Electric vehicle. (Reference image in the public domain from Pxfuel). Researchers from Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology and the University of Pennsylvania in the US produced a new catalyst that could boost the performance of metal-air batteries, known as MABs. These batteries use oxygen from ambient air to store and convert energy. In general, they have large storage cap...Read More
The Santa Cruz operation is located in Zacatecas' Vetagrande municipality, pictured here. (Image by Ereenegee, Wikimedia Commons). Impulsora Minera Santa Cruz, a mining company that operates its namesake silver-lead-zinc mine in Mexico's Zacatecas state, decided to shut down operations for six months due to an environmental investigation that is being carried out by the Federal Attorney for Envir...Read More
Reference image of IAMGOLD's booth at the PDAC conference in Toronto. (Image courtesy of IAMGOLD). Canada's IAMGOLD Corp. (TSX IMG) (NYSE: IAG) is closing its Toronto office for one week after one of its employees tested positive for Covid-19.In a media statement, the miner said that the employee was last in the Toronto office on March 6, 2020, and is now in self-quarantine at home and in stable...Read More
Chris MarcheseChief Mining Analyst, GoldSeek & SilverSeekWeek Ended March-13, 2020$USA $EDV.to $EQX.to $FSM $FNV $WPM $KGC $MAX.to $OSK.to $PVG $NVO.V America's Gold and Silver Corp: Reported FY 2019 production of 5.8m AgEq oz, though only 1.2m oz. of that was actual silver ounces, the rest being base metals converted to silver equivalent. 2019 was a transition year for the company as it rec...Read More
RAPAPORT... The Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC) will introduce a certification project for Guinea's artisanal miners that will identify their rough diamonds as conflict-free.The AWDC has based the program on the Maendeleo Diamond Standards (MDS) that Canadian trade organization Diamond Development Initiative (DDI) implemented among Sierra Leone's small-scale miners in April. AWDC worked w...Read More
RAPAPORT... Alrosa is allowing clients to defer up to 60% of their rough-diamond allocations at this month's contract sale, claiming the concession will help buyers handle the current market difficulties."Amid such market uncertainty, it wouldn't be right to keep our customers tied to their original contracts," Evgeny Agureev, the Russian miner's deputy CEO, said in a statement Thursday. "We...Read More
RAPAPORT... Firestone Diamonds' shareholders have approved its delisting from public trading, as it seeks to reduce costs amid weak market conditions.The company, which operates the Liqhobong mine in Lesotho, will remain on AIM - the London Stock Exchange's submarket for smaller companies - until close of business on March 25, and will officially delist the following day, it said last week. I...Read More
RAPAPORT... The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has appointed Sriram Natarajan as managing director of its India lab, to succeed Nirupa Bhatt.Natarajan, who joined the GIA in 2017 as vice president of laboratory operations, will report to GIA India's board of directors. He will assume the position on June 15, once Bhatt transitions to her new role as a consultant on GIA's Diamond Origin Rep...Read More
RAPAPORT... Gemological Science International (GSI) has launched a new grading report for synthetic diamonds that states whether a stone has been through post-growth treatment, claiming to be the first major laboratory to offer this.The LGX Complete certificate will specify whether the stone was created using High Pressure-High Temperature (HPHT) or chemical vapor deposition (CVD), GSI said l...Read More
RAPAPORT... All diamond trading halls in Belgium and Israel are closing until further notice as the countries attempt to stem the spread of the coronavirus.Antwerp's four bourses will shut their trading floors from Monday, the Antwerpsche Diamantkring, the city's rough-diamond exchange, said in an email to members Friday. The rough and polished trading halls of the Israel Diamond Exchange (ID...Read More
(IDEX Online) - Diamond trading halls in Antwerp, Belgium, and Ramat Gan, Israel, have closed because of coronavirus restrictions.Trading halls at The Israel Diamond Exchange, with 15,000 employees, are subject to new rules announced on Saturday against gatherings of more than 10 people.Restaurants, the gym, and smoking rooms at the secure complex, known as The Bursa, will also close, although the...Read More
(IDEX Online) - The Royal Canadian Mint has produced the world's first diamond-shaped coin.It has a face value of CA$50, but is being sold to collectors for CA$1,499.95 in a limited edition of 700.The "coin" is made from 3oz of pure, matte-finished silver set with a 0.20-carat square-cut Forevermark Black Label diamond, mined at the Victor Mine, in Northern Ontario, before it closed in 2019.I...Read More
(IDEX Online) - A diamond merchant has been locked in an 11-year battle to recover uncut gems seized at a Canadian border post, according to the daily National Post newspaper.Tamba Thomas, from Australia, was found to have a plastic bag containing 28.13 carats of "forgotten" rough diamonds in his backpack as he crossed from the USA to Canada at Lacolle, Quebec, in November 2009.He had Kimberley pa...Read More
Las Fuerzas Armadas recomendaron al gobierno de Mart?-n Vizcarra decretar el estado de emergencia nacional, por los casos de coronavirus registrados.COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsior_MexS...Read More
La secretaria de salud local, Oliva L??pez Arellano, explic?? que s??lo se aplicala prueba a quien constituye un "caso sospechoso", es decir: temperatura mayor a 38 grados, dificultad para respirar, dolor en articulaciones y que haya viajado en los ??ltimos 14 d?-as o estado en contacto con unapersona que tiene COVID 19.COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: ht...Read More
Hasta el momento la 177 Representaci??n de la Pasi??n de Cristo en la alcald?-a de Iztapalapa no sufre modificaciones por la emergencia sanitaria del Covid-19.COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Exce...Read More
En algunas tiendas de autoservicio se ha registrado el desabasto de algunos productos de limpieza como consecuencia de las compras de p??nico por el coronavirus en M?(C)xico. COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://...Read More
Los cientificos descubrieron que el coronavirus que se propaga r??pidamente por todo el mundo puede sobrevivir en el aire durante tres horas.COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExcelsiorMexTwitter: https://twitter.com/Excelsior_MexSitio: ht...Read More
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Zhao Lijian, portavoz del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de China, acus?? al Ej?(C)rcito de Estados Unidos de ser quienes, al parecer, podr?-a haber llevado el coronavirus a la Ciudad de Wuhan.COMENTA ESTE VIDEO Y COMPARTELO CON TUS AMIGOSPara m??s informaci??n entra: http://www.youtube.com/excelsiortvNo olvides dejarnos tus comentarios y visitarnos enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/Excels...Read More