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KoBold Metals searching for cobalt in Canada
KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires led by Bill Gates, plans to scour for cobalt in Canada using advanced mapping technology and it’s targeting northern Quebec, just south of Glencore’s Raglan nickel mine. The company, founded in 2018, has...
Lundin restarts Fruta del Norte in Ecuador
Lundin Gold has restarted operations at its Fruta del Norte (FDN) gold mine in Ecuador and expects to resume concentrate shipments in the next few days. Operations at the site were suspended in March due to the covid-19 pandemic. Based on a projected mill ramp up to...
Century zinc mine begins commercial production
New Century Resources has kicked off commercial production at its zinc mine in Queensland, Australia, amid forecasts that see prices for the metal climbing in the coming months as restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic ease. The Melbourne-based zinc...
Peru miners under siege as coronavirus cases top 300,000
Mining companies operating in Peru are being forced to keep operations suspended and halt new ones as confirmed coronavirus cases in the country surged past 300,000 on Sunday, with several of the new infections happening in the copper sector. Canada’s Trevali Mining...