Australia’s gold production may rise to record in 2018 – report Production in 2017 rose by 3 tonnes from the year before to 301 tonnes, equal to about 9.7 million ounces and the highest since 1999. Reuters | March 4, 2018 | 1:11 pm
Commander and Fjordland announce $1.2 million exploration program in Labrador Their 29,400-hectare property is located in central Labrador, 80 kilometres south of Vale’s Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 4, 2018 | 1:02 pm
Lundin Gold eyes growth after mine in Ecuador built “We want to grow to be an at least 1-million-ounce-a-year producer with three to four operations,” said Chief Executive Ron Hochstein at PDAC. Reuters | March 4, 2018 | 11:37 am
Trump has spoken with world leaders, no tariff exemptions President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he would impose hefty tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to protect U.S. producers. Reuters | March 4, 2018 | 10:58 am
Fifty-five workers back to surface after fire at potash facility in Saskatchewan After spending almost an entire day at underground refuge stations, 55 workers at The Mosaic Company’s K2 potash facility made it safely to surface. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 4, 2018 | 10:38 am
Manganese’s novel chemical state could create more efficient batteries According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, this new state enables a high-performance, low-cost sodium-ion battery. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 4, 2018 | 10:00 am
Kaminak founder restarts gold project in Nevada with a $12M drill program Sterling is already permitted. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 4, 2018 | 1:02 am
US judge rules against Venezuela in dispute with Rusoro Judge Richard J. Leon has stayed Rusoro’s CSID Expropriation award against Venezuela registered in the U.S. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 2, 2018 | 6:00 pm
Trevali and Puma join forces in New Brunswick Trevali will provide aCDN$7.5 million in funding to Puma in order for them to finalize the 100% acquisition of the Murray Brook Deposit. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | March 2, 2018 | 4:27 pm