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Investors can’t get enough of South America’s ‘lithium triangle’

More than half of the world’s identified resources of the mineral are found in South America's "lithium triangle", a region where Canada's Wealth Minerals has been acquiring assets.

MINING.com Editor | September 20, 2016 | 4:30 am

Five years of deficits will keep zinc price on the boil

New report forecasts very tight market conditions as stocks drop to below 5% of consumption by the end of the decade compared to more than 11% this year.

Frik Els | September 20, 2016 | 3:59 am

Breakthrough review shows geoscientists’ job prospects directly tied to mineral commodity price movements

As commodity prices dip, job prospects for geoscientists plummet – with little or no lag time between one outcome following the other.

Australian Institute of Geoscientists | September 20, 2016 | 3:00 am

Newmont’s aggressive expansion plans

One million ounces at all-in cost below $700 by mid-2017.

Frik Els | September 20, 2016 | 2:32 am

Rio Tinto is no longer worried about China’s growth

The world’s second largest miner says is now rather “cautiously optimistic” in relation to what China's effect on commodity prices has in store.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2016 | 11:00 am

Precious metals recover lost ground as traders count down to Fed meeting

Most investors expect the Fed to put off raising rates, which would keep gold as an attractive asset to buy.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2016 | 5:56 am

For mining companies, digitization is the next gold rush — Barrick’s Thornton

The only way companies will cut costs and increase efficiency will be to embed digital technologies in every dimension of how mines are operated and managed, says Barrick Gold.

Barrick Gold Corporation | September 19, 2016 | 5:00 am

Petra Diamond sees shiny 2017 for the global industry

The miner is confident in the long term outlook for the diamond industry and it expects is to be cash flow positive in the second half of the current financial year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 19, 2016 | 5:00 am