October 9, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Gold price rally lifts Top 50 mining stocks; US grabs stake in battery metals miner; Barrick CEO calls for consolidation and warns of reserve crisis
October 9, 2020 JSW to focus solely on coking coal Coking coal accounts for 80% of JSW's output, and thermal coal for 20%.
October 9, 2020 InoBat unveils world’s first “intelligent” EV battery The company's Gen1 lithium battery combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High Throughput (HTP) technology.
October 9, 2020 Alrosa diamonds can now be examined remotely The world’s top diamond miner by output said its recently upgraded video-viewer platform is proving useful during the pandemic.
October 8, 2020 Gold price rally lifts value of top 50 mining companies above $1 trillion for the first time The Top 50 most valuable mining companies added $80.2 billion in market capitalization over the three months to end September.
October 8, 2020 Sumitomo to sell stake in Sierra Gorda copper mine The Japanese miner is "reviewing its strategic options" regarding its 45% interest in the money-losing mine.
October 7, 2020 K+S sells Americas salt business for $3.2 billion Unit also includes K+S Chile and K+S Windsor Salt in Canada.
October 6, 2020 Polymetal to build $80m gold mine in Russia’s Far East The Kutyn gold mine is expected to offset declining volumes from the company’s nearby Albazino operation.
October 5, 2020 Maduro government wins UK appeal over Venezuelan gold A British appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that the UK had unequivocally recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president.
October 5, 2020 Eldorado Gold allowed to test drilling in northern Greece The company will conduct test drilling at its Mavres Petres deposit, part of its Stratoni silver-lead-zinc mine.
Rio Tinto’s fourth-quarter iron ore, copper output beat estimates Despite the comeback performance, Rio Tinto is still in danger of losing the top producer spot to Brazil's Vale. January 20, 2026 | 02:08 pm
