Vale to sell Moatize coal mine to Vulcan for US$270M
Vale (NYSE: VALE) is selling its Moatize coal mine and the Nacala logistic corridor, a multibillion-dollar port and rail project in Mozambique, to Vulcan Minerals (TSXV: VUL) in a transaction…
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Rio Tinto picks outgoing Canadian ambassador to China as chairman
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has picked outgoing Canadian ambassador to China and veteran management consultant Dominic Barton to lead its board as the miner tries to…
B2Gold gets Menankoto permit and ends dispute with Mali
Mali has agreed to issue an exploration permit to B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) for its Menankoto project, the company says. The permit will be given to a new Malian…
ICMM members paid US$23.7B in taxes in 2020
The 28-members of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) reported total tax payments of US$23.7 billion in 2020, an effective tax rate of 39.7%, and an increase of…
Ivanhoe Mines strikes streams and offtake agreements for Platreef
Ivanplats, the South African subsidiary of Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF), has struck two stream financing deals with Orion Mine Finance and Nomad Royalty for its Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold project…
The View from England: Nubian gateway opens
Africa has dominated news in the United Kingdom since a new variant of Covid-19 (now called Omicron) was identified in South Africa on November 25. Many African countries, particularly in…
Hummingbird Resources restarts Mali gold mine
It said stoppage will affect full-year production, placing it below the bottom end of the expected 100,000-110,000 gold ounces range.
Renewables adoption speed still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA
Growth in renewable energy is set to hit an all-time record this year, but is still falling “well short” of what is necessary to reach net zero emissions by 2050,…
Report: Large gold miners contributed US$38B in GDP to local economies in 2020
Large scale gold miners make a big contribution to local economies, with a research report released by the World Gold Council today putting some numbers to that contribution. According to the report, The Social and Economic…
Palladium ETF tops US$100M in AUM for the first time
A substantial influx of interest from institutional investors and wealth management allocations has pushed the Global Palladium fund (GPF), an exchange-traded fund created by Russia’s Norilsk Nickel, above US$100 million…
Hummingbird Resources shares collapse after halting Mali mine
Shares in Hummingbird Resources (LSE: HUM) fell as much as 20% to 13.23 pence on Monday after it halted operations at its Yanfolila gold mine in southern Mali, the company’s…
Cobalt prices supported in 2021, expected to fall in 2022 – report
The S&P Global Market Intelligence November Commodity Briefing states that cobalt metal prices are expected to remain supported for the remainder of 2021 as logistical pressures persist. “There are no…