Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsIt processed 364,176 tonnes of ore through the Nugget Pond copper and gold milling facility at a feed grade of 1.24% copper and 0.57g/t gold.Read More
RCT has finished a major automation project at Matsa Resources' Aguas Te??idas and Magdalena mines in the Huelva province of Spain.The project involved installing ControlMaster guidance automation on four CAT R2900G underground loaders and one automation centre surface control station at Matsa's Aguas Te??idas copper-lead-zinc mine.The Automation Centre is fitted out with RCT's multiple machine co...Read More
How to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixWhite Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corpQuality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsThe world's major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are increasingly aligning thems...Read More
How to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixWhite Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corpQuality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsRising inflation? Buy gold! Falling inflation and lower interest rates? Buy gold! Strong...Read More
As we know, Gold and the US Dollar have an inverse relationship. Gold is priced in US Dollars and the drivers of each are similar (from an inverse point of view). Over long-term periods both trend in the same direction but the magnitude of the moves can vary and be quite different.The standard inverse relationship has not been a perfect one in recent months or years.In the chart below we plot Gold...Read More
Ivanhoe Mines has appointed Tony Giardini as its new president, effective immediately. Giardini was most recently the executive vice president and CFO of Toronto-based Kinross Gold, a position which he held since December 2012.Tony Giardini, new president of Ivanhoe Mines. Image courtesy of Kinross Gold's Facebook page.Before joining Kinross, Giardini served as senior vice president and CFO at Ca...Read More
Ivanhoe Mines Ltd said on Wednesday its chief executive officer, Lars-Eric Johansson, would retire at the end of June after 12 years at the helm.Johansson, who held the position since May 2007, has led the company through its initial public offering in 2012 and was a part of the company's major transformation to become a producer of copper, zinc and nickel.The Canadian miner also said it appointed...Read More
The World Bank launched the Climate-Smart Mining Facility on Friday, the first-ever fund dedicated to making mining for minerals climate-smart and sustainable.The fund will support the sustainable extraction and processing of minerals and metals used in clean energy technologies, such as wind, solar power, and batteries for energy storage and electric vehicles.The World Bank is targeting a total...Read More
One of the largest gold mining companies in the world has taken a shine to Chakana Copper (TSV: PERU) and its Soledad project in Peru. Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) is spending C$8 million to buy 15.69 million Chakana shares at C$0.51 per share for a 16.14% stake in the junior.The proceeds will be used to advance exploration and development of the Soledad copper-gold-silver project, 260 km northwest of...Read More
Privately held industrial conglomerate GFG Alliance said on Wednesday it would spend up to A$100 million ($70.5 million) to get a controlling interest in a copper and iron ore developer to provide materials for its Australian copper and steel business.GFG is building up a South Australian franchise to its global steel and energy business after its purchase of the Whyalla Steelworks and an energy c...Read More
Ridgestone Mining (TSXV: RMI) issued a review of results from exploration on its Rebeico gold-copper project in Sonora, Mexico, and reported that two styles of mineralization were recognized at the site, both containing copper, gold and silver.In a press release, Ridgestone said the mineralization was identified at the over 1 kilometre-long north-south trending Alaska vein, and at the intensely al...Read More
Chile's Codelco, the world's No. 1 copper producer, has begun underground operations at its century-old Chuquicamata mine, ahead of schedule and with more than 8,000 tonnes of ore already extracted since early April.Block-caving, originally planned for May, began at the end of March, the state-owned miner said in a statement. Ore is being initially extracted by truck before starting commercial pro...Read More
How to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixWhite Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corpQuality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsI think I may have mentioned previously that I was late coming to Game of Thrones.Read More
Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsUnder the terms of the earn-in agreement, Kennecott can acquire a 55% stake in the property by spending US$5 million on exploration within five years, including a minimum $1 million in the first year.Read More
Altech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicalsJCAP sent letters to the British Columbia Securities Commission and the US Securities and Exchange Commission alleging serious issues concerning misleading claims about the proposed project.Read More
How to monitor and manage your Tailings Storage FacilitySPONSOREDisometrixWhite Gold Corp a force in Yukon as exploration drive reaps dividendsSPONSOREDwhite gold corpQuality emerges at Galan's blue-chip lithium addressSPONSOREDgalan lithiumAltech ticks boxes on path to production SPONSOREDaltech chemicals"Today's PEA demonstrates the La Mina VMS project is a high-return, capital efficient and...Read More
Vancouver-based Rockridge Resources reports drilling high-grade, near-surface copper mineralization at the Knife Lake property 50 km northwest of Sandy Bay. Rockridge has an option with Eagle Plains Resources to acquire 100% interest in the historic property.Drill hole KF19001 intersected net textured to fracture controlled sulphide mineralization between 7.5 to 40.6 metres, returning 33.1 metres...Read More
First Quantum Minerals of Vancouver has offered an update on progress at the Cobre Panama copper mine as it made 25 tonnes of copper during the first quarter of this year. The project is on track to deliver between 140,000 and 175,000 tonnes in 2019. About 80% of total output will occur in the second half of the year, as the mill ramps up to its annual capacity of 72 million tonnes by the end of t...Read More
Industrial metal markets are taking a breather as they await tangible evidence that China's latest stimulus package is feeding through to a flagging manufacturing sector.April's purchasing managers indices, weaker than expected but still just in expansion territory, mean the collective guessing game continues.Copper imports almost matched last year's record pace, while China continues to soak up r...Read More