Jiangxi Copper Co, one of China's top copper producers, on Friday named provincial government official Zheng Gaoqing as its new general manager.The appointment, confirmed at a board meeting during the day, marks the end of a six-month void in Jiangxi Copper's management team following the departure of company veteran Wu Yuneng in July last year.Zheng, in his early 50s, joins Jiangxi Copper from th...Read More
Burkina Faso's thriving gold mining sector has been rattled by a new wave of Islamist violence and sporadic outbreaks of interethnic conflict.The industry has been booming in recent years - with Burkina Faso expecting to announce that 2018 was its most successful year for gold production - but could the latest outbreak of Islamic militancy prove an insurmountable challenge for the country's resili...Read More
A new year but the same old problems for aluminium."When you look at the economics of producing aluminium, these prices cannot be sustainable."That was the stark message from Roy Harvey, president and chief executive of U.S. aluminium producer Alcoa, speaking on the company's Q4 2018 results call.With the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium price languishing near two-year lows at a current $1,87...Read More
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Oyu Tolgoi is expected to produce 125,000 to 155,000 tonnes of copper and 180,000 to 220,000 ounces of gold in concentrates this year, Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) reports.Last year the Mongolian copper-gold mine produced 159,100 tonnes of copper, up 1.1% from 2017, and 285,000 ounces of gold, up 150% from 2017.The government of Mongolia owns 34 percent of Oyu Tolgoi with the r...Read More
Bayhorse Silver (TSXV: BHS; US-OTC: KXPLF) has tabled 23 new silver channel samples from its Bayhorse silver mine in Oregon. The company is trying to find the mine's higher grade zones; it will then designate the barren zones as support pillars in its mine design.The company sampled from two new raises and stopes built 15 metres apart. It took samples measuring 1 metre by 0.2 metre on 0.9 metre c...Read More
Bayhorse Silver (TSXV: BHS; US-OTC: KXPLF) has tabled 23 new silver channel samples from its Bayhorse silver mine in Oregon. The company is trying to find the mine's higher grade zones; it will then designate the barren zones as support pillars in its mine design.The company sampled from two new raises and stopes built 15 metres apart. It took samples measuring 1 metre by 0.2 metre on 0.9 metre c...Read More
Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), the world's No.1 diamond producer by output, made $463 million only at the international auctions it held in five countries in 2018.Following the publication of its overall sale results for the year, with rough and polished diamonds generating $4.5 billion, the Russian miner issued a press release highlighting the importance of the competitive sales it held abroad, especially th...Read More
China Molybdenum, which bought the giant Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine from Freeport-McMoRan in 2016, is buying a holding company for $1.14 billion that will give it an 80%-stake in Democratic Republic of Congo's operation.The Chinese miner, which has spent almost $5 billion in the past two years on an acquisition rampage, said it had agreed to buy BHR Newwood DRC Holdings Ltd, a holdin...Read More
China Molybdenum, which bought the giant Tenke Fungurume copper and cobalt mine from Freeport-McMoRan in 2016, is buying a holding company for $1.14 billion that will give it an 80%-stake in Democratic Republic of Congo's operation.The Chinese miner, which has spent almost $5 billion in the past two years on an acquisition rampage, said it had agreed to buy BHR Newwood DRC Holdings Ltd, a holdin...Read More
Following a mapping and prospecting campaign in conjunction with a grid-based soil sampling program and follow-up rock channel sampling, Carube Copper (TSXV: CUC) reported the discovery of high-grade copper-silver mineralization at its Main Ridge Project in Jamaica.Known for its initials MR, the project covers 30 square kilometres of the island country's south-central region, an area where the Spa...Read More
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The most recent Annual Survey of Mining Companies by the Fraser Institute ranked British Columbia seventh among Canadian mining jurisdictions. But no other province or territory has had two new precious metal mines reach commercial production less than 15 months apart over the last two calendar years.In July 2017, Pretium Resources (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) launched commercial production at its high-g...Read More
A week in which the trend for M&A in the gold sector accelerated ended with predictions that the copper sector could be next, as analysts issued a bullish outlook for the mineral. The report from Fitch Solutions on mining the Americas pointed to promising spot levels on nickel, lead, copper, tin and gold, auguring well for 2019. The bullish outlook for copper, in particul...Read More
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The bad news for shareholders of the Zimbabwe and Romania-focused miner piled up on Friday afternoon, with lender Bergen Global Opportunity Fund calling on conversion rights worth $500,000, meaning Vast must issue 164 million new shares.The $5.5 million tranche B money was to get the Baita Plai polymetallic mine in Romania up and running, the Manaila operation, and on diamond exploration in Z...Read More
Thome, President and CEO of AMEBC.AMEBC (Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia) is the leading association for the mineral exploration and development sector in British Columbia. The organization represents BC's mineral exploration sector and promotes environmentally responsible mineral development with clear policies, events and tools to support its thousands of members.AMEBC is we...Read More
The processing plant under construction at Lundin Gold's Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador. Source: Lundin Gold Inc.Sandstorm Gold Ltd. [SSL-TSX, SAND-NYSE American] said Friday January 18 that it has acquired a 0.9% net smelter return royalty interest on precious metals produced from Lundin Gold Inc.'s [LUG-TSX, LUG-OMX] Fruta del Norte mine in Ecuador.Sandstorm said the royalty was acquired form a...Read More
The price of palladium is breaking records.And the financial media is buzzing about the white metal.But before you get sucked into the palladium hype, there are a few things investors should know.Palladium Price 1-YearIn the past five months, palladium prices have increased by almost 60%. Yesterday, the price of palladium soared to over $1,400 an ounce, an all-time high for the metal.That's $100 m...Read More