NGOs push to expel Brazil miner Vale from UN pact over dam disaster "The Brumadinho disaster shows that favoring profit over safety has been Vale's standard operating procedure." Reuters | February 12, 2019 | 12:00 pm
Key support levels for gold miners & gold juniors Gold stocks have to do more to confirm they are in a new bull market. The Daily Gold - Jordan Roy-Byrne | February 12, 2019 | 11:53 am
Livent to export Chinese lithium in 2019 due to subsidy uncertainty The action will increase Livent's sale taxes in China but give it greater access to growing markets for lithium in Japan, South Korea and elsewhere. Reuters | February 12, 2019 | 11:19 am
South Africa’s Sibanye-Stillwater may restructure loss-making gold shafts Gold producers in Africa's most industrialised economy, have seen profits squeezed by rising costs, labour unrest and declining grades. Reuters | February 12, 2019 | 11:01 am
Firestone shares on fire after finding 70-carat diamond in Lesotho The white, makeable diamond is the largest found so far this year and follows the recovery of a 46-carat, gem quality white rock in December. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 12, 2019 | 10:50 am
Newcrest sells Côte d’Ivoire project to Canada’s Roxgold in $30 million deal Roxgold believes the project has near-term development potential due to its Antenna deposit, which hosts an inferred resource of 5.8 million tonnes. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 12, 2019 | 10:49 am
Harmony Gold in talks to build solar power plant Eskom's troubles are a big headache for heavy energy users in South Africa, particularly gold mining companies. Reuters | February 12, 2019 | 10:44 am
Nickel rally fades, electric vehicle buzz doesn’t Was it another false dawn for the nickel market? Reuters | February 12, 2019 | 10:37 am
Trudeau cabinet minister quits amid SNC-Lavalin controversy The statement doesn’t offer a reason for her departure. Bloomberg News | February 12, 2019 | 10:21 am