Short sellers targeting Canadian miners Junior miners hope Wall Street Bets movement shines light on naked short-selling in Canada. Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | February 15, 2021 | 12:36 pm
India’s coal power use may have already peaked – report The share of the dirtiest fossil fuel in India’s power mix fell for the second year in a row in 2020. Bloomberg News | February 15, 2021 | 12:07 pm
English court rules against Sierra Leone in SL Mining jurisdiction case Formal arbitration proceedings have yet to begin as Sierra Leone had sought to challenge the ICC's jurisdiction. Reuters | February 15, 2021 | 11:46 am
ALROSA sells $10m at year’s first diamond auction in Dubai Demand for our rough began to recover late last year and now remains stable, the miner said. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 15, 2021 | 11:38 am
Rio Tinto reaches new power agreement for Iceland aluminum smelter Rio has also decided to withdraw a complaint filed in July 2020 regarding the energy supply for ISAL. MINING.COM Staff Writer | February 15, 2021 | 11:04 am
Graphene “nano-origami” creates tiniest microchips ever Researchers believe this next generation of microchips could lead to computers and phones running thousands of times faster. MINING.com Editor | February 15, 2021 | 11:03 am
Congo president names mining company CEO as prime minister Sama Lukonde Kyenge, CEO of Gecamines, has been named prime minister of the world’s biggest cobalt producer. Bloomberg News | February 15, 2021 | 10:21 am
Ford joins global initiative to promote responsible mining Ford said its planned investment in EVs would increase the company's reliance on mined material. Reuters | February 15, 2021 | 9:40 am
Drones reveal previously unknown features of Roman-era gold operations Mines in León, Spain, constitute Europe’s largest ancient mining infrastructure and host a 1,200-kilometre hydraulic network. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 14, 2021 | 1:51 pm