MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week
Judge denies Native American bid to block Rio Tinto’s copper project; Rhodium price roars above $20,000 in precious metals’ biggest rally; Rio Tinto to open North America’s first scandium plant in June
Troubadour Resources granted drill permit for Texas gold project
The Texas property is located in British Columbia, Canada, and is close to the past-producing Beaverdell mine.
Rio Tinto looming talks with Mongolia to decide Oyu Tolgoi’s fate
The next three to six month will be crucial to the future of the vast copper-gold mine in Mongolia, as the companies behind the operation engage in talks with the government.
Lucara kicks off 2021 with 341-carat white diamond find
The unbroken white diamond, recovered from the Karowe mine in Botswana, could fetch more than $10 million.
