2020

A diagram of Planetary Resources' Arkyd 101 space telescope, which the company says will be developed within two years. Photo by Planetary Resources

Russia slams Trump’s order to mine Moon, asteroids

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has condemned U.S. President Donald Trump’s order that encourages citizens to mine the moon and other celestial bodies for commercial purposes. The government body likened the…



Shallow Focus Photo of Gold Bars. Credit: pixabay.com.

Gold ETFs hit record high in Q1

Global gold-backed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) had US$23 billion, or 298 tonnes, of net inflows, in the first quarter of 2020 – the highest quarterly amount ever and the largest tonnage…




A uranium hexafluoride cylinder loaded for shipping at Cameco's conversion facility in Port Hope, Ontario. Credit: Cameco

Cameco halts conversion facility in Ontario

Canada’s Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ), the world’s largest publicly traded uranium miner, is placing its plant at the Port Hope conversion facility in Ontario in a temporary safe shutdown…



Drill core from Cascabel. Credit: SolGOld.

SolGold’s Ecuador copper project grows

SolGold’s (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) Cascabel copper-gold asset in Ecuador received a boost on Tuesday after a long-awaited third resource update for Alpala, the project’s main deposit, showed larger than…





Editorial: Sinking in a sea of red

The economic fallout from COVID-19 is mounting sharply. Last week, unemployment claims in the United States hit a record 6.6 million, up from 3.3 million the previous week, and the…


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