Heavy rains put pressure on Brazilian iron ore shipments Seasonal rains at the Ponta da Madeira port, Vale's iron ore and manganese loading terminal in the Northern System resulted in fewer shipments from Carajás. Bruno Venditti | March 31, 2021 | 1:24 pm
Biden’s EV plan throws fuel on already hot car-charging sector Biden on Wednesday proposed spending $174 billion to promote EVs and increase the number of charging stations by 12-fold. Bloomberg News | March 31, 2021 | 12:23 pm
Kirkland Lake expects Detour to produce up to 900k oz annually by 2032 Technical report also forecasts average production of 680,000 to 720,000 oz. a year between 2021 and 2024, increasing to 800,000 oz. in 2025. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 31, 2021 | 12:02 pm
Red Chris resource from Newcrest confirms block cave potential Measured and indicated resources contain a total of 13 million gold ounces and 3.7 million tonnes of copper. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 31, 2021 | 11:37 am
Argonaut completes C$10 million placement with Ausenco Argonaut has also provided a Magino construction update, which is proceeding on and ahead of schedule. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 31, 2021 | 11:35 am
Osisko Mining hits high-grade mineralization at Windfall One hole intersected 4.4 m grading 73.3 g/t Au from 702.6 m. Northern Miner Staff | March 31, 2021 | 10:27 am
South Africa union seeks 15% wage hike from gold miners and Eskom Gold producers have in the past argued that above-inflation wage hikes cannot be sustained unless prices also rise. Reuters | March 31, 2021 | 10:11 am
Fund bets $7.4bn on sustaining platinum price rally After being in the doldrums for a decade, South Africa’s platinum miners are increasing payouts as they reap windfall profits from near-record prices. Bloomberg News | March 31, 2021 | 10:07 am
Copper Mountain announces $250 million senior secured bond issue The Vancouver-based company says it plans to use the funds to refinance all existing debt, and to advance its growth projects. Northern Miner Staff | March 31, 2021 | 9:59 am