Ford to lead blockchain pilot that traces cobalt mined in Congo

Having trouble viewing this email?  View online Mining News Digest Thursday 17 January 2019 Home     Gold     Coal     Copper     Diamond     Iron Ore     Nickel     PGMs     Silver Ford to lead blockchain pilot that traces cobalt mined in Congo The carmaker will use a blockchain-based platform to trace supplies of cobalt from a Chinese-owned mine in the Congo for the batteries in its electric cars, in an effort to ensure they are not linked to human rights abuses. read » Mining the Americas in 2019 — a forecast Canada's cobalt sector and Ecuador's budding mining sector for copper and gold will be investment hot spots. read » Detour's 2018 output tops 620,000oz The mill processed 20.7 million tonnes of ore with a head grade of 1.04 g/t. read » MineHub and IBM to introduce global mining and metals supply chain solution with blockchain The first use case will manage concentrate from Goldcorp's Penasquito mine in Mexico. read » WPC Resources rebrands as Blue Star Gold Blue Star will be a Vancouver-based gold and silver exploration company focused on mineral exploration and development in Nunavut, Canada. read » Mexico mining-union head turned Senator reviewing contracts Newly installed Senator is ready to take on firms that he says don't pay enough taxes, pollute the environment and enjoy concessions he deems are too long. read » Chile nuclear watchdog weighs probe into fraud over lithium exports – documents The internal review found "significant errors" in CCHEN's accounting of the sales of the world's top lithium producers Albemarle and SQM between 1984 – 2015. read » NorZinc signs land use agreement with Dene The agreement covers the construction and operation of an all season road connecting the Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver mine and the Liard Highway. read » The Newmont-Goldcorp deal is positive news for gold mining Consolidation season has finally arrived in the goldfields, just as many experts and analysts have been predicting for some time now. read » IAMGOLD expects lower production, higher costs in 2019 IAMGOLD expects to produce fewer gold ounces while incurring higher all in sustaining costs and total cash costs in 2019 compared to 2018. read » Alamos Gold forecasts 2019 gold production Alamos Gold produced 505,000 ounces of gold from its four mines in North America last year and expects a "similar rate of production" this year. read » Pimco favors 'unloved' platinum that's looking cheap to gold Platinum could be the dark horse among precious metals, according to a money manager at Pacific Investment Management Co. read » ATAC finds more high grades at Rau Rau is located at the western end of the company's Rackla property 55 km northeast of Keno City. read » Hudbay Minerals investor Waterton seeks to replace CEO, board Toronto-based private-equity firm Waterton Global Resource Management is launching a proxy fight with Hudbay Minerals, pushing to overhaul the board and oust its chief executive over alleged "mismanagement." read » China's latest mine collapse could cut coal capacity by 100mtpa Coal prices in Shenmu and Fugu have increased by RMB10-50/t since the accident. read » New software uses machine learning to refine loading and haulage processes The program was initially designed by a master's student at the University of Western Australia. read » Precipitate Gold purchases gold-copper project in the Dominican Republic The project is adjoining Barrick and Goldcorp's Pueblo Viejo gold-silver mine. read » Australia's South32 Q2 metallurgical coal production nearly doubles Production of coking or metallurgical coal rose to about 1.6 million tonnes in the December quarter. read » Percival zone at Clearwater yields 5.77 g/t for Eastmain Toronto-based Eastmain Resources reports the results for the last three drill holes completed in 2018 at the Percival discovery. read » Robots go to the "bottom": development forecasts for automated mining systems in 2019 It has always been difficult to bring miners to experiment in the production, which has been developing for centuries. read » Poland's KGHM expects 2019 average copper price at $6,100-6,300/t "We refer to lower end of copper price range forecast by analysts and we assume an average copper price at $6,100-$6,300 per tonne." read » Read more news on MINING.com » Home     Gold     Coal     Copper     Diamond     Iron Ore     Nickel     PGMs     Silver About Us   |  Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe   |  Contact Us   |  Advertise This email was sent to you by InfoMine Inc. 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