Gem Diamonds soars as it finds seventh giant rock this year

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Mining News Digest Thursday 15 March 2018 Home     Gold     Coal     Copper     Iron Ore     Oil Sands     Rare Earth     Silver     Uranium Gem Diamonds soars as it finds seventh giant rock this year It's a 169-carat, top white colour Type IIa rock diamond dug up at the company's flagship Letšeng mine in Lesotho. read » Pinochet's son mining permit application causes controversy in Chile The Mayor of the city of Quilpué rejected the proposal. read » Canadian miner allowed to extract and export Chilean lithium The company now has an extraction quota of 88,885 metric tonnes of metallic lithium. read » Suncor output to suffer from early start of Syncrude maintenance Eight-week maintenance project at Syncrude that had been scheduled to start in April will start Thursday. read » Canada's First Cobalt buys US explorer, creates key supplier outside Congo The blended company will have projects in Ontario and Idaho which, once in operations, could be major cobalt suppliers for EVs makers and high tech firms. read » Chile's Escondida invites union to early labor talks Last year, a more than month-long strike at Escondida ended with workers opting to extend their previous contract through July 31 of this year instead of replacing it. read » Cobalt to be declared a strategic mineral in Congo Royalties paid to the government from cobalt and coltan mining will jump to 10 per cent from 2 per cent. read » Glencore signs massive cobalt sale deal with China's GEM The world's biggest producer of cobalt has agreed to sell around a third of its cobalt production over the next three years to the Chinese battery recycler. read » Gold bull market in waiting "The financial markets continue to expect an aggressive Fed going forward with four—even five—rate hikes this year and a continuing shrinkage of its balance sheet. Given this, gold has held up pretty well." read » China's iron ore mountain may only be a molehill: Russell The relentless climb in China's port inventories of iron ore may not be as worrying to the market as they appear, more a reflection of a change in dynamics than anything else. read » Ghanaian government wants to mediate between Gold Fields and its workers The Minister of Lands and Natural Resources announced that he has agreed to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with protesting workers. read » Fusion power using superconducting magnets: researchers are almost there MIT scientists describe fusion power as a potentially "inexhaustible and zero-carbon source of energy." read » These charts show just why copper price fundamentals are so strong The world's 10 largest copper mines accounted for 25% global output in 2017 – on average these deposits were discovered 95 YEARS ago. read » Read more news on MINING.com » Home     Gold     Coal     Copper     Iron Ore     Oil Sands     Rare Earth     Silver     Uranium About Us   |  Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe   |  Contact Us   |  Advertise This email was sent to you by InfoMine Inc. Suite 900, 580 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 3B6 | +1 604 683 2037 |[email protected].Please visit cem.infomine.com for more information. Copyright InfoMine. You are receiving this email because the email address fernandoqueens@gmail.com was subscribed to the MINING.com email list "MINING.com Mining News Digest". You mayunsubscribe at any time. The information contained in “Mining News Digest” is collected from a variety of sources on a “best intentions”basis. InfoMine Inc. makes no representation or offers no warranty with respect to the adequacy of the information for any particular purpose.Any information presented in “Mining News Digest” is not a solicitation to purchase or acquire any securities.Use of this service is an acceptance of this disclaimer. Visit our web site to read ourcomplete disclaimer.