Deutsche Telekom on Monday said it will launch a network of electric vehicle cha...Read full newsRead More
MICROMINE will be attending the American Exploration & Mining Association's 2018 Annual Meeting in Spokane, Washington.The AEMA 2018 Annual Meeting will be held at the Spokane Exhibition Center on December 2nd - 7th and will feature over 100 speakers and 250 exhibitors as well as a core shack over the 6 days. MICROMINE is focused on digitalization opportunities that are cost effective, add value a...Read More
Demand for electric cars will continue to surge irrespective of oil prices as consumers buy into a technology aimed at making driving fun while being environmentally friendly, according to Royal Dutch Shell Plc."It's a technology many of our customers like," Istvan Kapitany, head of Shell's global retail business, said in an interview in St. Petersburg, Russia. "They get a joy out of it, they feel...Read More
LONDON - Nigeria has awarded a mining contract to ten exploration and consulting companies as part of the country's efforts to develop the sector, the mining and steel development minister said on Tuesday.Abubakar Bawa Bwari did not say how much the contracts were worth but in July he had said eight firms would be awarded a government contract to the tune of 12.7 billion naira ($41.5 million).Nige...Read More
Anglo American (LON:AAL) has increased its copper production guidance from its Chilean operations this year to 660,000 tonnes, up from a range of 630,000 to 660,000 tonnes previously anticipated, based on planned expansions at its Los Bronces and Collahuasi mines.The world's number four diversified miner has also set new targets for the next three years. It now expects to generate between 630,000...Read More
Anglo American (LON:AAL) has increased its copper production guidance from its Chilean operations this year to 660,000 tonnes, up from a range of 630,000 to 660,000 tonnes previously anticipated, based on planned expansions at its Los Bronces and Collahuasi mines.The world's number four diversified miner has also set new targets for the next three years. It now expects to generate between 630,000...Read More
Mr. Murray Payne reportsDYNACERT ANNOUNCES OFFERING AMENDMENT, PROPOSED OVERSUBSCRIBED SECOND TRANCHE CLOSING AND WARRANT AMENDMENTSDynaCERT Inc. has received subscriptions for an aggregate of $2,454,480 in respect of the proposed closing of the second tranche of its financing previously announced of up to $3-million of units (see press releases of Sept. 18, 2018, Sept. 20, 2018, and Sept. 25, 201...Read More
Societe Miniere de Boke, which mines aluminum raw material bauxite in Guinea, signed agreements with the West African nation to spend $3 billion on a railway, an alumina refinery and the development of new mining areas.The 135-kilometer (84-mile) railway, which will link mining operations to a river terminal, will cost an estimated $1.2 billion and is expected to start operations in 2022, the grou...Read More
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's Gold Fields is not acting in good faith in talks with the government over planned job cuts, mining minister Gwede Mantashe said on Monday, a setback for negotiations aimed at ending a weeks-long strike.Most workers at Gold Fields' struggling South Deep mine have been on strike since Nov. 2 over the company's plans to cut around 1,100 jobs, or 30 percent of its workfor...Read More
LONDON - La Mancha Group plans to buy more underground gold mines in Africa and is ready to snap up mines that Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources will sell after their merger, its billionaire chairman Naguib Sawiris said on Tuesday."The Barrick disposals might be in geographies where we are very strong and that makes sense for us," Sawiris told reporters on the sidelines of the Mines and Money co...Read More
Mr. Ralph Shearing reportsTELSON REACHES AGREEMENT WITH NYRSTAR TO AMEND LOAN AGREEMENTTelson Mining Corp. has reached an agreement to amend the terms of its loan agreement dated June 13, 2018, with Nyrstar Canada (Holdings) Ltd. The amended terms of the loan agreement will help Telson to better manage its cash flows at Campo Morado in a subdued zinc price environment.Effective Nov. 19, 2018, Tels...Read More
Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX, NASDAQ: MPVD) issued a statement today saying it expects the Gahcho Ku?(C) mine, its joint venture with De Beers, to produce between 6.6 and 6.9 million carats in 2019, recovered after processing 3.1 to 3.2 million tonnes of ore.This guidance for the new fiscal year estimates that production costs would be up to CAD$120 per tonne of ore processed and of CAD$50 to...Read More
Nevada Zinc (TSXV: NZN) announced today that it has started a Preliminary Economic Assessment on its flagship Lone Mountain zinc project.The project is located in Eureka County, east-central Nevada, and it comprises 231 claims covering 1,619 hectares. Nevada Zinc has run some drill programs on the property with results showing numerous broad intersections of medium to high-grade non-sulphide zinc...Read More
Vancouver, BC - good natured Products Inc. (TSX-V:GDNP) (the "Company" or "good naturedTM"), is pleased to announce that one of the largest herb growers in the Midwest U.S., Mariposa Farms, has made the switch away from petroleum-based PET packaging to good natured (R) plant-based materials.With a presence across 15 states supplying retailers such as Walmart, Hy-Vee, and Price Chopper as well as...Read More
The Canadian Mining Symposium, presented by The Northern Miner in cooperation with the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom, is returning to Canada House on Trafalgar Square in London, U.K., on May 22, 2019, and we are pleased to announce three stellar headline speakers for the event: David Harquail, CEO of Franco-Nevada Corporation; Steve Letwin, president and CEO of Iamgold; and Eir...Read More
November 27, 2018The next Fed meet (and rate hike) is December 19, and just weeks after that, U.S. president Donald "The Golden Trumpster" Trump may be set to unleash a new round of inflationary and growth-crushing tariffs.It's not easy (to put it mildly) for American business to create new factories to replace the products made by highly productive Chinese factories.So, for 2019, most top U.S. ba...Read More
Earlier this month, Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX:WPM)(NYSE:WPM) announced earnings for the most recent quarter, which showcased several notable drops when compared to the same quarter last year, leading to a drop in the stock's share price, which is currently trading down 5% this month.As the world's largest streamer of precious metals, a weaker than expected set of results from Wheaton could be a...Read More
Almost 82,000 shares in the company changed hands with the price rising C20c yesterday to 60c, despite any official news.Its shares had last Read More
Drilling operatiuons at Tinka's Ayawilca Project in Peru. Source: Tinka Resources Ltd.Tinka Resources Ltd. [TK-TSXV] has announced an updated mineral resource estimate for its 100%-owned Ayawilca zinc and tin deposits in Peru.The 150 km2 Ayawilca project is located 40 km northwest of Cerro de Pasco in the richly mineralized silver-lead-zinc belt of central Peru. It ranks as one of the largest zinc...Read More
The Genesee generating facility. Source: leduc-chamber.comAltius Minerals Corp. [ALS-TSX; ATUSF-OTCQX] said the Genesee Ltd. Partnership, of which Altius is the General Partner, has filed a law suit against the governments of Alberta and Canada.The law suit claims $190 million in damages while describing actions that it feels were tantamount to expropriation of its royalty interest in the Genesee...Read More