered at the company's Gahcho Kué mine, located in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Ivorian miner seeks $375m bauxite venture with Sumitomo
Neighboring Guinea is now China’s largest supplier of bauxite after overtaking Australia in 2017.
RBS to stop financing new coal plants, oil sands or arctic oil projects
Britain’s Royal Bank of Scotland said it had tightened restrictions on project finance and general lending for high-carbon energy projects and companies.
Mountain Province Diamonds joins Canadamark
The Canadamark program verifies that diamonds are natural and untreated, and mined in Canada under a regulatory regime.
Petropavlovsk asks UK regulators to investigate activist shareholders
The London-listed firm is near the end of a quest to bring on technology to boost profits from the treatment of refractory gold ore.
