December 10, 2020

Lucapa finds another +100ct diamond at Lesotho mine

The D-colour, Type IIa white diamond is the fourth larger than 100 carat recovered from the southern lobe of the Mothae mine.

December 9, 2020

Rio Tinto should pay for sacred caves blast — inquiry

The parliamentary inquiry into Rio's destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred Aboriginal site in May did not refer to what financial compensation the miner should pay.

December 8, 2020

Resolute says strike at Mali mine won’t impact guidance

Five-day strike over covid-19 policy began on Monday.

December 8, 2020

Tianqi Lithium sells 49% of Australian unit to IGO in $1.4bn deal

Move gives IGO access to the Greenbushes, the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine.

December 7, 2020

OceanaGold soars on Philippine’s move to reopen Didipio

The news comes two months after the miner began laying off its workers, and 18 months into a mine blockade.

December 7, 2020

IGO in talks to buy into Tianqi’s Greenbushes lithium mine

Australian nickel-gold miner IGO could buy up to a 25% stake, worth close to $1.5 billion, in the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine.

December 4, 2020

Vale postpones sale of operations in New Caledonia

The miner has lost billions of dollars with the operation, located next to the Goro deposit.

December 4, 2020

Glencore taps coal head Gary Nagle as new CEO

Announcement came as the Swiss firm revealed an ambitious plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

December 2, 2020

Gold price rebounds on stimulus bets, weak dollar

Gold registered its worst monthly performance in four years in November.

December 2, 2020

Sanatana Resources to acquire Solomon Islands gold project

This week, the Solomon Islands Ministry of Mining granted Sanatana a letter of intent over the Sutakiki mineral tenure.