China Minmetals signs 20m tonnes iron ore purchase agreement with Brazil’s Vale
The state-owned metals and mineral trading firm also signed a 2,400 tonne nickel briquette purchase agreement with Japan's Sumitomo Corp.
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October inflows to gold-backed ETFs up as investors hedged risk -WGC
Worst October since the 2008 financial crisis.
European automakers BMW, Volvo to trial new LME steel contracts
Industry sources say automaker interest bodes well for the contracts, but new contracts usually take years to gain traction and a lack of interest from steelmakers could slow the process.
Tahoe Resources loss less then forecast but wider than last year
With environmental and indigenous opponents of Tahoe's Escobal mine vowing it will never again produce silver, analysts are expecting the company to post its fifth consecutive quarterly loss on Tuesday.
Randgold ready to mediate in Acacia’s Tanzania row before Barrick tie-up
Bristow, who will be CEO of the merged firm, did not give specifics about what that mediation would involve, but said he would be acting in his capacity as Randgold's chief executive not as the head of Barrick.
US Supreme Court mostly in favour of Virginia’s uranium mining ban
The country's top court has given a rather favourable reception to a Virginia law that bans mining at the nation’s largest known uranium deposit
Surge Exploration to buy Atacama Cobalto property in Chile
The property was originally explored as an iron-ore mine prospect but it ended up showing cobalt potential with positive assay results.
Canadian diamond miner grows output from South African mine
Diamcor Mining announced that following its previous release on the initial tender of 2,606.50 carats of rough diamonds, it delivered an additional 5,335.83 carats before the end of October.
Glencore’s Congo unit halts cobalt exports from Kamoto mine
The temporary suspension comes as Katanga found excessive levels of uranium in the mine's ore.