Vancouver, BC - Venzee Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: VENZ) (the "Corporation" or "Venzee"), is pleased to announce that it has completed a second integration of its Venzee Mesh API content distribution platform with a previously announced Product Information Management (PIM) channel partner, following the release of its next-generation API.This technology channel partner is focused on digital supply...Read More
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Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with Russia to build a new platinum mine in the southern African country, finalizing a deal that's stalled since 2014.A deal to develop a new platinum-group metals mine on a prospect held by Great Dyke Investment, a company jointly owned by a Russian state-controlled company and Zimbabwe's government has been sealed, Polite Kambamura, the nation's deputy mines mini...Read More
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A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would extend a lucrative tax credit for electric vehicles that could benefit companies like Tesla Inc. and General Motors Co.The chances of the Senate extending the electric vehicle tax credit, which President Donald Trump proposed rescinding in his most recent budget request, aren't great, according to analysts."Prospects aren't...Read More
Growing demand for smart thermostats, wind turbines and other high-tech devices is expected to keep copper the dominant material used in electrical components, industry players said, offsetting rising use of aluminum, a cheaper alternative to conduct electricity.That bodes well for the likes of Chilean producer Codelco, Rio Tinto Plc and other major copper miners, who are investing billions of dol...Read More
Oil prices jumped to five-month highs this week, pushed higher by a bullish cocktail of supply outages, geopolitical unrest and a sputtering shale sector.The most recent factor is the sudden eruption of the long simmering feud in Libya between rival factions. The attack on Tripoli by the Libyan National Army (LNA), a militia led by Khalifa Haftar, led to a spike in oil prices on Monday as the mark...Read More
McEwen Mining reported its first quarter results on April 9, along with the news that it is considering the sale of its Mexican assets. The net proceeds would be used to advance other development projects and retire a portion of the company's debt.The El Gallo heap leach complex in Sinaloa state produced 5,413 oz. of gold in Q1 2019. Gold is recovered from residual leaching of the heap. The proces...Read More
McEwen Mining reported its first quarter results on April 9, along with the news that it is considering the sale of its Mexican assets. The net proceeds would be used to advance other development projects and retire a portion of the company's debt.The El Gallo heap leach complex in Sinaloa state produced 5,413 oz. of gold in Q1 2019. Gold is recovered from residual leaching of the heap. The proces...Read More
First Cobalt Corp aims to restart an idled cobalt refinery in Canada within two years and is in talks to supply the battery-grade product to four leading automakers, chief executive Trent Mell said on Wednesday.The Toronto-based company is planning a $30 million revamp of the plant, located in the appropriately named town of Cobalt, Ontario, which has been shut down since 2015.The restart would pr...Read More
Poland's KGHM, one of the world's biggest copper and silver producers, has no plan to sell its foreign assets but may freeze some in Canada or the United States if they require big investments, its chief executive said.State-run KGHM, which for many years had focused only on Poland, accessed Chilean, Canadian and U.S. metal deposits through its almost $3 billion purchase of Quadra FNX in 2012, the...Read More
Zimbabwe may withdraw mining rights from companies that take too long to dig for minerals, the deputy mines minister said on Wednesday, part of efforts to lift output in a sector vital to the country's economic revival.Zimbabwe sits on the second-largest known platinum deposits after neighbouring South Africa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa is keen to revive mining after years of reticence by for...Read More
Greatpower Technology Co, a Chinese supplier of chemicals for lithium-ion batteries, will start producing nickel sulphate from a plant in eastern China's Zhejiang province by the end of this year, its chairman said on Wednesday.Nickel sulphate, like the sulphate form of sister metal cobalt, is a sought-after ingredient in cathodes for batteries used in electric vehicles, for which China's is the w...Read More
Nearly 2,000 Zambian villagers have the right to sue mining company Vedanta in the English courts, London's Supreme Court said on Wednesday, raising the prospect other companies could face legal action in England related to their activities abroad.India-listed Vedanta, which delisted from London last year but maintains a legal base in Britain, appealed a lower-court ruling that a case in which vil...Read More
Benchmark Metals Inc. (TSXV: BNCH)'s stock jumped at the open after the company released additional assay results from its Lawyer's gold and silver project. Investor reaction to these results was felt early, pushing Benchmark shares up over 10% for a market capitalization of over $8 million.The Lawyer's project is located in the Toodoggone Mineral District, on the eastern extent of the Stikine Ter...Read More
Azerbaijan's leading gold mining company, Anglo Asian Mining, said on Wednesday its gold output rose five percent in the first quarter of 2019 to 17,245 ounces.London-listed Anglo Asian produces gold at Gedabek and other Azeri mines in a joint venture with the Azeri state in which the company holds 51 percent.The company said its total production of gold-equivalent ounces (GEO), which includes oth...Read More
Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corp (ASX: LYC) said Wednesday its board has rejected a A$1.5bn (about $1.1B) takeover proposal from Australian retail and industrial conglomerate Wesfarmers.Lynas, one of the world's main suppliers of rare earths outside China, said the offer undervalued the company's "intellectual property." The miner also said it could deliver better shareholder value in its c...Read More
Canada's First Vanadium (TSX-V: FVAN) has published indicated mineral resources for its Nevada-based Carlin project, considered the largest, highest grade primary vanadium deposit in North America.The company, which in March more than doubled the size of the vanadium property from 1,331 acres to 3,177 acres, said Carlin's maiden resource has far exceeded expectations and will provide a base for a...Read More
Carube Copper (TSXV: CUC) announced this week that it acquired a 100% interest in 300 mineral claims covering the Stewart Brook gold project area in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.The claims were acquired through staking directly from the government, cover 46 square kilometers and are located along strike of Atlantic Gold's Cochrane Hill deposit. Three historical gold districts are within 5 kilom...Read More
"The copper and silver mineralization is in sandstone and shale, and is especially concentrated where these rocks contain layers of carbon in the form of fossilized plant fragments"Aurania Resources (TSXV: ARU) reported finding high-grade copper and silver over an area measuring six kilometres by three kilometres in the Kirus target area of the Lost Cities - Cutucu project in southeastern Ecuador....Read More