Gold price back above $1,800 as Fed prepares to taper asset purchases
“There is some short-term momentum building in gold as some investors look for an inflation hedge," one analyst says.
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Pretium Resources makes new discovery around Brucejack
CEO Jacques Perron said the find affirmed the district-scale potential of the Brucejack project in British Columbia.
Mining firms seek ‘stability’ for sector in new Chilean constitution
Miners will deliver a proposal document to the elected assembly drafting a new constitution for the world's largest copper producer.
Mineral Resources to restart Wodgina mine as EV demand boosts lithium prices
The production would restart in the third quarter of 2022 initially.
Sibanye-Stillwater in talks to buy two Brazilian nickel-copper mines
The South African company may soon add to its portfolio the Santa Rita nickel-copper mine and the Serrote copper-gold project.
Twelve million people now employed in the renewable energy sector – report
A recent report by IRENA and ILO states that renewable energy employment reached 12 million in 2020, up from 11.5 million in 2019.
Copper chaos is latest in a rich history of wild metal swings
While there's been no suggestion of wrongdoing in this month’s squeeze, the LME has a rich history of wild price moves when markets are over- or undersupplied.
What automation, AI, AR and robotics mean for the future of work in mining
A new report by Wikistrat and idoba analyzes the impacts that technological developments and ESG issues are likely to have on workers in the mining industry.
South Africa’s manganese output expected to grow – report
Despite low prices, Roskill expects South Africa’s manganese output to increase strongly over the next decade.