CRU/CESCO-SolGold going alone on Ecuador find despite partner interest | CNBC

BlackRock’s $1.3 Billion Gold Fund Feels Pain of Miners | Bloomberg

Activist investor urges Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk to find deals | Telegraph

Six low-capex gold projects in Ontario | Canadian Mining Journal

FirstEnergy calls on US energy secretary to save nuclear, coal plants | Reuters

Junior exploration incentive passes through Australia Parliament | Mining Weekly

A Little-Known Cobalt Miner Wants to Out-Produce Everyone Except Glencore | Bloomberg

Miners launch bid to avert punishing new taxes in DRC | Telegraph

B2Gold sets record straight as Mali mulls mining code amendments | Mining Weekly

First Quantum Steadies as CEO Hopeful of Escaping Giant Tax Bill | Bloomberg

Rick Perry Stops Uranium Sales After Lawmakers Hold Up DOE Nominee | Daily Caller

In the DRC, Moïse Katumbi ups the pressure | Africa Times

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

Cobalt to be declared a strategic mineral in Congo | Reuters

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

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

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

Newcrest secures Cadia after suspending operations | Australian Mining

Miners Fight to Protect Commodity Gains From Increasing Costs | WSJ

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

PDAC 2018 Convention exceeds 25,000 attendees

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

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

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

US Congressmen Petition to Guatemala’s President Could Help Tahoe Resources?

Guatemala Mines a Mother Lode of Trouble : A bitter fight over a silver mine points to the pitfalls of Latin America’s new resource nationalism | Bloomberg

The world’s top 10 largest gold mining companies – 2017 | Mining

Winners and losers from Trump’s tariffs on aluminium and steel | SMH

Revived mining industry attracts ‘smart money’ | Globe and Mail

Nuclear giants eye markets abroad | Global Times

Tahoe Resources (TAHO) Trading Up 20.6% | Week Herald

Juniors are preparing for their biggest exploration spend in three years | Stockhead

Newmont-Barrick Race for Top Gold Crown Comes Down to a Decimal | Bloomberg

Glencore, Randgold Form Group to Challenge Congo Law Changes | Bloomberg

2017 gold deposits boasting the highest-grade drill intersections | Mining.com

This Coal Miner Shows Limits of Trump’s Bid to Rescue Industry | Bloomberg

U.S. seeks to boost output of 35 minerals, reduce import reliance | Reuters

Commerce Dept. backs tariffs on imported aluminum and steel | Fox Business

As mining investors push caution, Glencore differs from rivals | Reuters

The Plan to Extract Rare Earth Metals from Coal Mining Waste | Motherboard

Barrick Gold sees output slide as reserves fall | Reuters

Cameco handed court victory over WA uranium prospect | Mining

Risk of disappointment for copper bulls as wage deals sealed | Reuters

Mining giants in $4.4bn platinum JV | EBB

Future U.S. Oil Production Will Collapse Just As Quickly As It Increased | SRSrocco Report

America’s Self-Imposed Uranium Shortage The U.S. and its allies have plenty, but we still buy from despots | WSJ

FBI informant on Uranium One Breaks Silence Today | Sara Carter

Congo’s 2017 copper output up 7 pct, cobalt by 15 pct -industry | Reuters

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