Gold price nears 1-week high amid rising omicron fears Still, the outlook for gold in the first quarter of 2022 is upbeat, an analyst says. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 27, 2021 | 8:59 am
Russia’s Severstal will need to pay $340m in extra taxes in 2022 The additional payment is due to changes in the calculation of a mineral extraction tax and the excise tax on steel. Reuters | December 27, 2021 | 8:46 am
Indonesia president launches $2.7 billion China-backed ferronickel plant The plant will be able to process 13 million tonnes of nickel ore annually. Reuters | December 27, 2021 | 8:34 am
Top lithium stories of 2021 and what to expect in 2022 Limited supply not only helped prices, but pushed companies to try meet demand, which made lithium take centre stage in our coverage. Cecilia Jamasmie | December 27, 2021 | 3:00 am
Misstep could reignite blockade against Las Bambas copper mine in Peru The president of the Fighting Committee for the Mining Corridor said that if the government proposal was not reasonable, a new blockade would be launched against Las Bambas. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 26, 2021 | 12:31 pm
Researchers link cobalt mining in the DRC to violence, substance abuse, food-water insecurity An interdisciplinary group of researchers is calling for more data on how emerging technologies affect human health and livelihoods. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 26, 2021 | 10:17 am
World economy now set to surpass $100 trillion in 2022 China will overtake the U.S. in 2030, two years later than forecast a year ago. Bloomberg News | December 26, 2021 | 9:41 am
Russia’s largest new copper deposit to be developed under UN Global Compact guidelines Udokan Copper, owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov's holding firm USM, has joined the UN Global Compact. MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 26, 2021 | 8:25 am
Codelco requests second arbitration against Ecuador over copper project The Llurimagua project has been the subject of commercial tensions since November 2020. Reuters | December 24, 2021 | 1:03 pm