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First new all-electric mine dumps diesel; cuts costs, pollution

Hundreds of feet below thick forest blanketing the Canadian Shield, a squad of near-silent, battery-powered machines are tunneling toward gold in an experiment to ditch diesel.

Reuters | June 21, 2018 | 1:35 pm

Trump vows to open Minnesota’s Superior National Forest to mines

Trumps administration will soon be “taking the first steps” to rescind a move made by the Obama administration to put the national forest off limits to industry activity.

Bloomberg News | June 21, 2018 | 12:21 pm

Zambia aiming for power prices that reflect costs by end 2018

The new measure will affect global mining firms including First Quantum Minerals, Glencore, Barrick Gold Corp and Vedanta Resources which currently pay a flat rate of 9.30 cents/kWh.

Reuters | June 21, 2018 | 12:01 pm

Miner Petropavlovsk’s biggest shareholder outlines his case for change

Petropavlovsk's largest shareholder, who is calling for an overhaul of the board, plans to sell the company's stake in an iron ore unit and draw up gold sector deals.

Reuters | June 21, 2018 | 11:31 am

Trade worries aside, copper price has further to fall

"Metals markets are well supplied and weaker demand from China will prove too strong a headwind for prices," says new report.

Frik Els | June 21, 2018 | 11:03 am

Cobalt explorers see Congo mine law offset by price, high grades

Junior miners exploring for cobalt in the DRC reckon increased prices and the country’s high-grade deposits will offset the added costs of new legislation larger companies have opposed.

Bloomberg News | June 21, 2018 | 11:00 am

Global copper output up 7.1 pct in first three months of 2018

Miners around the globe produced 330,000 more tonnes of copper between January and March this year than in the same period of 2017, helped by higher production in world’s leader Chile.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 21, 2018 | 10:53 am