Anglo American’s (AAUK-Q, AAL-L) agreement to pay $5.1 billion in cash for the Oppenheimer family’s 40% stake in De Beers will have a profound impact on the diamond industry, executives and analysts say.
Being part of the team that unearthed one of the world’s great copper-gold deposits in Oyu Tolgoi hasn’t left Ed Flood to rest on his laurels.
Being part of the team that unearthed one of the world’s great copper-gold deposits in Oyu Tolgoi hasn’t left Ed Flood to rest on his laurels. The founding president and former deputy chair of Ivanhoe Mines (IVN-N, IVN-T) is now throwing his…
In the race to bring the world new sources of rare earths from places other than China, Frontier Rare Earths (FRO-T) has put itself in a solid position, thanks to a deal with a deep-pocketed Korean consortium.
In the race to bring the world new sources of rare earths from places other than China, Frontier Rare Earths (FRO-T) put itself in a solid position thanks to a deal with a deep pocketed Korean consortium.
Copper prices could move lower before they go higher, but Barclays Capital says it believes we have not yet seen the highs for this year.
With three operating underground mines, another under construction and more than 4,000 sq. km of prospective land to explore all in northern Manitoba, HudBay Minerals (HBM-T, HBM-N) has no plans to leave the province anytime soon, even with two…
A first round of drill results from the Mrima Hill rare earth-niobium project in southeastern Kenya has given Pacific Wildcat Resources’ (PAW-V) share price a major boost.
Seven years in the malaria-infested rainforests of Papua New Guinea and six years in Canada’s Arctic led Buddy Doyle and his exploration teams at Rio Tinto (RIO-N, RIO-L) to the two biggest discoveries of his career: the 30-million-oz. Minifie…
The Zimbabwe government has announced it is going ahead with its indigenization law, and foreign mining firms now have until Sept. 25 to sell a majority stake of their projects in the country to qualified locals.
The 2011 PDAC awards gala was held during the organization’s annual convention, on the evening of March 7 at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York hotel. The winners were selected by the PDAC’s board of directors, based on recommendations from the…
While a certain amount of global uncertainty remains, 2010 saw a strong recovery in diamond prices driven by exceptional demand in China and India, coupled by a better than expected retail performance in the U.S. during the Christmas season.
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