China’s 2020 refined nickel imports slump to 6-year low
Chinese imports of refined nickel fell by 32% year-on-year to 130,700 tonnes in 2020.
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New Gold mulls Rainy River underground expansion
Company expects to increase production at the mine by 22% this year to between 270,000 and 290,000 ounces of gold.
Ivanhoe to launch $16m exploration program at Western Foreland in DRC
The licenses are in close proximity to the Kamoa-Kakula copper project.
ALX Resources requests permit to drill at Gibbons Creek uranium project
The miner says the project shows potential for unconformity-style or deeper, basement-hosted uranium mineralization.
Sprott invests in junior Goliath Resources
Investment firm has injected C$2 million into the junior, giving it a 8.5% stake in the company.
JP Morgan: Commodities have begun new supercycle of “years-long gains”
Commodities have seen four supercycles over the past 100 years — with the last one peaking in 2008 after 12 years of expansion.
Odds ‘n’ Sods Part II: Sinking shafts in South Africa–hot, dangerous, and exhilarating
Eventually, assuming you have no wish to be an academic geologist or a waiter, reality bites and some sort of salaried earth science career is needed to fund the pub breaks.
Taseko raises $200m to fund Florence copper project
The miner said when fully ramped up, Florence will produce 40,000 tonnes of high quality cathode copper annually for the US domestic market.
Newcrest gets nod for $106 million construction funding at Red Chris
Meanwhile, the company reported that its underlying profit nearly doubled in H2 2020.
