Aurion shares jump on Kinross option
The Toronto-listed equity of Aurion Resources (TSXV: AU) jumped more than 9% Monday after the company revealed Canadian gold major Kinross Gold (TSX: K) has agreed to earn a 70%…
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The diamond market ‘is the strongest it’s been in ten years,’ diamond expert says
After a brutal 2020 that saw diamond production and sales curbed globally, with production declining more than 20% to around 107 million carats, the diamond market has bounced back strongly…
BHP sheds more Australian coal mines in US$1.35 billion deal
BHP (NYSE: BHP: LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has inked a deal to divest up to US$1.35 billion in metallurgical coal assets in Australia, as part of the world’s largest miner…
The View from England: Fuse lit for American ironworkers
Friday November 5 saw fireworks on either side of the Atlantic. Just as the big bangs were fading on Guy Fawkes Night in the United Kingdom, rockets were going off…
JV Article: Starcore International Mines expands exploration for precious metals in Mexico
Starcore International Mines (TSX: SAM; US-OTC: SHVLF) holds a portfolio of assets that includes a producing mine and exploration and development projects in Mexico. The Vancouver-headquartered miner “sits in an exciting…
The charging infrastructure needed to boost EV adoption – report
In a new insight published by McKinsey & Company, Frank Mühlon, president of the e-mobility division of ABB, and Giovanni Palazzo, president and CEO of Electrify America, said that nowadays…
Video: Randy Smallwood discusses WPM’s Q3 performance, organic growth prospects
Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE: WPM; TSX: WPM) has reported earnings per share and revenue for the three months ended September that missed the consensus mark, despite record revenue for the…
Tantalum supply and demand after the pandemic
While the world slowly returns to some form of post-Covid normality, the tantalum industry is transitioning to an entirely new normality, one where reliability, stability and transparency are replacing the…
Minera Alamos pours first gold at Santana mine in Mexico
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) has poured its first gold at its 100%-owned Santana mine in Sonora, Mexico, five months after beginning mining operations. The Vancouver-based company said the gold was…
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Guinea junta names AngloGold executive as mines minister
Guinea’s junta has appointed Moussa Magassouba, the director general of AngloGold Ashanti’s (NYSE: AU; JSE: ANG) local subsidiary as the country’s mines and geology minister, two months after the elite…
Sherritt plans to expand Cuban nickel mine
Sherritt International (TSX: S) is making plans to expand production and lengthen the life of the Moa nickel-cobalt mine in Cuba. Moa is a joint venture of Sherritt (50%) and…