November 15, 2019 Serbia buys nine tonnes of gold to heed president’s crisis advice The biggest former Yugoslav republic is following Hungary and Poland, where officials boosted gold reserves in 2018 to create a bulwark against crisis.
November 15, 2019 Global public consultation launched on tailings dam standards The initiative aims to prevent a repeat of Vale's tailings dam burst in January, which killed 300 people.
November 14, 2019 BHP’s incoming CEO a much needed breeze of fresh air for the mining industry “Ethical,” “thoughtful,” “gender-equality champion,” are just some of the adjectives describing Mike Henry, BHP's next leader.
November 13, 2019 Lithium price: Europe EVs now use 57% more LCE Europe's only bright spot as average lithium used in EVs sold around the world grows anaemic 4% to 12.2kg.
November 13, 2019 Nordgold Q3 output rises on new Russian mine performance Production was 27% higher year-on-year and 12% higher quarter-on-quarter.
November 13, 2019 China in focus as West debates critical minerals challenge Western powers will attend talks in Brussels next week on curbing China's dominance of rare earths and other critical resources and EU officials will present their vision to create entire…
November 13, 2019 Glencore to shut Canadian smelter by year-end, over 400 jobs lost The facility was supposed to transition to a custom smelter after the mine closed in 2013.
November 12, 2019 London Metal Exchange proposes 6-month delay to telephone trading compliance The deadline for compliance with the European Securities and Markets Authority's rules is Jan. 1, 2020.
November 12, 2019 Sirius Minerals unveils rescue plan for UK’s biggest fertilizer mine Miner will try raising $600m first, which will allow it to finish sinking shafts and access the world's largest deposit of polyhalite, a type of fertilizer.
November 12, 2019 Anglo American lowers thermal coal forecast amid move to exit sector The commodity was barely mentioned in an update to investors as one of the company’s main pillars of growth from 2020 and beyond.
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