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

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

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

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

UPDATE 3-Congo minister declines to say whether new mining code signed into law | Reuters

Pile-of-Cash Dilemma for Mining Industry Once Crippled by Slump | Bloomberg

Electric Cars and Niche Metals Lure Cash Back to African Mines | Bloomberg

Blockchain to track Congo’s cobalt from mine to mobile | Reuters

Cameco shut down starts this week | CKOM

Trump urges Congress to help stimulate $1.5 trillion in infrastructure spending | Reuters

John Barrasso holds up Trump energy nominee over uranium policy | Washington Examiner

First Quantum’s nickel output down 24 pct in 2017 | Reuters

Congo Raises Cobalt, Copper Taxes Amid Opposition From Miners | Bloomberg

U.S. hits Russian deputy minister and energy firms with sanctions | Reuters

Congo mining code passes Senate without opposition | Reuters

CIBC Whistler Institutional Investor Conference – 2018 | Cameco

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