Golden Star Resources (TSX:GSC; NYSE:GSS) filed a preliminary economic assessment for expansion of its underground Wassa gold mine in Ghana on March 1. By mining the Southern Extension zone, the…
Lucara Diamond Corp. (TSX:LUC) anticipates incurring debt of between US$150 million and US$200 million towards the US$514-million underground expansion of the Karowe diamond mine in Botswana. The Vancouver company has…
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 75.93 points (0.41%) to finish the Feb. 15-19 trading week at 18,384.27. The Global Base Metals Index rose 10.2% to 169.75 and the Global Mining…
Completing two major acquisitions in one calendar year is a significant achievement by any measure but to do so in the midst of a pandemic makes it even more remarkable…
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; US-OTC: EDVMF) has become a Top Ten global gold producer since announcing two major acquisitions last year – Semafo and Teranga Gold. It is now the…
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is backing his country’s drive to develop a gold industry following drastic changes to mining regulations passed last year. Altus Strategies’ subsidiary AKH Gold, majority owned…
Miners have more than their fair share of superstitions. The more you dig into the world of mining lore and myths, the more you realise how hard a job it…
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has rewarded investors with the biggest dividend in its 148-year history and laid out plans to tackle the vast carbon footprint of its…
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) expects to start producing copper concentrates in July from its Kamoa-Kakula underground mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is confident it…
Sir Mick Davis built Xstrata into one of the largest mining companies in the world before it was acquired by Glencore in 2013 and has raised more than US$40 billion…
Israeli diamond and mining tycoon Beny Steinmetz is betting on Brazil’s authorities in his battle against Vale (NYSE: VALE). In January, the billionaire businessman was found guilty of bribing a…
Toronto-based gold major Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has released its fourth-quarter and year-end 2020 financial results. Production of 2.4 million gold-equivalent oz. for the year (624,032 oz. in…
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