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By Frik Els After a gravity-defying run, nickel has now also succumbed to weakness in the industrial metals complex as global trade fears mount, declining to $14,125 per tonne on Monday. The metal, mainly used in stainless steel manufacture, is down 10% or more than $1,600 a tonne from more than three-year highs hit on […]

By Michael Allan McCrae Tiger Resources will not be selling its Democratic Republic of the Congo mining and exploration assets to Sinomine HK for US$260M. Tiger Resources said on Friday that terms acceptable to the company were not acheived and it issued a notice of termination to Sinomine HK. The assets comprised of the Kipoi

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud A report made public by the Canadian Press states that U.S. representatives on the International Joint Commission sent a letter to the U.S. State Department stating that their Canadian counterparts are blocking the release of new data related to toxic chemicals from southern British Columbia coal mines in water shared by

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Right when the soccer fever is at its peak with the last matches of the World Cup 2018 quickly approaching, Russian giant Alrosa (MCX:ALRS) unearthed a diamond shaped as a soccer ball. The 0.50-carat stone was found at the company’s Karpinskaya-1 pipe, located in the northern Arkhangelsk Region and operated by

By Sue Kihn Miners are looking to fill a range of roles now that commodity prices have recovered, says ENR Global. Sue Kihn, InfoMine’s Community Manager, talked to the firm’s recruitment expert in May. “After hitting the bottom of the cycle, real data and expert opinion reflect recovery and growth in 2018 and beyond,” says

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud The Oyster Creek nuclear plant, located near the New Jersey shore, will be completely dismantled between 2075 and 2078. Even though the closure of the 50-year-old plant will take place by the end of 2018, officials with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced this week that it will take much longer

By Frik Els MGX Minerals President and CEO Jared Lazerson Demand from electric vehicles is blowing up lithium mining. In 2015, 174,000 tonnes of lithium worth $1.2 billion were mined. While the lithium-ion battery was invented 25 years earlier, the mineral hardly made headlines and output was controlled by four large primary producers (as it

By Cecilia Jamasmie The twelve key talks coming up in Chile that will keep copper enthusiasts on their toes. (Data: Chile’s Gov’t. | Graph: MINING.com.) Copper forecasters are keeping a close eye on Chile these days, as the top-producing country prepares for another busy six months of labour talks. From the 32 contracts set to

By Frik Els The price of copper suffered its seventh straight day of declines on Thursday, losing more than 3% in New York to $2.8205 or $6,220 a tonne on the Comex market, its lowest level since July last year. It was one of the busiest days of 2018 on commodity futures markets with with

By Frik Els Benchmark seaborne thermal coal prices jumped to $120.10 per tonne on Thursday, its highest level since November 2012, thanks to tight supply in key Asian export regions. Measured from lows hit end-2015, early 2016 coal used in power generation has gained 140%. Strong consumption in China, despite ongoing efforts by Beijing to