Anglo American cuts output targets for coal, iron ore and diamonds
Anglo American (LON: AAL) has cut its production forecasts for coal, iron ore and diamonds for the next two years, but is bullish on the…
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The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 164: Building the digital mine of the future, ft Campeau, de Jong, Miller, Abdur-Rahman, Bilborough, Siggelkow
This episode features the Big Data and Automation panel from The Northern Miner’s 2019 Progressive Mine Forum in Toronto. The event took place on Oct….
Metals Commentary: 5G technology should boost demand for gallium, cobalt
During the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) in Egypt in November, thousands of delegates from more than 100 countries adopted a treaty that moves the world…
Interview: CPM’s Jeffrey Christian reflects on 2019, forecasts what lies ahead in 2020
Jeffrey Christian is the managing partner of CPM Group, a commodities research and management, consulting and financial advisory firm in New York. He founded the…
Osisko Metals shows ‘upside potential’ at Pine Point
Osisko Metals has released drill results from the East Mill zone at its Pine Point project with eight of the nine intercepts reported from outside…
Rare earth miner Lynas picks Kalgoorlie for processing plant
Australian rare earths miner Lynas (ASX: LYC) has selected the city of Kalgoorlie to build its new cracking and leaching plant to extract low-level radioactivity…
Cleveland-Cliffs to acquire AK Steel in US$1.1B all-share deal
US iron ore producer Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE: CLF) is acquiring AK Steel (NYSE: AKS) in an all-share transaction valued at US$1.1 billion. Cliffs, North America’s largest…
Metals Commentary: Electric car sales are tanking, but metal use spikes
The global auto industry will produce 88.8 million cars and light trucks this year in an almost 6% drop from a year ago, according to…
Commentary: The gold party has only just begun
The year 2019 has been good for gold. In many currencies gold recorded all-time highs (i.e. euro, Canadian dollar and Australian dollar), with the exception…
Kinross sells stake in Lundin Gold for $150M
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is selling 20.7 million shares, or its 9.2% stake, in Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) for $150 million. Shareholders Newcrest…
Rio Tinto suspends South African operation over ‘criminal activity’
Increasing violence in communities around its Richards Bay Minerals complex in South Africa has forced Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO) to curtail all mining operations there,…
Commentary: Apples & oranges — The standardization of technical reporting
In October, the Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards (CRIRSCO) released the October 2019 version of the CRIRSCO template for standardized public reporting of…