Bedford report lists mining’s top paid executives and directors The top earning mining executive was Mark Rosenthal, the COO and former chairman and CEO of MP Materials at C$29 million. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 12, 2022 | 11:03 am
Tunisia targets doubling phosphate output as economy languishes Reaching the target of 8 million tons in the next two years, up from 3.9 million in 2021, would raise production to levels Tunisia hasn’t experienced since before its Arab Spring uprising. Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 11:01 am
Coal slurry dam spills near historic South African game reserve An estimated 1,500 cubic meters of liquid known as slurry leaked after a dam collapsed on Dec. 24 following heavy rains. Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 10:24 am
Metals traders are bracing for the next big supply squeeze Industrial metal markets are marching higher again, as production outages and shrinking inventories revive worries about global supplies. Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 10:08 am
Serbia to decide on Rio Tinto’s lithium mine after April election Rio Tinto recently committed $2.4 billion to develop a lithium-borates project in the western Jadar valley. Reuters | January 12, 2022 | 10:00 am
Nigeria woos Barrick and Rio Tinto to spur nascent mining industry Barrick, the world’s second biggest gold miner, is among the firms said to be interested in coming to Nigeria. Bloomberg News | January 12, 2022 | 9:47 am
Filo Mining intersects high silver grade of 1,214 g/t, stock surges "This is one of the longest, highest-grade silver intercepts seen globally in a long time," Filo's CEO says. . MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 12, 2022 | 9:34 am
Galleon Gold delivers first West Cache PEA with $120m capex Average annual production would be 85,500 oz gold with an estimated 873,200 oz recovered over the life of the mine. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | January 12, 2022 | 7:38 am
WATCH: BlackRock says boom could last decades as copper price tops $10,000 “We’ve got decades worth of high rates of investment into infrastructure as the world seeks to decarbonize. That’s a widely held consensual view." MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 12, 2022 | 6:32 am