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Southern Copper Corp, one of the world's biggest copper producers, is considering an investment in a lithium project in Mexico that has also attracted interest from a Chinese firm, the company's chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday.Oscar Gonzalez said company officials visited the lithium project in the state of Sonora, Mexico, although he could not recall the name of the Canadian miner he sa...Read More

Southern Copper Corp, one of the world's biggest copper producers, is considering an investment in a lithium project in Mexico that has also attracted interest from a Chinese firm, the company's chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday.Oscar Gonzalez said company officials visited the lithium project in the state of Sonora, Mexico, although he could not recall the name of the Canadian miner he sa...Read More

South African coal mining company Exxaro Resources Ltd said on Thursday its full-year earnings climbed 7 percent, boosted by higher coal prices and the absence of one-off transactions seen a year earlier.Core headline earnings per share (HEPS) rose to 2,159 cents or 7.167 billion rand ($496.24 million) for the year ended Dec. 31, 2018, from 2,011 cents per share or 6.295 billion rand in the same p...Read More

Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday it had completed a joint deal with the Russia-China Investment fund and a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund to acquire a 9.53 stake in Russian mining company Intergeo.Intergeo, a part of Onexim Group, which manages the assets of Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, is developing its Kingash deposit in Russia's Krasnoyarsk region and Ak-Sug...Read More

Russia's RDIF sovereign wealth fund said on Thursday it had completed a joint deal with the Russia-China Investment fund and a Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund to acquire a 9.53 stake in Russian mining company Intergeo.Intergeo, a part of Onexim Group, which manages the assets of Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, is developing its Kingash deposit in Russia's Krasnoyarsk region and Ak-Sug...Read More

China's industrial output grew at its slowest rate in 17 yearsDow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading modestly above fair value this morning, as traders digest a raft of headlines. While China's industrial output grew at its slowest pace in 17 years in the first two months of 2019, a Bloomberg report indicated a trade meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Presiden...Read More

Vedanta Zinc International, a unit of diversified miner Vedanta Resources , said on Thursday it would close its zinc refinery in Namibia for five weeks after a strike by its mining contractor depleted stocks.Miners downed tools from Feb. 22 to March 6, affecting waste-stripping at the mine in southern Namibia and mining of ore, the firm said.The Skorpion Zinc Refinery continued operating during th...Read More

Advantage Lithium Corp said on Thursday it has temporarily replaced Chief Executive David Sidoo after he was arrested last week by U.S. authorities as part of a sweeping college admissions scheme.The company, which is developing a lithium project in Argentina, has named board member Callum Grant as its interim president. "All plans are the same to put Advantage into production at some point," spok...Read More

Canada's Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE: GG) said workers at its Cerro Negro mine in Argentina have returned to work, after an illegal strike at the gold producing operation, the company's biggest in the South American country.Mining stopped on March 8, when members of the Asociaci??n Obrera Minera Argentina (AOMA) downed tools, and processing activities also ceased following the exhaustion of surface sto...Read More

Canada's Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE: GG) said workers at its Cerro Negro mine in Argentina have returned to work, after an illegal strike at the gold producing operation, the company's biggest in the South American country.Mining stopped on March 8, when members of the Asociaci??n Obrera Minera Argentina (AOMA) downed tools, and processing activities also ceased following the exhaustion of surface sto...Read More

* GRAPHIC-2019 asset returns: (Adds closing prices, updates trade war)By Zandi ShabalalaLONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - Copper prices dropped onThursday as industrial output in top metals consumer China fellto a 17-year low in the first two months of 2019, while LMEstocks of the metal used in power and construction rose.Other Chinese data showed a mixed picture as the joblessrate climbed but property...Read More

(Updates prices) * British lawmakers vote on whether to delay Brexit later inday * Silver falls for first time in five sessionsBy Sumita LayekMarch 14 (Reuters) - Gold fell on Thursday, breaking belowkey technical support at $1,300, as the dollar edged up afterBritish lawmakers voted against a no-deal Brexit, while gains inEuropean stocks further dented bullion's allure.Spot gold was down 1 percen...Read More

(Adds details from GE, analyst comment, updates share price)By Alwyn Scott and SanjanaShivdasMarch 14 (Reuters) - General Electric Co ChiefExecutive Larry Culp on Thursday set conservative profit targetsfor this year and staked his reputation on hitting them anddoing better in 2020 and beyond, igniting a rally in the stock.Culp's detailed pep talk, which drew praise from Wall Streetanalysts on a c...Read More

* Lawmakers vote to seek Brexit delay * Traders now preparing for third vote on deal next week* Sterling swings wildly in unpredictable week * Graphic: World FX rates in 2019* Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote (Writes through after parliamentary votes, adds quotes)By Tommy Wilkes and Sujata RaoLONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - Sterling retreated on Thursdayas investors prepared for Pri...Read More

Para Resources (TSXV: PBR) announced this week that it successfully tested the full CIP circuit at its Gold Road mine in Oatman, Arizona, including a test pour of gold.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said that a 40-ounce dor?(C) bar was poured on March 11, 2019, from the initial carbon strips after the entire plant was balanced.Para also reported that the full circuit of mining, crus...Read More

Para Resources (TSXV: PBR) announced this week that it successfully tested the full CIP circuit at its Gold Road mine in Oatman, Arizona, including a test pour of gold.In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner said that a 40-ounce dor?(C) bar was poured on March 11, 2019, from the initial carbon strips after the entire plant was balanced.Para also reported that the full circuit of mining, crus...Read More

American Battery Metals (CSE: ABC) announced that later this month it will start an exploration program at its Temple Mountain vanadium property in Emery County, Utah.With $1.5 million in funding, the campaign will be comprised of radon geophysical surveying, trenching and sampling, and reverse circulation drilling of 10 holes for 3,000 feet.According to American Battery Metals, the geophysical su...Read More

American Battery Metals (CSE: ABC) announced that later this month it will start an exploration program at its Temple Mountain vanadium property in Emery County, Utah.With $1.5 million in funding, the campaign will be comprised of radon geophysical surveying, trenching and sampling, and reverse circulation drilling of 10 holes for 3,000 feet.According to American Battery Metals, the geophysical su...Read More