Scotland’s first commercial gold mine to open in early 2020 Access to ore is still expected by December and the company plans to stockpile ore in the period leading to the beginning of operations. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 28, 2019 | 9:32 am
Glencore awarded just $19m by tribunal in Colombia lawsuit A World Bank tribunal has ordered Colombia to repay a $19 million fine it levied on Glencore's coal mining subsidiary Prodeco. Reuters | August 28, 2019 | 9:10 am
Excelsior to deliver first copper production from Arizona by year-end The Gunnison project in Arizona is more than 90% finished. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 28, 2019 | 6:20 am
Diamond project in Nunavut yields encouraging results GGL Resources just completed a ground geophysical survey program on the Stein diamond project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 28, 2019 | 6:15 am
Papua New Guinea may close Chinese-owned nickel plant after spill The leakage from the facility, owned by Metallurgical Corporation of China, affected the adjacent Basamuk Bay. Reuters | August 28, 2019 | 5:22 am
Canada’s Crystal Peak receives US approval for massive potash mine in Utah The Department of the Interior’s decision also enables the Toronto-based miner to accelerate financing and off-take deals. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 28, 2019 | 4:23 am
Probe Metals finds new high-grade zone at Monique property The Monique project is owned by Montreal’s Monarch Gold, and Probe is earning a 60% interest. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | August 27, 2019 | 3:19 pm
Outlook positive on Chinese demand for metals despite trade dispute — report China's domestic demand for industrial metals will be supported in Q419 and 2020 as the government gears up to provide additional targeted stimulus. MINING.com Editor | August 27, 2019 | 2:56 pm
US appeals court revives aluminum antitrust cases vs Goldman, JPMorgan, Glencore Purchasers accused banks and commodity trading, mining and metals warehousing companies of conspiring to hoard aluminum inventory earlier this decade. Reuters | August 27, 2019 | 1:12 pm