Pretium reports fatality at Brucejack mine Operations at the underground mine were suspended on Friday and have since resumed. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 3, 2020 | 9:40 am
Gold price pulls back from record high Spot gold fell 0.4% after reaching an intraday high of $1,984.70 on Monday. MINING.com Editor | August 3, 2020 | 9:22 am
HBIS lines up investment in Peru iron ore mine China's second-biggest steelmaker has signed an initial deal to develop the Pampa de Pongo mine. Reuters | August 3, 2020 | 8:49 am
Global coal power falls for first time even as China builds more The net decline of 2.9 gigawatts may be small, but marks a turning point. Bloomberg News | August 3, 2020 | 8:38 am
S&P holds DR Congo rating at CCC+, lowers outlook to stable Congo’s economy could rebound if copper and cobalt demand and production increase as expected. Bloomberg News | August 2, 2020 | 12:16 pm
Fortuna Silver subsidiary cleared of water contamination accusations in Mexico Activists were accusing Compañía Minera Cuzcatlán of polluting rainwater collection ponds in the Magdalena Ocotlán municipality. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 2, 2020 | 11:43 am
Explosion at coal mine in Colombia kills nine The blast was caused by the accumulation of gasses in the pit. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 2, 2020 | 9:52 am
Researchers produce magnetic ‘Fool’s gold’ For the first time ever, US-based scientists turned non-magnetic pyrite into a magnetic material. Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | August 2, 2020 | 6:56 am
Chilean regulators scrap SQM’s environmental plan Chile's Environmental Superintendent asked SQM to start again from scratch. Reuters | August 1, 2020 | 9:09 pm