China Molybdenum seeks opportunities to beef up battery metals business Cobalt, copper, nickel and lithium are expected to see increasing demand from the EV trade in the years ahead. Reuters | August 9, 2019 | 9:56 am
World’s No. 1 copper miner gets $300m from Canada The loan by Export Development Canada will help Codelco finance an ambitious overhaul of its aging mines. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2019 | 8:43 am
BLM green-lights Blackrock Gold’s drill program in Nevada The miner is readying to follow up on the high-grade gold intercepts found by Teck and Placer Dome. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 9, 2019 | 6:20 am
Minera Alamos receives environmental permit for Santana gold project The new permit provides the key approvals necessary for the construction of a commercial-scale mine. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 9, 2019 | 6:15 am
Armenia to announce decision on Lydian’s gold project next week This is the third audit on Amulsar, which has been halted by protests for over a year. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 9, 2019 | 5:45 am
Protests halt top copper mines in Peru from shipping, cut off supplies Anti-mining protests in Peru have held up about $400 million in copper exports from some of the country’s top mines. Reuters | August 8, 2019 | 3:05 pm
Gold-backed ETFs maintain strong momentum in July Total gold holdings in July reached 2,600 tonnes -- the highest level since March 2013. Jackson Chen | August 8, 2019 | 2:21 pm
Rio Tinto CEO defends miner as ‘cash machine’ amid stock retreat The world’s second-largest miner had been on a roll this year. Bloomberg News | August 8, 2019 | 12:34 pm
Barrick said to weigh sale of Tongon mine amid asset disposals Barrick is separately working with advisers at Scotiabank to find a buyer for its Massawa gold project in Senegal. Bloomberg News | August 8, 2019 | 11:39 am
