A string of Covid-19 cases among staff at Polyus PJSC, Russia's largest gold mine and main antimony ore supplier, could threaten exports of concentrates from the country, sources have said.The Olimpiada mine in the Krasnoyarsk Krai region of Siberia has reported that there have been 866 people infected with Covid-19 to date.Gold operations at Olimpiada were continuing as normal, according to Russi...Read More

European high- and low-carbon ferro-chrome prices increased last week, with industry sources reporting around 900 tonnes of done deals for high-carbon material and about half that for more refined-grade material.The high-carbon ferro-chrome price spread narrowed to $0.12 per lb after deals were reported that raised the lower end of the assessment. Deals for around 900 tonnes were reported and...Read More

Tianqi Lithium, China's top producer of the battery metal, says its controlling investor has put a sixth of its holding up for sale.The move, the Shenzhen-listed lithium miner said on May 18, seeks to raise much-needed cash to pay back debt the company racked up in an ambitious expansion overseas during the past two years.Chengdu Tianqi Industry Group, which holds a 36.04% stake in Tianqi Lithium,...Read More

This episode features the Q&A portion of Cameco's Q1 conference call that took place on May 1, 2020. Cameco president and CEO Tim Gitzel and vice-president and chief financial officer Grant Isaac discuss the impact of the coronavirus on uranium prices, as well as the difficulty the company has in obtaining an accurate uranium spot price, M&A and its ongoing tax dispute with the Canadian Revenue Ag...Read More

With restrictions on mining due to the coronavirus pandemic starting to ease, Newmont (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) is back on track with all but one of its mines - Musselwhite in northern Ontario - slated to resume full operations in the coming weeks.Five of the gold miner's operations had been suspended because of coronavirus restrictions - four in March, including Yanacocha in Peru, Cerro Negro in Arge...Read More

Indian steelmakers have exported huge volumes of steel during the Covid-19 crisis, and sales closed by major producer Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) have been at the very heart of this trend. In an exclusive interview, VR Sharma, JSPL's managing director, tells Fastmarkets how this feat was made possible and his expectations for the coming months.JSPL switched its attentions toward exporting steel at...Read More

Seven ways the resources sector can survive the COVID-19 crisisSPONSOREDproudfootCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesAnd then there's the problem of the world's best manganese coming from mines in the Kalahari manganese b...Read More

Stocks were on a tear in April, almost clawing back everything they lost in March.Much of that rally has been pinned on the hopes that lockdowns would be over and the coronavirus would be sorted in short order.But the more we hear from medical experts and more fundamentally, from the rising numbers ofRead full newsRead More

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Japan Gold announced on February 24, 2020 the formation of a Country-wide Alliance with Barrick Gold Corporation to jointly explore, develop and mine certain gold mineral properties and mining projects in Japan, covering the entire country, including 28 out of 30 projects currently held by the Company.Read full newsRead More

News of more tensions between US and China and a potentially new trade war sent waves through international markets at the beginning of the week. The two world leaders are currently locked in a battle of trying to pinpoint the origin of the coronavirus that shut down whole countries, disrupted supply chains and brought to halt entire sectors, causing an economic slowdown similar to the one during...Read More

They’re vastly different on the face of it — two areas of the TSX that traditionally appeal to very different investment types. But today we will be exploring whether 2020 is the year for buying into both gold and cannabis. How well do these two investment themes complement each other? Are there better names to buy and hold than others? And what is it about these industries that makes...Read More

| Photo: DR Travel Photo and Video/Shutterstock Mining operations in Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and parts of Canada are slowing ramping back up in May after countries, in compliance with government-mandated covid-19 containment measures, halted operations worldwide in March. The fallout of the coronavirus outbreak has forced global miners to cut their 2020 capital expenditure by about $6.4 b...Read More

Mineral tailings mud after dam rupture in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil. (Adobe Stock) A Minas Gerais state court in Brazil has revoked a decree from Brumadinho municipality that suspended Vale's operating license after health agents said that the company's onsite activities have "not respected the rules of social isolation."Brumadinho's mayor Avimar de Melo Barcelos had also ordered the suspe...Read More

Publisher's Note: Today we're bringing you an excerpt from The Dines Letter.Mr. James Dines has been an unparalleled source of research and analysis for decades and it's never been a better time to hear from "The Original Gold Bug" as the price of bullion and stocks soars.Read on to learn from Mr. Dines about the best way to buy gold and silver, along with trends that are coming into play during...Read More

Cactus Breccia Pipes (Image from Alderan) Rio Tinto's (NYSE: RIO ASX: RIO) subsidiary Kennecott has kicked off an initial four-hole 2,000m drill program at Alderan Resources' Frisco copper/gold/silver project in Utah. Kennecott will spend an initial $6 million on exploration at the project area to gain a 55% interest in the project, it said. Rio Tinto's subsidiary will earn 70% of the project by...Read More

Crow Butte operation in northeast Nebraska. Image courtesy of Cameco. US domestic production of uranium concentrate plunged 89% to 174,000 pounds of U3O8 (triuranium octoxide) last year, according to the latest annual report published by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). This also represents a steep decline compared to the 4.89 million pounds the US produced five years earlier.The p...Read More

Image from archives. A coalition of non-profit organizations is pushing for an international moratorium on deep-sea mining following a fresh report that warns of potential irreversible damage to Pacific island states including Kiribati, the Cook Islands, Nauru, Tonga, Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu."Accumulated scientific evidence indicates that the impacts of nodule mining in the Pacific Ocean woul...Read More

ORANO Mining Namibia has donated 200 million litres of desalinated water to local authorities in the coastal area.The value of the once-off donation is about N$6 million, Orano spokesperson Christine de Klerk said last week.The donation is in support of the government's efforts to cushion the economic impact of the Covid-19 outbreak.The water will be distributed through NamWater from the Erongo De...Read More