Metallon halts output at three Zimbabwe gold mines over debts
A South African newspaper reported that the owner of the company is considering selling the operations.
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Gold-bull breakout potential
Gold has been consolidating high, quietly basing before its next challenge to major $1350 bull-market resistance.
Swedish scientists develop fastest hydrogen sensor for hydrogen-powered vehicles
The device is capable of detecting 0.1 percent hydrogen in the air in less than a second.
Las Bambas’ copper out to the markets after 68-day blockade
The Nueva Fuerabamba community agreed to let Las Bambas' trucks circulate through the Corredor Minero del Sur.
Coeur Mining’s shares hit on first quarter 2019 production and sales report
The miner maintains production guidance for 2019.
Orocobre and Toyota green light lithium hydroxide plant in Japan
The majority of production will feed the Japanese battery industry and will be sourced from the lithium carbonate produced from Orocobre’s Olaroz mine in Argentina.
Antofagasta to decide on $3B Centinela mine expansion by 2021
Speaking on the sidelines of the World Copper Conference held this week in Santiago, chief executive Iván Arriagada said the company will only go ahead with the project if it meets Antofagasta’s return criteria.
Polish parliament’s lower house approves 15% cut to copper tax
If rubber-stamped by the senate, the move would give state-run KGHM a bit more room to breathe, as the miner has been struggling with rising costs, falling copper prices, technical problems and higher-than-expected capital spending in the past years.
Brazil President says Amazon rainforest reserve should be opened to mining
President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday the country could open a vast reserve in the Amazon rainforest to mining, a move attempted by his predecessor that was quickly rescinded following an international environmental outcry.
