February 7, 2020 Sirius tells investors it’s Anglo’s bid or bust The company has set up a shareholder helpline to guide tens of thousands of individual investors who bet on the Woodsmith fertilizer project.
February 6, 2020 JPMorgan’s role in metals spoofing is under US criminal probe U.S. authorities have already charged bank traders who worked in New York, London and Singapore with manipulating thousands of orders for gold and silver futures
February 6, 2020 Workers evacuated from Garpenberg mine in Sweden after fire Around 80 workers were trapped by a fire in a zinc mine.
February 6, 2020 Finland gives green light to uranium mining State-owned Terrafame plans to produce uranium at a mine that has been producing nickel for years.
February 6, 2020 Lucara finds unbroken 549-carat diamond, fourth-largest mined at Karowe The Botswana mine has already produced six diamonds greater than 100 carats this year.
February 5, 2020 BHP pushes for diversity, inclusion throughout the supply chain The mining giant says its most inclusive and diverse teams have 67% fewer recordable injuries, 28% lower unplanned absence rates and up to 11% higher planned and scheduled work delivery.
February 4, 2020 Global metals & mining industry M&A deals total $7.87bn in December 2019 The value marked a decrease of 13.2% over the previous month and a rise of 76.5% when compared with the last 12-month average.
February 4, 2020 Private capital raised for mining falls to 8-year low New report shows four mining and metals funds together raised a paltry $300m in 2019, not even a tenth of the money flowing into farmland.
February 4, 2020 Russia’s comeback in Africa favours profit over long-term influence — analyst Moscow claims to a host of resources are based on shaky grounds at best, consultancy Verisk Maplecroft says.
February 3, 2020 Copper price and coronavirus: “Black swan like no other” Copper price touches lowest since May 2017 on Monday – new report says pandemic could drop industrial metals prices another 26%.
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