Zambia slaps miner First Quantum with $8 billion tax bill | Reuters

EV adoption rate reaching critical mass as search for ethical cobalt heats up | Mining Weekly

Court clears restart of Japanese nuclear reactors

Cobalt to be declared a strategic mineral in Congo | Reuters

California’s Electric-Car Future | Bloomberg

Rick Rule | The Crazy Speculator Needs to Be in Silver Stocks Right Now [PDAC 2018 Interview]

NEW DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO MINING LAW COULD LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN TO CORRUPT DEALS | Global Witness

US must regain ground in nuclear energy | Wash Examiner

Never Sell a Dull Market…All Eyes on the FOMC Next Week | David Erfle

EXCLUSIVE-Congo may designate copper as strategic mineral, raising miners’ fees | CNBC

Major Miners Quit DRC Chamber Of Commerce Ahead Of Talks On New Mining Code | The Assay

COLUMN-Commodities’ dilemma: Strong China demand or Trump-led fears? | Reuters

Battery Markets and Metals Markets Have Officially Collided

Upcoming turn-around coming in gold | Sunshine Profits

How Congo faced down some of the world’s biggest mining firms | Reuters

Asanko Gold Reports Q4 and Full Year 2017 Results, Provides 2018 Guidance and a 5-Year Outlook

Jayant Bhandari | Discussing Junior Mining and Commodities at PDAC 2018

Klondex Mines: Mid-Tier Gold Producer Analysis by Don Durrett

“Stay away from bad management – they almost invariably destroy value” | Jayant Bhandari

FCA Admits Underestimating the Rise of Electric Cars Was a ‘Mistake’

Record Low Volatility in Precious Metals and What it Means | The Daily Gold

VW Secures $25 Billion Battery Supplies in Electric-Car Surge | Bloomberg

Newcrest secures Cadia after suspending operations | Australian Mining

PDAC 2018: CRU director says if U.S. import tariffs lead to a trade war, market sentiment to aluminum and steel could turn | CIM

Tesla’s electric motor shift to spur demand for rare earth neodymium | Reuters

Investors Hunting Cobalt Deals Approached Sherritt, CEO Says | Bloomberg

Miners Fight to Protect Commodity Gains From Increasing Costs | WSJ

HAYWOOD RESEARCH: The Weekly Dig – Mixed Week for Metals as PDAC Comes to a Close

What I learned at PDAC 2018 | Rob Bruggeman (Alpha Mining Blog)

Congo’s Kabila signs into law new mining code | Reuters

U.S. allies line up for exemptions from Trump’s tariffs | Globe and Mail

LME rethinks cobalt contract for electric vehicle sector | Reuters

FBI Interviewed Uranium One Informant in Clinton Foundation Investigation William D. Campbell fights back against The Hill and Democratic accusations | Sara Carter

PDAC Attendees Much More Cautious This Year | David Erfle

Professional Mining Stock Investing Advice from David Erfle at PDAC 2018

The Amazing Amount of Gold The U.S. Exported Since 2000 | SRSrocco Report

The Explaining the Significance of the Current COMEX Silver CoT – Craig Hemke

Why electric vehicles could fracture the nickel market | Andy Home

Nordic region offers valuable lessons for rapid EV deployment worldwide | IEA

PDAC 2018 Convention exceeds 25,000 attendees

Volkswagen Picks Chinese Battery-Maker in EV Push | Caixin

China’s aluminum exports rise, steel down as Trump prepares tariffs | Reuters

Gold Stocks & Silver Oversold but Not Gold | The Daily Gold

Mining Exploration Is Making Comeback After Four-Year Slump | Bloomberg

PDAC: Ecuador’s new mines minister hopes to eliminate windfall tax | Northern Miner

Silver Looks Way Better Than Gold Right Now | Dollar Collapse

New Fed Chair Prematurely Ushers in the PDAC Curse | David Erfle

Metal Prices Surge As EV Production Grows | Oilprice

Texas Endowment to Review $1 Billion Gold Position, New CEO Says | Bloomberg

‘Boring’ Gold Giants Struggle to Compete With Hot Battery Metals | Bloomberg

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