This week, an in-depth article featuring prominent mining executive and Chairman of the Augusta Group of Companies, Richard Warke. Featuring commentary from Barrick Gold Corp.'s Kevin Thomson and Ross Beaty, the article details Richard Warke's rise in the resource industry, from his sale of Arizona Mining Inc. this summer to his breakout sale of Ventana Gold in 2011 to Eike Batista.Read the full...Read More
DR Congo: Is government intervention the real risk to watch?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftMahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsMining Journal caught up with SolGold CEO (and major shareholder) Nick Mather in London this week following...Read More
Copper output in Democratic Republic of Congo rose 8.7 percent year on year through the first nine months of 2018 to 908,695 tonnes while cobalt production jumped 92.5 percent to 115,116 tonnes, the central bank said on Thursday.Congo is Africa's top copper producer and the world's leading miner of cobalt, which is a key component in electric vehicles and other electronic products.Gold production...Read More
SolGold's coveted Ecuadorian copper-gold prospect may be 20 percent bigger than the mining group said earlier this week, its chief executive Nick Mather said on Thursday.SolGold, in which Mather has a near 5 percent stake, said on Tuesday that its Alpala project in Ecuador's Cascabel region was around double the size and grade quality it was known to be in December 2017."We think there's still 20...Read More
Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Thursday inaugurated the Waad Al-Shamaal mining project, which is expected to boost the kingdom's gross domestic product by 24 billion riyals ($6.4 billion) and its non-oil GDP by around 3 percent.The kingdom will invest 85 billion riyals in the project, a 440-square-km (150-square-mile) city for mining industries in the northern region, the Ministry of Energy, Indust...Read More
Copper supply has surprised this year, but not in the way everyone expected.It was supposed to be a year of mine disruptions, with the market anticipating that multiple labour contract expiries would result in at least one strike, and possibly more.In the event there was none.By copper's standards it has been a remarkably smooth year for mine production, leaving analysts struggling to fill the cus...Read More
South Africa's Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) has halted all its gold mining operations in the country after violence broke out overnight during a strike by workers demanding higher wages.Operations at the Driefontein, Kloof and Beatrix mines, major sources of revenue for the precious metals miner, were suspended late on Wednesday due to increasing levels of brutality and intimidation,...Read More
* U.S. crude stocks rise more than expected -EIA* Fearing a glut, OPEC pushes for supply curb* Trump praises Saudi Arabia for helping to lower oil prices (New throughout, updates prices, market activity and comments to settlement)By Stephanie KellyNEW YORK, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Oil prices rose about $1 a barrel a barrel on Wednesday, bouncing from the lowest levels in months, after U.S. government d...Read More
* NSE index down 0.53, BSE index down 0.77 pct* Nifty IT index end 2.8 pct lowerNov 21 (Reuters) - Indian shares ended lower on Wednesday in line with broader Asian markets, weighed down by a renewed bout of selling on Wall Street overnight that mounted uncertainty about global economic growth.The broader NSE index .NSEI closed 0.53 percent lower at 10,600.05, while the benchmark BSE index .BSESN...Read More
Investing.com - U.S. crude oil inventories rose more than expected last week, paring earlier price gains as the larger-than-forecast build reinforced concerns of oversupply.The EIA data showed that crude oil inventories increased by 4.85 million barrels in the week to Nov. 16.That was compared to forecasts for a stockpile build of 2.50 million barrels, after a build of 10.27 million barrels in the...Read More
By Daniel CookPart 2: It's Only Natural...Every mining company has the same problem, they've got to replenish their inventory every year. That means if they're mining 100,000 ounces of gold annually they need to discover at least 100,000 ounces every year to stay afloat. Analysts and investors demand it and watch these inventory levels closely.Did you know SSR Mining's most profitable operation co...Read More
This translated to full diluted earnings per share of €0.022 per share, down from €0.023/share a year ago.Profits after tax for the January-September period almost doubled to €27.6 million, up from €14.5 million a year ago, with fully diluted earnings for the period at €0.20/share, up from €0.12/share a year ago.The copper miner reported quarterly revenues of €42...Read More
PolarX builds bigger, richer Zackly pictureSPONSOREDpolar x limitedThose that rocked up were also treated to a rundown by some Brazilian guys on the assets OZ picked up with the $418 million acquisition of Avanco in March, and an update on the pathway to a development decision on the $730-800 million West Musgrave joint venture.Those that attended have been reporting back that nothing material was...Read More
Kyzyl ramp-up signals new growth path at buoyant PolymetalSPONSOREDpolymetal internationalBased on a US$3 per pound copper price and $1,300/oz gold, the study calculated an after-tax net present value, at an 8% discount rate, of US$2 billion (C$2.6 billion) and an internal rate of return of 18.6%."Long-term copper fundamentals are strong, and the global project pipeline is at multi-decade lows. We...Read More
DR Congo: Is government intervention the real risk to watch?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftMahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsGlobal equity markets had started to wobble in the early weeks of 2018 with a nine-day drop of 9% after a n...Read More
DR Congo: Is government intervention the real risk to watch?SPONSOREDverisk maplecroftMahenge the Cinderella of the graphite space?SPONSOREDblack rock miningSky is the limit for BSK at Amarillo GrandeSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumNew Energy brings experience to new dawnSPONSOREDnew energy mineralsI do love a good car-boot sale. Early Sunday morning, coffee in hand, happy dog and moaning children a...Read More
LUSAKA - Zambia's annual copper output rose 10.4% in September to 631,359 tonnes, the central bank in Africa's second-biggest producer of the industrial metal said on Wednesday.Some mining companies operating in Zambia include NFC Africa, majority owned by China Non-ferrous Metals Company Limited (CNMC), Canada's First Quantum Minerals, Glencore, Barrick Gold and Vedanta Resources.(By Chris Mfula;...Read More
World's largest miner BHP (ASX, NYSE, LON, JSE:BHP) told investors on Wednesday that it has learned from its past mistakes and is now spending its money more wisely.Explaining BHP's fresh strategy to seek growth while maintaining a healthy balance sheet, chief financial officer Peter Beaven said in a briefing the company has learned to assess both risks and returns, actively manage threats and thi...Read More
Following a revision of its extraction plan, Canada's Altiplano Metals (TSXV: APN) tested the viability of continuing operations in the current environment of lower copper prices and obtained positive results.In a media statement, the Edmonton-based miner explained that results from the latest 2,445 tonnes extracted in October from the historic Farellon copper-gold mine in Chile show considerable...Read More
Shares in Canadian miner Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX:NDM) were up Wednesday following an agreement announced late Tuesday between its subsidiary Pebble Limited Partnership (PLP) and the Alaska Peninsula Corporation (APC) that lets the company use defined portions of lands to build and operate roads for the stalled Pebble copper-gold-silver project.If the proposed mine makes it through the le...Read More