RAPAPORT... Petra Diamonds plans to sell the company as it struggles with mounting debt.The company owns the Cullinan, Finsch and Koffiefontein mines in South Africa. It also operates the Williamson deposit in Tanzania, which is currently on care and maintenance until rough prices in the diamond market improve.The miner will offer the business as a whole, and will also consider offers for parts of...Read More
RAPAPORT... Patrick S?(C)vigny will take over management of Stornoway Diamonds following the exit of CEO Patrick Godin amid the company's efforts to streamline its executive team.S?(C)vigny will lead the company as chief operating officer, Stornoway said last week. Godin, who has stepped down from his role, joined the Canadian miner in 2010 as chief operating officer and was named CEO in 2018.Mean...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Tech firm Sarine is to provide "birth certificates" which track the provenance of rough stones being sold by Lucara.The online document, which includes scanned 3D model data, will follow the individual diamond through the cutting and polishing process, and ultimately to the consumer via its Sarine Diamond Journey software.Israel-based Sarine is building on an 18-month partnership w...Read More
Total US sales of watches and jewelry slumped in April, down by an unprecedented 54.7 per cent compared with the same month last year. It was the first full month of COVID-19 lockdown in the US.Sales in March, which included around two weeks of lockdowns, travel restrictions and store closures, were down 21.1 per cent. This figure, based on actual dollars through the cash regi...Read More
Struggling diamantaires in India are defaulting on payments and going bankrupt because of the COVID-19 crisis, according to media reports. The Times of India details four merchants and dealers in Mumbai and Surat who have collectively been unable to pay debts of $14m. It also says a firm of Surat-based angadias - diamond couriers - is now bankrupt, owing a total of $53m to more than 100 clients.&n...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Trade links between India and China are becoming increasingly strained after the deadliest border clash between the two nations in almost half a century.Twenty Indian soldiers were killed in fighting on 15 June along the Line of Actual Control, the de facto border, in the disputed Galwan Valley, in Ladakh. Chinese casualties have not been disclosed.As a result there are widespread...Read More
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Aston Bay Holdings Ltd. (TSX-V: BAY; OTCQB: ATBHF) is a mineral exploration company, exploring for gold and base metal deposits in Virginia, USA, and Nunavut, Canada. We learned from Thomas Ullrich, CEO and Director of Aston Bay Holdings, that they have a brand new high-grade, near-surface discovery at the Buckingham Gold Project, Virginia, in the best jurisdiction in the world. In the near-term,...Read More
Gord Stothart, President and CEO of Iamgold, is interviewed by Adrian Pocobelli, Online Editor of The Northern Miner, at the 2020 Canadian Mining Symposium on Zoom.Read More
(Bloomberg) -- Harmony Gold Mining Co. raised $200 million through a share sale after investors backed its plan to purchase AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.'s last South African operations. Harmony decided to sell shares after its mines were shuttered during a coronavirus lockdown, impacting its original plan to finance the $300 million deal with cash and deferred payments. AngloGold's Mponeng mine and Mine...Read More
The zero-premium merger of SSR Mining and Alacer Gold could net the new SSR a higher stock price, especially with gold prices risingRead full newsRead More
TORONTO - Owners of the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea say they will lay off 2,650 local mine workers by the end of July as the result of a continuing dispute with the federal government. Barrick Niugini Ltd., the joint venture mine owner and operator that is owned 47.5 per cent each by Canada's Barrick Gold Corp. and partner Zijin Mining Group of China, says the cost of the layoffs wil...Read More
Montr?(C)al, QC - Siyata Mobile Inc. (TSX-V:SIM / OTCQX: SYATF / FRA: WK3D) (the "Company" or "Siyata") is pleased to announce it has completed its previously announced non-brokered private placement financing (the "Offering") pursuant to which Accel Telecom Ltd. ("Accel") subscribed for 1,330 senior unsecured convertible debentures (the "Convertible Debentures") at an issue price of CDN$1,000 pe...Read More
Greenlane Renewables Inc. is a pioneer in the rapidly emerging renewable natural gas (RNG) market.Read full newsRead More
The LME three-month aluminium price was the standout performer on Friday June 26, breaching nearby resistance despite limited turnover, while a steady rise in LME copper futures prompted a tightening of the red metal's forward curve.Aluminium's outright price on the LME closed at $1,601.50 per tonne on Friday afternoon, climbing from an intraday low of $1,571 per tonne, while turnover was lower th...Read More
The closure of the Chuquicamata copper smelter in Chile could last up to two weeks, Fastmarkets learned on Friday June 26. The exact duration of the closure will "depend on the number of [Covid-19] cases found," with tests being carried out on staff, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Fastmarkets. Meanwhile, the refinery continues to operate at one third of capacity to process exist...Read More
A growth in investing based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is rapidly advancing a widespread market appreciation of low-carbon products, including aluminium, the chairman of En+ Group said. Lord Gregory Barker said that while mainstream investors previously did not turn their attention to so-called "green investing," there is now an increasing recognition that a large, geopol...Read More
An overview of the battery raw materials markets and their latest price moves.Read More
One year on from taking Nyrstar private, Trafigura chief financial officer Christophe Salmon says the trading firm "made the right choice" by committing $2.9 billion in capital doing so.In a wide-ranging interview with Fastmarkets, Salmon and Nyrstar chief executive officer Daniel Vanin discussed investment, cost reduction and plans of the company, which is the world's second-largest zinc and lead...Read More
The spot market for copper concentrate remained quiet in the week ended Friday June 26 due to Chinese market participants away for the national Dragon Boat Festival holiday. Fastmarkets' benchmark copper concentrate treatment and refining charge (TC/RC) index fell to $46.80 per tonne / 4.68 cents per lb on Friday from $47.30 per tonne / 4.73 cents per lb a week earlier. ...Read More