US markets fall, August 16-20
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 395.3 points or 1.11% to 35,120.08 and the S&P 500 lost 26.33 points or 0.59% to finish the trading week at 4,441.67. Spot gold…
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TSX Venture down, August 16-20
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 58.55 points or 6.34% to finish the August 16-20 trading week at 864.51. Spot gold fell US$1.00 per oz. to US$1,780.70 per ounce. Shares…
TSX down, August 16-20
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 179.1 points or 0.87% to finish the August 16-20 trading week at 20,339.00. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index dropped 7.48% to 100.51 and the S&P/TSX…
JV Article: Blue Sky Uranium advances the Amarillo Grande uranium-vanadium project in Argentina
Blue Sky Uranium (TSXV: BSK; US-OTC: BKUCF) is exploring for uranium and vanadium deposits in the Patagonia region of southern Argentina, where it holds 400,000 hectares of prospective tenements. The Canadian…
First Quantum’s subsidiary ready to renegotiate Cobre Panama’s concession
First Quantum Minerals’ (TSX: FM) subsidiary Minera Panamá issued a communiqué over the weekend stating that it has not yet met with Panamanian authorities to discuss the renewal of the…
Volvo buys world’s first fossil-free steel
The first fossil-free steel in the world has been delivered by Swedish steelmaker SSAB Oxelösund to its first customer, Volvo Group. The product was manufactured in northern Sweden, using the…
JV Article: How surplus mining assets backed by OEM warranties can reduce capital costs, accelerate production and improve sustainability
As the mining industry continues to dig up minerals needed to decarbonize the global grid, and pandemic restrictions ease, the need for ready access to mining and processing equipment is…
Court rules Intrepid Potash has no water rights in New Mexico
Intrepid’s use of the Pecos River water became controversial after the company disclosed it planned to sell it to the oil and gas industry.
Roscan reports high-grade results from Kandiole project
Roscan Gold (TSXV: ROS; US-OTC: RCGCF) has released a new batch of drill results from its Kandiole project in Mali, about 400 km west of the nation’s capital, Bamako, and…
BHP fired 48 workers in two years for sexual harassment
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) revealed this week that it has fired 48 employees since 2019 for sexual harassment at its remote fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) mines in Western…
PFS for Newcrest’s Cadia PC1-2 delivers attractive economics
Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM) has delivered a prefeasibility study for its Cadia underground gold mine expansion. The mine, in New South Wales, Australia, produces gold doré and gold-rich…
Montage Gold says new indicated Koné resource ‘exceeded objective’
Orca Gold (TSXV: ORG) subsidiary Montage Gold (TSXV: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) has exceeded its exploration objective at the Koné gold project in Côte d’Ivoire with 100% resource conversion and resource…