Vale loses spot as world’s top iron ore producer to Rio Tinto The negative effect on the miner's balance sheet will be formally informed when releasing full-year results on Feb. 20. Reuters | February 12, 2020 | 5:05 am
Barrick beats forecasts, hikes dividend by 40% as gold prices soar The miner will pay a dividend of 7 cents a share, up from 5 cents in the previous quarter. Cecilia Jamasmie | February 12, 2020 | 3:49 am
Virus hits China’s gold jewelry demand as shoppers stay away Jewelry retailers are shortening business hours and managing time off for employees in an effort to prevent the disease from spreading. Bloomberg News | February 11, 2020 | 4:24 pm
Trilogy Metals, South32 JV creates Ambler Metals The partnership aims to advance the Arctic and Bornite projects in Alaska’s Ambler mining district. MINING.COM Editor | February 11, 2020 | 4:02 pm
Harmony Gold’s rebounding profits give hunt for acquisitions fresh impetus Harmony previously expressed interest in acquiring AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine in South Africa Reuters | February 11, 2020 | 2:30 pm
Micromine releases Geobank 2020 for geological data management Geobank 2020 has been built with enhancements to provide users with a platform to interact with their geological data using creative intuitive interfaces and customizable forms. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2020 | 12:43 pm
Is coronavirus the black swan that takes gold to-da-moon? Concerns about the outbreak pushed investors from the stock market into long-term government bonds Sunshine Profits | February 11, 2020 | 12:42 pm
Brokk offers BCP Planer for controlled material removal The three models in the BCP series are specially designed to work with Brokk remote-control demolition machines. Brokk | February 11, 2020 | 12:34 pm
Skeena hits more high grades at Eskay Creek Drill highlights include 31.3 metres of 14.82 g/t gold-equivalent. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 11, 2020 | 11:49 am