In blow to Vedanta, Zambian court rules KCM liquidator to stay in post The government accuses Vedanta of failing to honour licence conditions, including promised investment. Reuters | January 6, 2021 | 8:55 am
Autonomous startup used by mining trucks backed by BP, Tencent Oxbotica has raised $47 million in a fresh funding round that will go toward developing and deploying its products. Bloomberg News | January 6, 2021 | 8:45 am
O3 restarts Quebec drilling with 12 rigs Company has restarted drilling in Val d’Or as part of a 150,000-metre program in Quebec. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 6, 2021 | 7:56 am
Goldman proclaims the dawn of a new commodity supercycle Goldman’s view is predicated on how the world will recover from the pandemic with an emphasis on a green industrial revolution. Reuters | January 6, 2021 | 7:51 am
Protest blocks $530m worth of copper from Las Bambas A three-week-long roadblock protest by locals has prevented mine from exporting 189,000 tonnes of copper concentrate. Reuters | January 6, 2021 | 7:32 am
New Found Gold boosts Queensway budget to C$35M, drilling to 200,000 metres Based on drill results at its Queensway gold project in Newfoundland, junior has doubled the size of its drill program. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 6, 2021 | 6:49 am
Taseko Mines to move ahead with Arizona copper project The Florence town council won't appeal the Aquifer protection permit (APP) for the project. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 6, 2021 | 6:40 am
Production at Kamoa-Kakula less than six months away Ivanhoe Mines reported record-setting progress in December at the DRC copper project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 6, 2021 | 6:20 am
Rhyolite encouraged by exploration results at Suriname gold project The Brothers project is located 45 kilometers south of Newmont’s Merian mine. MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 6, 2021 | 6:15 am