2,500 job cuts weren’t enough for world’s no. 2 platinum miner Implats isn’t the only one facing difficulties, with about half of the industry’s production estimated to be unprofitable. Bloomberg News | July 9, 2018 | 11:38 am
BP is front-runner to buy BHP’s US shale unit The London-based oil major has made the highest offer for the assets, which BHP prefers selling in a single package. Bloomberg News | July 9, 2018 | 11:25 am
Canada’s Barrick, China’s Shandong Gold to deepen ties, look at acquisitions Acquisitions in the metals mining sector have begun to pick up, with an increase in joint ventures between Western and Chinese mining firms. Reuters | July 9, 2018 | 11:14 am
Australia’s Yancoal halts Austar mine amid safety dispute Yancoal said it will start standing down employees, and is aiming to redeploy most workers to other underground operations owned by the company. Reuters | July 9, 2018 | 10:48 am
CHART: Copper, nickel, zinc prices – plenty upside just to revert to mean Even after two years of gains, industrial metals trade well below 10-year mean prices. Silver looks cheap, but gold, crude may be fully priced already. Frik Els | July 9, 2018 | 10:48 am
Invesco turns to Trump playbook for signs of a metal rebound Escalating trade conflict between the U.S. and China has sent industrial metals to oversold territory. Bloomberg News | July 9, 2018 | 10:27 am
Pretium Resources roars back 111,340 oz of gold produced in the second quarter. Michael Allan McCrae | July 9, 2018 | 9:30 am
Tiger Resources’ $260M Congo asset sale to Chinese firm collapses Tiger expects to release a new Life of Mine Plan for the assets in 6-8 weeks. Michael Allan McCrae | July 9, 2018 | 8:22 am
Private equity firm to deploy $550 million into mining sector Targeting close or ready for production. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 9, 2018 | 7:38 am