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Glencore faces shareholders revolt over CEO’s pay

Proxy adviser Glass Lewis is pushing investors to vote against the company’s plans to pay Gary Nagle up to $10.4 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 15, 2021 | 7:03 am

Newmont, Barrick, Anglogold lost 1.3m ounces last year

After a sharp decline in 2020 gold output from the…

MINING.com Editor | April 14, 2021 | 10:27 am

New law would allow Uganda to take stakes in private mining

Country’s cabinet has approved a draft mining law that would…

Reuters | April 14, 2021 | 8:23 am

Barrick ups emissions reduction target to 30% by 2030

The Canadian miner had initially set an emissions reduction target…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 14, 2021 | 6:11 am

IronRidge reports high lithium grades at Ghana project

Multiple high-grade lithium pegmatite drill intersections struck at new targets…

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 14, 2021 | 6:07 am

Thor acquires Barrick’s majority interest in Central Houndé project

The Central Houndé project consists of three early-stage exploration permits.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | April 5, 2021 | 9:16 am

Vale says Steinmetz-triggered probe in Brazil over Simandou closed

Federal prosecutors have closed an investigation into Vale executives based on documents supplied by Steinmetz.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 5, 2021 | 6:24 am

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

Despite gold's price slump, strong copper and iron ore prices lifted MINING.COM's ranking of the world's 50 most valuable miners to a new record high of $1.35 trillion.

MINING.com Editor | April 2, 2021 | 12:00 pm

Saudi Arabia of cobalt: Congo eyes battery metal price power

The new state cobalt buyer wants to have a monopoly on all hand-dug cobalt in the central African country.

Bloomberg News | April 2, 2021 | 8:23 am

Petra finds 39-carat blue diamond at Cullinan mine

The Type IIb gem is said to be of “exceptional quality” due to both its colour and clarity.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2021 | 9:43 am

South32 to pay clean-up costs to close South African coal unit sale

South32 Ltd will provide up to $250 million in funds to smooth the sale of its South African energy coal business to mining group Seriti Resources.

Reuters | April 1, 2021 | 7:42 am

DeepGreen hits backs at firms opposing seafloor mining

Supporting a deep-sea mining moratorium is backing the environmental and social ills that come from land extraction, the company says.

Cecilia Jamasmie | April 1, 2021 | 7:25 am

South Africa union seeks 15% wage hike from gold miners and Eskom

Gold producers have in the past argued that above-inflation wage hikes cannot be sustained unless prices also rise.

Reuters | March 31, 2021 | 10:11 am

Fund bets $7.4bn on sustaining platinum price rally

After being in the doldrums for a decade, South Africa’s platinum miners are increasing payouts as they reap windfall profits from near-record prices.

Bloomberg News | March 31, 2021 | 10:07 am

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Glencore faces shareholders revolt over CEO’s pay

Newmont, Barrick, Anglogold lost 1.3m ounces last year

New law would allow Uganda to take stakes in private mining

Barrick ups emissions reduction target to 30% by 2030

IronRidge reports high lithium grades at Ghana project

Thor acquires Barrick’s majority interest in Central Houndé project

Vale says Steinmetz-triggered probe in Brazil over Simandou closed

The top 50 biggest mining companies in the world

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