Rising Economic Tide Reaches All Shores for Caterpillar | Bloomberg (CAT shares rise as mining booms)

U.S. Commerce Dept confirms sent Trump aluminum probe results | Mining.com

Sula to pursue DRC cobalt opportunities as it changes name to African Battery Metals | Mining Weekly

Output at Chile’s Escondida copper mine falls 7.8 pct in 2017 | Reuters

Colorado uranium companies ask Trump for help | SightlineU3O8

DR Congo revises mining code to make most of battery-driven cobalt boom | PHSY.org

Rio Tinto Gets First Copper From Giant Mine Since 2014 | Bloomberg

When will miners return to reinvestment strategies? | Lee Downham

Former President of Maryland-Based Transportation Company Indicted on 11 Counts Related to Foreign Bribery, Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Executive Allegedly Paid Bribes to a Russian Official So His Company Could Win Highly Sensitive Nuclear Fuel Transportation Contracts | Justice.gov

BREAKING: First Uranium One Indictment Unsealed – Maryland Man Indicted on 11 Counts of Bribery and Fraud | Gateway Pundit

Rosatom keeps uranium mining flat at 3,000 tonnes in 2017 | TASS

Kodak announces ICO, stock jumps 44% | Tech Crunch

Trump coal ally Robert Murray slams FERC for rejecting coal power subsidy | CNBC

Rio Is Said to Drop Chase for $5 Billion Lithium Miner Stake | Bloomberg

APPIA APPROVED FOR TRADING ON THE OTCQB® VENTURE MARKET; PROVIDES UPDATE OF 2018 EXPLORATION PLANS

Congo May More Than Double Tax on Critical Global Cobalt Supply | Bloomberg

Supreme Court lets California’s ban on suction-dredge mining stand | SF Gate

China just discovered over 110 million tons of Silver | Santiago Times

OPINION: Finer balance needed between land protection, resource exploitation | Glenn Mullan, PDAC President

Copper producers in India facing huge challenge from zero duty imports : JC Laddha, Hindalco Industries | Economic Times

Northern Dynasty’s Pebble Permit Application Completed

Can’t please everyone: Trump energy policy riles competing sectors | Reuters

Trump Announces Massive Expansion In Offshore Drilling; Environmentalists Outraged | ZeroHedge

Mining Wins as Chile and South Africa Back Pro-Business Leaders | Bloomberg

From Bitcoin to Trump: Mining Giants Identify 2018’s Challenges | Bloomberg

Miners end the year on a major high | Sydney Morning Herald

Year’s Best Commodities Fund Is Betting on 2018 Mining M&A | Bloomberg

China Top Copper Producer Halts Output After Pollution Order | Bloomberg

Trump Administration to Expand Domestic Mineral Production, Citing National Security | Breitbart

Wanted: Missing bosses of AIM-listed ASA Resource Group in £3.2m mining scandal | Daily Mail

Even With Trump Minerals Order, U.S. Miners Face Uphill Battle With China | Bloomberg

Trump Signs Order to Boost U.S. Production of Critical Minerals | Bloomberg

From Bitcoin to Trump: Mining Giants Identify 2018’s Challenges | Bloomberg

Outlook 2018: B.C. mining industry opens doors to greener future | Business in Vancouver

Breakthrough Research Leads to Ultra-Conductive Copper

Why growth in electric vehicles could mean good times for mining in the DRC

South Korean cryptocurrency exchange to file for bankruptcy after hacking | Reuters

Tokyo Electric says Canada’s Cameco seeks $682m in damages | Mining Weekly

Senate Committee chair calls on EPA to withdraw uranium rule | WNN

Copper Giant Chile Gears Up for Busiest Year Ever of Wage Talks | Bloomberg

US Interests Intertwined with Guatemalan Mining Operation | American Thinker

Toshiba fulfills $3.68 billion parent guarantee obligation for Vogtle nuclear expansion

Glencore December 2017 Investor Presentation

MORIEN ADOPTS DIVIDEND POLICY AND ANNOUNCES FIRST DIVIDEND

DRC miners join forces to oppose the new draft mining code | Mining MX

RED PINE EXPLORATION INTERSECTS 34.6 G/T GOLD OVER 1 METRE IN THE MINTO MINE SOUTH ZONE

GOLDEN RIDGE RESOURCES DRILLS 60.27m of 2.60 G/T AUEQ AT THE HANK PROJECT IN BC’S GOLDEN TRIANGLE

With budgets on the rise, is a new age of exploration on the cards? | Mining Technology

Altered states: mining regulations in Queensland and across Australia | Mining Technology

Norilsk Nickel to boost investment in geological exploration by 25% | TASS

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