De Beers mulls expanding pilot scheme to sell ethically sourced diamonds

The program in Sierra Leone traces the route of diamonds dug up by small miners in the country.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 20, 2020 | 5:44 am

Anglo American goes back to fertilizers with Sirius Minerals’ $527 million buy

The move throws a much-needed lifeline to the British junior behind a huge fertilizer project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 20, 2020 | 3:55 am

Chilean Mining Commission to investigate insurance fraud denounced by Codelco

The world’s top copper producer says four of its unions were victims of inflated policy prices.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 19, 2020 | 12:08 pm

Lithium industry in a waiting game – report

As prices go down, miners are expecting that strategies to reduce oversupply eventually work.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 19, 2020 | 10:44 am

Pancon selected to explore Superfund-designated Brewer gold mine

The Canadian miner joined forces with Environmental Risk Transfer with the goal of discovering the mine’s underlying copper-gold porphyry system.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | January 19, 2020 | 9:55 am

Brazilian tribes back manifesto to save Amazon habitat from Bolsonaro

A manifesto signed on Friday said Bolsonaro was threatening the survival of indigenous people with plans to allow commercial mining and ranching on their protected lands.

Reuters | January 19, 2020 | 8:29 am

No need to dig deep to find gold – study

A researcher has figured out what makes porphyry deposits rich in gold or in copper.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 19, 2020 | 6:46 am

Fresh high for iron ore price as Chinese steel breaks records

Crude steel output was just shy of 1 billion tonnes in 2019, up 8.3%.

Frik Els | January 17, 2020 | 3:13 pm

LME stock surge grounds high-flying nickel, but for how long?

London Metal Exchange inventory has more than doubled in the space of little more than a month.

Reuters | January 17, 2020 | 2:58 pm

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