Premier updates ‘cornerstone asset’ PEA for McCoy-Cove Study suggests an 8-year, 1,070 t/d underground mine, producing an average of 102,000 gold oz. annually at all-in sustaining costs of $948 per oz. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 18, 2021 | 5:00 am
Barrick’s Bristow to buy diamond miner Barrick Gold’s president and CEO would add beleaguered Rockwell Diamonds to his personal portfolio if the miner agrees to delist and be taken private. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 18, 2021 | 3:50 am
What China’s increasing control over cobalt resources in the DRC means for the West – report Roskill says China’s increasing control over copper and cobalt resources in the DRC could pose a threat to western market participants. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 17, 2021 | 12:56 pm
SQM says relations with indigenous communities are improving SQM said it is is making progress in improving relations with the communities that live around the Atacama salt flat. Reuters | January 17, 2021 | 11:35 am
Crystallex closer to being paid off by Venezuela The Canadian miner received a favourable ruling related to the gold mine that the Hugo Chávez regime expropriated back in 2008. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 17, 2021 | 10:58 am
Vedanta reopens Gamsberg zinc mine in South Africa The Gamsberg mine was closed in November after the pit wall collapsed. Reuters | January 17, 2021 | 9:22 am
Hardy bacteria turn out to be good cobalt miners Geobacter could become the basis of new biotechnology to reclaim and recycle cobalt from lithium-ion batteries. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 17, 2021 | 7:22 am
More than precious: silver’s role in the new energy era Long known as a precious metal, silver also has industrial applications metal for an eco-friendly future. Nicholas LePan - Visual Capitalist | January 15, 2021 | 3:07 pm
Nornickel joins blockchain network for responsible minerals sourcing RSBN is an industry collaboration across the minerals supply chain using blockchain technology to support responsible sourcing and production practices from mine to market. MINING.com Editor | January 15, 2021 | 2:54 pm