Brazil prosecutor aims to charge Vale within days over tailings dam disaster Prosecutors expect to indict 15 to 20 people. Reuters | January 8, 2020 | 12:09 pm
Gold-backed ETF holdings hit all-time high in 2019 In the fourth quarter, ETF holdings reached 2,900 tonnes. Jackson Chen | January 8, 2020 | 11:54 am
Indonesia approves environmental study for battery-grade nickel plants There are at least five of these plants being built in Indonesia currently. Reuters | January 8, 2020 | 8:25 am
Gold steadies with Iran jitters easing; palladium tops $2,100 Iran is said to have intended to avoid US casualties when it launched more than a dozen missiles at US airbases in Iraq. Bloomberg News | January 8, 2020 | 7:02 am
Getchell acquires two gold properties from Canarc The Toronto-based miner will pay $2 million for the Fondaway Canyon and Dixie Comstock projects. MINING.com Staff Writer | January 8, 2020 | 6:20 am
Havilah finds REE at flagship copper project in Australia Two drill samples from West Kalkaroo contain elevated levels of neodymium and praseodymium. MINING.com Staff Writer | January 8, 2020 | 6:15 am
Anglo American goes after Sirius Minerals with $508m bid The move could rescue plans to dig the UK's largest mine in a generation and would bring Anglo back to the fertilizer market. Cecilia Jamasmie | January 8, 2020 | 4:11 am
India to ease mining rules from March to spur investment — minister Move, effective in March, aims to attract foreign mining companies and reduce imports of coal. Reuters | January 8, 2020 | 3:45 am
Gold price scales $1,600 after Iran attacks US military base Up nearly $40 an ounce in after hours trade to fresh six-year high. Frik Els | January 7, 2020 | 3:43 pm