Canada's Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has extended its sales agreement with HB Trading covering high-value diamonds from the Karowe mine, in Botswana, for another 10 years.The contract will see Lucara's +10.8 carat production sold at prices based on the estimated polished outcome of each diamond. This is determined through state-of-the-art scanning and planning technology, with a true up paid on a...Read More

Chile's SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world's second largest lithium producer, expects prices for the battery metal to stay high into 2023 on the back of soaring demand boosted by strong sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in China.In its results for the the three months to Sept. 30, the miner announced record lithium sales, which more than quadrupled in the quarter from a year ago. The company's highest qua...Read More

I've been warning about a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for a long time - or as I like to call it, "Biden Bucks."That's because Biden fast-tracked its development. He's been responsible for implementing CBDCs at a very quick tempo in the U.S.They could actually end up as his most enduring legacy, believe it or not."Respectable" economists and financial commentators derided me as a conspirac...Read More

Vancouver, Canada - November 16, 2022 - Sirona Biochem Corp. (TSX-V: SBM) (FSE: ZSB) (OTC: SRBCF) ("Sirona") is pleased to announce positive results of the clinical safety study for their novel anti-aging compound TFC-1326 1% in formulation, now proven to be a non-irritant and non-sensitizer. TFC-1326, Sirona's lead anti-aging compound, will soon enter a clinical trial designed to assess its >>Rea...Read More

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De Beers diamond sales in the ninth cycle were US$450 million, a drop of 11.4% from the last sale cycle, but up by 2.7% year-on-year.Read More

Permitting has become a cornerstone issue in the US mining industry as miners struggle against environmental and other regulations, which in at least one case has taken 17 years to secure.Read More

Two-time Vale president Eliezer Batista diesLeadershipLook beyond market approach to project valuations: van ZylLeadershipAura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationThe resource estimate will form the basis for the upcoming Baptiste prefeasibility study which is du...Read More

Aura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumIn a positive sign for the project pipeline, 13 projects made this year's list, up from nine last year and eight in 2020.Read More

Aura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumGold Fields CEO Chris Griffith and Yamana executive chair Peter Marrone have spent much of the time since May touting the valu...Read More

Aura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumDe Beers diamond sales in the ninth cycle were US$450 million, a drop of 11.4% from the last sale cycle, but up by 2.7% year-on-yea...Read More

(IDEX Online) - Christie's is to auction another huge pink diamond, this time a 13.15-carat gem with a high estimate of $35m.It's just a week since it sold the 18.18-carat pear-shaped Fortune Pink for $28.8m (Estimate $25m to $35m) in Geneva.Next month the "magnificently" fancy vivid diamond, described as "VVS1 clarity, potentially internally flawless", will be offered for sale in New Yo...Read More

The latest disruption comes after protestors gained access to the mine and burned some non-essential infrastructure two weeks ago.Read More

(IDEX Online) -  Jeans company Wrangler is to auction a $40,000 one-off diamond-encrusted cowboy belt buckle for good causes.It was created with 75 diamonds - total weight 6.34 carats - to mark its 75th anniversary, together with yellow gold, blue topaz and sterling silver accents. All proceeds will go to the independent non-profit organizations Western Sports Foundation and Lead Changes...Read More

Aura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumJapan's prime minister Kishida Fumio said the move is aimed at fast-tracking Indonesia's "realistic but ambitious transition from c...Read More

(IDEX Online) - The 170.2-carat Lulo Rose, believed to be the largest pink diamond found in the last 300 years, has been sold at tender.The price paid for the stone, named after the alluvial mine in Angola where it was recovered, was not disclosed.But it was among seven specials from the same mine that realized a total of $20.4m, according to Sodiam, Angola's national diamond trading company....Read More

(IDEX Online) - De Beers today reported sales of $450m at its latest cycle, in line with an expected lull due to  Diwali. That figure, for Cycle 9, is down from $508m at Cycle 8 and $638m at Cycle 7, but is broadly in line with the same sales period last year ($438m).CEO Bruce Cleaver, CEO, De Beers Group, said: "We saw good demand for our rough diamonds during Cycle 9 with sales reflect...Read More

Aura picks up the pace on its pathway to uranium production at TirisSPONSOREDaura energy Women's Executive Network: Canada's Most Powerful WomenSPONSOREDonyen corporationBlue Sky's big ambitions for Patagonia's uranium resourcesSPONSOREDblue sky uraniumThere has been speculation BHP would return with a higher offer for OZ after the board of the copper miner slammed BHP's non-bindin...Read More

Two Vancouver-domiciled gold companies, Getchell Gold Corp. (CSE: GTCH; US-OTCQB: GGLDF) and Elevation Gold Mining (TSXV: ELVT; US-OTCQX: EVGDF), are making gains in their respective Nevada and Arizona-focused exploration drilling programs.Getchell announced on Nov. 15 that the results from a single hole had intersected several significant intervals of gold mineralization at the North Fork zone in...Read More

London-based multinational Anglo American (LSE: AAL) has reached an agreement with the Queensland government to supply all of its Australian power needs from wind and solar generation by 2025 and onwards.The 10-year deal will see Stanwell Corporation, a government-owned power utility, effectively remove all scope two emissions from Anglo American's steelmaking coal business in the country.Scope tw...Read More