Indonesian authorities inked Friday a deal with state-owned holding Asahan Aluminum, or Inalum, which sets a framework for Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE:FCX) to transfer control of its massive Grasberg copper and gold mine as agreed last year.The country and the Phoenix, Arizona-based miner had arranged in principle in August that up to a 51% stake in Freeport's local unit, PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI),...Read More
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Canada's First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) (TSX:FR) has agreed to buy fellow miner Primero Mining (TSX:P) in a cash and stock deal valued at $320 million, including debt.With the acquisition, the Mexico-focused company gains access to Primero's flagship asset, the San Dimas silver-gold mine, located in what First Majestic defines as it "backyard", in the state of Durango.As a result of the trans...Read More
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Venezuela's crude oil sales tothe United States fell for a second month in a row in December,knocking the year's average to 593,047 barrels per day (bpd),the lowest annual level since 1991, according to Thomson Reuterstrade flows data.A severe production drop in the South American country hashurt its oil exports and domestic refining, and worsened aneconomic recession now entering into its fifth y...Read More
Oil prices eased on Friday after hitting their highest levels since December, 2014 the previous day.Read full newsRead More
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The Sanchi, which was carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil has been in flames since colliding with a bulk freighter, and 31 sailors remain missingRead full newsRead More
World oil markets are about to get a clearer idea of what Donald Trump's presidency means for one of the biggest crude exporters, Iran.Read full newsRead More
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On the website of the Colorado-based Newmont mine, the top page reads in bold letters, "Culture of Zero Harm."Read full newsRead More
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LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / January 11, 2018 / Active-Investors free stock reports for this morning include these Toronto Exchanges' equities from the Metals & Mining industry: Trevali Mining, Yamana Gold, ...Read full newsRead More
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Includes Toll-milling and Exploration Earn-in Options for Each at McCoy-Cove and Rye ProjectsTHUNDER BAY, ON, Jan. 10, 2018 /CNW/ - PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMIT...Read full newsRead More
Angel Abbud-Madrid, director of the Center for Space Resources at Colorado School of Mines, was recently interviewed by National Geographic and Science about the discovery of ice cliffs on Mars. The eight cliffs expose what scientists believe is nearly pure water ice up to 100 meters thick, according to findings published this week in Science magazine.From the National Geographic article:"It's loo...Read More
Matt Morgan, deputy director and senior research geologist of the Colorado Geologic Survey, recently spoke to 9News meteorologist Cory Reppenhagen about the debris flows that can occur following wildfires. Mudslides claimed the lives of at least 17 people in Southern California earlier this week.Read More
An article in The Denver Post about a Boulder-based startup's new personal robot featured an interview with Tom Williams, assistant professor of computer science at Colorado School of Mines. Williams' research focuses on artificial intelligence for human-robot interaction.From the story:But the day when a Rosie is in every home is not close, said Tom Williams, an assistant professor of computer sc...Read More