Glencore commits $45 million to restart First Cobalt refinery in Canada Once operational, the facility will be the only primary producer of refined cobalt for the electric vehicle (EV) market in North America. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 26, 2019 | 10:13 am
Automation technology to be deployed at Westgold operations Autonomous solutions provider RCT is finalizing a major automation project for Westgold Resources at five of its gold mine sites. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 26, 2019 | 10:03 am
Sandvik extends My Sandvik fleet connectivity to other brands The first non-Sandvik machines are expected to be connected to My Sandvik via Newtrax technology in Q4 2019. Sandvik | August 26, 2019 | 9:36 am
Top vanadium producer sees demand rising after prices slump Evraz Plc, the world’s largest vanadium producer outside China, says steelmakers are boosting their use of the metal again. Bloomberg News | August 26, 2019 | 9:22 am
China passes law allowing regions to set resource taxes Major resources such as crude oil or rare earths will still be subject to a fixed tax rate set by the central government. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 9:01 am
IAMGOLD resumes operations at gold mine in Suriname Rosebel mine was temporarily shuttered in early August after a clash between illegal miners and police, which left one person dead. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 26, 2019 | 7:29 am
Gold pares gains as Trump ratchets down China trade-war tension Bullion futures for December delivery advanced 0.1% to $1,539.60 an ounce at 9:34 a.m. on the Comex in New York, after surging as much as 1.8% to the highest since 2013 earlier. Bloomberg News | August 26, 2019 | 7:21 am
Bayhorse Silver explores Brandywine project in British Columbia The company was able to confirm historic gold and silver drill hole locations and found the historic drill core. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 26, 2019 | 6:15 am
Get cracking: Lynas scouts for rare earths plant to meet Malaysian demands Lynas has four years to build a plant that will remove low-level radioactivity from the material it ships to Malaysia. Reuters | August 26, 2019 | 6:00 am