Chilean lithium producer SQM bullish on white gold demand SQM expects to invest about $2.1 billion in the next five years to strengthen its production. Reuters | September 11, 2019 | 10:29 am
Southern Gold, Bluebird granted permit for first major new mine in South Korea in over 15 years Joint venture partners are the first foreign companies granted a development permit since the late 1990s. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2019 | 8:40 am
Philippine nickel ore output may rise, but return to 2014 peak level unlikely — industry head Philippine nickel miners are likely to ramp up ore output by next year, but their production capacity is limited by a number of factors. Reuters | September 11, 2019 | 8:34 am
Romios Gold expands in Ontario The Toronto miner acquired, by staking, 142 claims adjacent to its Lundmark-Akow Lake project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 11, 2019 | 6:20 am
Benton and Maxtech sign LoI for Ontario gold project Maxtech Ventures will have the option to earn a 100% interest in the Panama gold project. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 11, 2019 | 6:15 am
Tianqi puts world’s biggest lithium plant expansion on hold Tianqi poured cold water on celebrations to mark the start of production from the first stage at its Kwinana plant in Western Australia. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2019 | 3:36 am
A forgotten gold rush hub is producing more than it has in a century Production in the goldfields of Victoria state is rising again and has already climbed to the highest since 1914. Bloomberg News | September 10, 2019 | 3:17 pm
Nationwide mine strike in Peru called “a failure” Peru is the world’s second-largest producer of copper, silver and zinc. MINING.COM Staff Writer | September 10, 2019 | 3:04 pm
Brazil adopts MAC’s Towards Sustainable Mining initiative IBRAM joins six other mining associations around the globe that have adopted TSM. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | September 10, 2019 | 1:50 pm