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Samsung SDI, South Korea's leading battery maker, has unveiled plans to recycle cobalt from used mobile phones and develop lithium-ion batteries with minimum content of the metal, or no cobalt at all, as a way to offset soaring prices for the silver-grey commodity.Carmakers are scrambling to secure supply of cobalt, a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries that power electric vehicles, which pric...Read More
Nicholas Lyth, chief executive of Altona Energy (LON:ANR) tells Proactive's Andrew Scott this year is all about exploration for them.''We've now got a partner on board who's willing to support and fund us and we're going to use that money to explore the Westfield tenement and hopefully by the end of 2018 we'd have found what we're expecting to find ... in 2019 we'll be progressing it on to a...Read More
Mr. Christian Milau reportsEQUINOX GOLD RECEIVES C$19.2 MILLION FROM PACIFIC ROAD RESOURCES FUNDSEquinox Gold Corp. has received $19.2-million from Pacific Road Resources Funds and issued 21 million Equinox Gold common shares to Pacific Road pursuant to Pacific Road's exercise of non-dilution rights, as previously announced on Jan. 16, 2018. The shares are subject to a four-month hold period expir...Read More
Mr. Nelson Baker reportsDRILLING ON MINERAL MOUNTAIN'S STANDBY MINE PATENTS BEGINS IN THE ROCHFORD DISTRICT, SOUTH DAKOTA, USAMineral Mountain Resources Ltd.'s planned phase 1 drill program consisting of a minimum of 12 drill holes totalling approximately 4,300 metres started Feb. 7 to test the down-plunge extension of the 300-metre-wide Standby mine gold structure partially developed from 1891 to...Read More
Russia's Ambassador to Iran, Levan Dzhagaryan, announced Sunday that his government offered some support so that the Middle Eastern country revamps the Fordow nuclear facility, located near the northern city of Qom.In an interview with Russia's news agency TASS, Dzhagaryan said a delegation from the state-run nuclear agency Rosatom visited the Iran and discussed "certain practical aspects of the p...Read More
Acacia Mining (LON:ACA), Tanzania's No.1 bullion producer, has scrapped its 2017 dividend after a long-running dispute with the government of the East African nation cost the company $700 million in annual loss.The company, majority owned by Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX), also said its gold output would drop in 2018 as a result of the ongoing ban on exports of metal concentrate, which represent...Read More
Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) announced that, for the first time, workers at its 70% owned Mothae mine in Lesotho have recovered diamondssourcedfromresidualmaterialandkimberlitestockpiles.In a press release, the company explained that the gems were recovered through theexisting bulk sampling plant and infrastructure at Mothae, which has been refurbished ahead of schedule as part of a previo...Read More
Broadway Gold Mining Ltd. announced that Phase III surface drilling program at the Company's 100%-owned Madison copper-gold project in the legendary Butte-Anaconda mining region of Montana, USA.Read full newsRead More
Suncor Energy (TSX:SU), Canada's second-largest oil and gas producer, is buying Mocal Energy's 5% stake in the Syncrude joint venture for $730 million (roughly Cdn$920 million), and said it's also acquiring an interest in an offshore project in the Norwegian Sea.As a result of the first deal, expected to close in the first quarter, Suncor's share in Syncrude rises to 58.74% from 53.74%. The other...Read More
Thank you for joining us in a weekly technical look at the mid-cap oriented INK Canadian Insider (CIN) Index. Last week, the INK Canadian Insider Index gapped down along with other world markets and fell 31 points or 2.5% for a 5.8% loss in two weeks. Support now moves down to 1200 and 1220. Resistance moves to 1250 and 1256.Our long-term momentum indicator MACD fell 2.6 points or 45% to -8.36....Read More
At least 18 people were killed at an illegal gold mine in southern Venezuela during clashes with security forces looking to take control of the area, an official said Sunday.Read full newsRead More
At least 18 people have been killed in a confrontation between security forces and illegal miners in eastern Venezuela. The mineral-rich region sees frequent clashes between rival gangs seeking to control gold deposits.Read full newsRead More
A Duke University-led study has found dangerously high levels of mercury and its more toxic chemical cousin, methylmercury, in soils, sediments and rivers near artisanal gold mines in the West African nation of Senegal.Read full newsRead More
With massive amounts of electricity needed to run the computers that create bitcoins, large virtual currency companies have established a base in the North Atlantic island nation blessed with an abundance of renewable energy.Read full newsRead More
At least 18 people were killed at an illegal gold mine in southern Venezuela during clashes with security forces looking to take control of the area, an official said Sunday.Read full newsRead More
DENVER, Feb. 08 /CSRwire/ - Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE: NEM) (Newmont or the Company) has been recognized for top performance in the mining sector in The Sustainability Yearbook 2018. The Yearbook is published by RobecoSAM, a sustainability investment firm that manages one of...Read full newsRead More
Broadway Gold Mining Ltd. announced that Phase III surface drilling program at the Company's 100%-owned Madison copper-gold project in the legendary Butte-Anaconda mining region of Montana, USA.Read full newsRead More
Broadway Gold Mining Ltd. announced that Phase III surface drilling program at the Company's 100%-owned Madison copper-gold project in the legendary Butte-Anaconda mining region of Montana, USA.Read full newsRead More
It was a rough week for investors in stocks and stocks of all kinds. The S&P 500 lost 5%. Emerging Markets also lost 5%. Gold Stocks, which had weakened before the broader equity market have been hit hard. They (GDX, GDXJ) also lost 5% last week. The HUI Gold Bugs Index (which excludes royalty companies unlike GDX) lost 7%. After a strong start to the year, gold stocks have essentially given b...Read More