Rupert Resources on a Roll at IkkariSPONSOREDCardinal heading down familiar gold roadSPONSOREDcardinal resourcesSarama right in the middle of big exploration, corporate build-upSPONSOREDsarama resources Exore excels in Cote d'IvoireSPONSOREDexore resourcesSome years ago, my old firm in London, for reasons that I never quite understood, decided to sponsor a reenactment of Shackleton's ill-fated...Read More

Brazilian mining giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) has issued a level one emergency alert for three inactive tailings dams in the country's southeastern state of Minas Gerais.The miner, the world's largest iron ore producer, said the populations downstream of dams 6 and 7A at the Aguas Claras mine, at Nova Lima and the Area IX dam at the F??brica mine in Ouro Preto, did not need to be evacuated."The decisio...Read More

With a new strategy focused on diamonds that officially launched in March, just as the coronavirus pandemic began to spread across the globe, you might think that EHR Resources (ASX: EHX) had some regrets about its timing.But you would be wrong.EHR managing director Peter Ravenscroft says the idea behind the company's new strategy - to create a "diamond project incubator" with a portfolio of selec...Read More

After being closed for almost two months due to the coronavirus pandemic, the diamond manufacturing hub of Surat, India, where most of the world's rough diamonds are cut and polished, reopened in a formal, but limited, capacity on May 20.However, a ramp-up in business to pre-pandemic levels could take months as many industry workers left the city to return home to rural villages in March, April an...Read More

Tesla shares breached the $1,000 threshold in intraday trading for the first time on Wednesday.Read full newsRead More

Als erste Umsetzung des Konjunkturpakets hat das Bundeskabinett nach Angaben der Regierung die lange umstritte Strategie zum Aufbau einer Wasserstoff-Industrie beschlossen. Damit will Deutschland weltweit die Nummer eins bei der Technologie werden....Read full newsRead More

- The federal government of Nigeria has commended Heritage Bank for being part of a valuable private sector collaboration with Dukia Gold & Precious Metals Refining Co. Limited, saying the partnership will create new opportunities for Nigeria to grow its potential reserves of 200 million ounces of gold. The Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, disclosed this during a virtual meeting at the launch of nat...Read More

Rising demand for gold, more cost-disciplined miners and undemanding valuations could lead to an increase in mergers-and-acquisitions activity in the gold...Read full newsRead More

Now every time 210,000 blocks are cleared, Vijay says, the value halves. So, after the first 210,000 blocks, it became 25 bitcoins; at 420,000 it became 12.5, and now at 6,30,000 it is 6.25.Read full newsRead More

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TSX gold stocks have had a steady rise for the last few years, but especially as the market has been rallying. This has been odd until now, as it’s somewhat unusual to see gold stocks rally alongside the market.Although, in the last few weeks we’ve seen a shift from a rally in defensive stocks to more value stocks. This risk-off trade by the market has seen gold stocks sell off sl...Read More

MINING.COM MINUTE is a roundup of the biggest stories from the global mining and metals industry. Share and get up to speed in a mining minute.This week's top stories:BHP to revise expansion through 40 sacred sites - Read the story here. Silvercorp walks away from bid to buy Guyana Goldfields - Read the story here. Novagold hits back at short-seller with line-by-line dissection - Read the story h...Read More

Back in 2015, my hometown of Baltimore was convulsed by riots in the wake of Freddie Gray's murder. You may remember he was the gentleman who was rattled around in a police transport until his neck snapped. Finally fed up with decades of police brutality and abuse, thousands of my fellow citizens took to the streets in protest, myself included.But then, something strange happened...The Mayor of B...Read More

Colorado mountains. Image by David Mark from Pixabay. USA Rare Earth, the funding and development partner of the Round Top heavy rare earth project and Texas Mineral Resources announced Thursday that its rare earths pilot plant processing facility in Wheat Ridge, Colorado has received the required permits and officially opened. Once fully commissioned, the plant will be focused on group separatio...Read More

Credit: First Mining Gold First Majestic Silver (NYSE: AG; TSX: FR) has agreed to acquire a stream on 50% of the payable silver produced from First Mining Gold's (TSX:FF) Springpole gold project in Ontario, Canada."This new silver stream gives First Majestic significant upside potential to higher silver prices while minimizing risks and costs," First Majestic president and CEO Keith Neumeyer said...Read More

Beaufor mining complex. (Image courtesy of Monarch Gold) Monarch Gold (TSX: MQR) announced on Thursday the closing of a C$5.4 million private placement with Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI, NYSE: AUY), Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI, NYSE: AGI) and other investors.Pursuant to the placement, Monarch has issued approximately 22.6 million common shares at C$0.24 each and 11.3 million warrants, with each warrant entitl...Read More

Johann Strauss Denkmal Wien. Stock Image. Gold prices edged higher on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve painted a grim economic outlook and vowed to keep interest rates lower for the foreseeable future.Earlier in the session, spot gold rose 0.4% to a one-week high of $1,744.60 per ounce, before pulling back to $1,735.05 by noon EST. US Gold futures also rose 1.3% to $1,737.50 per ounce, headi...Read More

Here are five Fastmarkets stories you might have missed on Thursday June 11 that are worth another look.GFG Alliance is to create its first "Greensteel" facility in Europe at its Liberty Steel facility in Galati, Romania, as part of its plan to become carbon neutral by 2030, the company said this week.A deal for third-quarter aluminium ingot supply to Japan has been concluded at a premium of $68 p...Read More

All base metals lost ground during trading on Thursday June 11, with the London Metal Exchange three-month aluminium price falling by 2% to close at $1,601.50 per tonne.There were 15,086 lots of aluminium traded on Thursday, and the underlying aluminium price touched an intraday high of $1,629.50 per tonne, although that is still lower than Wednesday's closing price of $1,638 per tonne.LME alumini...Read More

The London Metal Exchange has bolstered efforts to explore low-carbon initiatives this month, emphasizing green aluminium production as its target, but at a time of unprecedented distortions across the global raw materials supply chain, market sentiment remains mixed. The exchange is set to begin exploring steps to incorporate diversified aluminium production into its systems, LME chief executive...Read More