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De Beers readies technology aimed at eliminating 'conflict diamonds'

January 16, 2018 / www.mining.com

Anglo American's De Beers, the world's largest rough diamond producer by value, plans to launch this year the first industry-wide blockchain platform, which will enable greater tracking of gems being traded worldwide.The technology, which De Beers began developing last year, allows tracing each diamond throughout the entire value chain - from mine to buyer. It would make of the company an industry...Read More

De Beers readies technology aimed at eliminating 'conflict diamonds'

January 16, 2018 / www.mining.com

Anglo American's De Beers, the world's largest rough diamond producer by value, plans to launch this year the first industry-wide blockchain platform, which will enable greater tracking of gems being traded worldwide.The technology, which De Beers began developing last year, allows tracing each diamond throughout the entire value chain - from mine to buyer. It would make of the company an industry...Read More

Jan 16 Fission (FCU,TSX) Pushes Towards Pre-Feasibility and Additional Western Zone Expansion

January 16, 2018 / www.marketwired.com

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Jan. 16, 2018) - FISSION URANIUM CORP. ("Fission" or "the Company") (TSX:FCU)(OTCQX:FCUUF)(FRANKFURT:2FU) is pleased to announce preparations have begun for a $9.4M winter work program at its award-winning PLS project in Canada's Athabasca Basin. The 31 hole program will focus on two core goals: growth of the recently-discovered, high-grade R1515W zone and...Read More

RT @ForeignPolicy: Africa's dam of discord has another complication: The spat between Egypt and Sudan.

January 16, 2018 / bit.ly

Talks are stalled over how to deal with the impact of a $5 billion dam that could threaten Egypt's lifeblood.Read full newsRead More

RT @WSJ: What to do if your industry is crashing? Create a new holiday, such as the "Platinum Day of Love."

January 16, 2018 / on.wsj.com

With industrial uses on the wane, producers are cutting jobs, selling assets and spending millions of dollars in advertising. Their Hail Mary is to entice a new generation of jewelry buyers to switch from gold.Read full newsRead More

Superior Gold Inc. to Present at TD Securities Mining Conference in Toronto

January 16, 2018 / dlvr.it

TORONTO, Jan. 12, 2018 /CNW/ - Superior Gold Inc. ('Superior Gold' or the 'Company') (TSX.V:SGI) today announced that management will be attending and prese...Read full newsRead More

??(TM)? Then there's this. ANALYSIS: Did the US sink an Iranian oil tanker en route to North Korea? - Al Arabiya English

January 16, 2018 / english.alarabiya.net

An Iranian tanker sank on Sunday after catching fire for eight days in Chinese territorial waters.Read full newsRead More

Cheap crude oil over for now, trader Robert Raymond says

January 16, 2018 / www.google.com

The trader who called the 2011 natural gas collapse doesn't see oil prices falling anytime soon.Read full newsRead More

RT @XJMejido: Worse than Exxon Valdez? Fears rise 'all fuel escaped' from ill-fated Iranian oil tanker (VIDEO)

January 16, 2018 / www.rt.com

Chinese authorities are struggling to contain what may be the worst oil tanker spill and environmental disaster of its kind in history, after the stricken Iranian ship, The Sanchi, finally sank over the weekend.Read full newsRead More

RT @TheNextBigRush: Novo Resources: Boom or Bust? - with @Fi_Fighter + @MiningBookGuy

January 16, 2018 / youtu.be

Follow me on: https://twitter.com/TheNextBigRush Follow Nick: https://www.youtube.com/c/MiningBookGuyTV Follow Jay: FiFighter.comRead full newsRead More

RT @piercepoints: Breaking in #Gold: India dore imports rise 80% in 2017, to record 213 tonnes.

January 16, 2018 / www.business-standard.com

India's import of unrefined gold (dore) rose in 2017 by 80 per cent from the previous year to 213 tonnes, the highest ever, estimates GFMS Thomson Reuters, It estimates total gold import in 2017 at 855 tonnes or 67 per cent higher than a yearRead full newsRead More

UPDATE 4-Russian gold miner Polyus says Fosun stake deal scrapped

January 16, 2018 / dlvr.it

Russia's largest goldminer Polyus said on Monday that plans to sell a 10percent stake to a consortium led by China's Fosun Internationalhad been dropped after one of the conditions of theagreement was not met.Read full newsRead More

Orefinders PEA reports positive economics for Ontario's Mirado gold mine

January 16, 2018 / dlvr.it

Canadian Stock Exchange-listed junior project developer Orefinders Resources has released strong economic results contained in a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for the South Zone openpit, which is part of the Mirado gold mine, located to the southeast of Kirkland Lake, Ontario.Nestled within the prolific gold producing Abitibi Greenstone Belt, the project boasts an exceptionally low total c...Read More

BRIEF-Orosur Mining says ?EUR?Q2 18 production was 7,052 oz of gold

January 16, 2018 / dlvr.it

Orosur Mining Inc:Read full newsRead More

Dell Wants to Mine Old Computers for Gold and Turn It Into Jewelry

January 16, 2018 / dlvr.it

Tech giant Dell has a new initiative in mind: mine gold from old laptops and spin it into jewelry. The initiatives makes sense.Read full newsRead More

Greece insists on environmental fines on gold mining firm

January 16, 2018 / dlvr.it

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's Environment Ministry has appealed a court decision annulling a 1.7-million-euro ($2.06 million) fine it had slapped on...Read full newsRead More

RT @michaelkamon: Shell's long goodbye to Middle East oil continues with the sale of its Iraqi oil fields.

January 16, 2018 / www.wsj.com

Royal Dutch Shell is giving up on its last oil fields in Iraq, leaving the world's second-biggest oil company with a dwindling footprint in the Middle East-a region it helped build into a petroleum powerhouse.Read full newsRead More

RT @KushyKush: Mapped: How the US generates electricity | @DrSimEvans @_rospearce

January 16, 2018 / ow.ly

For the first time Carbon Brief has plotted the United States' power stations in an interactive map to show how and where the US generates electricity.Read full newsRead More

RT @BloombergAU: Metals Are Set to Shine in 2018

January 16, 2018 / bloom.bg

ANZ Senior Commodity Strategist Daniel Hynes discusses the performance of the metals and mining sector, and talks about commodities. Bloomberg's David Stringer also speaks onRead full newsRead More

RT @Ole_S_Hansen: #Gold taking full advantage of current dollar weakness

January 16, 2018 / www.tradingfloor.com

Gold has now moved within striking distance of the next area of resistance. Despite overstretched momentum indicators a correction remains elusive at this stage with gold being supported by continued dollar weakness and steady real yields amid rising inflation focus. Tail end protection against the risk of a stock market correction also seen as a factor.Read full newsRead More

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