New Cat 657 Wheel Tractor-Scraper for low-cost earthmoving With a 7% increase in fuel efficiency over the 657G WTS, the new unit is able to move more material per unit of fuel. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | December 2, 2020 | 4:50 pm
Gold & the USDX: correlations Even if the USD Index is to decline further from here, the implications are not particularly bullish for the precious metals market. Przemyslaw Radomski - Sunshine Profits | December 2, 2020 | 12:58 pm
Newmont’s Musselwhite mine ramping up to full operations Commercial production has been restored at the mine's conveyor system. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 2, 2020 | 10:51 am
Copper bonanza is emboldening unions in biggest-producing nation The confluence of factors turning producers into cash machines is also emboldening workers in Chile, raising the risk of stoppages in a hectic period. Bloomberg News | December 2, 2020 | 10:50 am
US gold futures beginning to overcome coronavirus shock More than 400,000 December contracts representing over 40 million ounces of gold have been swapped this month for futures expiring in February. Reuters | December 2, 2020 | 9:58 am
Vale reduces 2020 iron ore output forecast Company expects to produce 300-305 million tonnes this year, missing a previously lowered 2020 target of at least 310 million tonnes. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 2, 2020 | 9:27 am
Gold price rebounds on stimulus bets, weak dollar Gold registered its worst monthly performance in four years in November. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 2, 2020 | 9:14 am
India court rejects restart of Vedanta copper smelter Country's top court has rejected Vedanta’s petition to restart for three months its shuttered smelter in the southern Tamil Nadu state. Bloomberg News | December 2, 2020 | 8:35 am
China coking coal surges as covid throttles Mongolia border Coking coal prices in China have soared to a four-year high after a new covid-19 outbreak slowed border crossings from Mongolia. Bloomberg News | December 2, 2020 | 8:10 am