Category: Mining

Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) is already planning for the possible growth of its Santana gold project in northwestern Mexico.

In a press release, the company announced that it has entered into a $1.2-million equipment purchase agreement with Mako Mining, Marlin Gold […]

A recent gravity survey completed at RNC Minerals’ Higginsville gold operation (HGO) has delineated a 5-km long prospective structure located north of the HGO mill. This structure appears to run sub-parallel to the major regional shears which control the gold distribution in the region.

“Although early-stage, our […]

While mine planners need to design and implement plans that are safe and environmentally sustainable, the biggest factor in the success of a mining operation—what will ultimately determine whether it will proceed through feasibility studies and onto construction and development—is the level of potential […]

Global gold demand in the second half of 2019 showed robust growth, largely on the back of investor appetite for physically-backed exchange traded funds, according to a Refinitiv GFMS report released on Wednesday.

However, jewellery, coin and and bar demand dropped around the world, Refinitiv reported.
Retail […]

Russia’s Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), the world’s top diamond producer by output in carats, plans to resume operations at its Mir mine, which has been shuttered since 2017, with work on the project set to start in 2024, local authorities have said.

The underground diamond mine, which accounted for about 9% of Alrosa’s […]

The Mining Association of Nova Scotia is once again calling junior high and high school students of the Atlantic Canadian province to participate in a video contest that aims to highlight why mining works.

Now in its sixth year, the Mining Rocks! competition […]

Australia’s Danakali (ASX, LON:DNK) has kicked off the first phase of development of its world-class Colluli potash project in Eritrea, Africa, by selecting the team in charge of Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management process.

The Perth-based miner said it […]

Many in the battery raw materials market were likely happy to see the back of 2019, as it was a year characterized largely by falling prices and disappointing performances from both the EV and consumer electronics sectors, research firm Wood Mackenzie said in a research note Monday.

But interest around electrification […]

The gold price jumped to fresh near 7-year highs on Monday as worries about the spread of the coronavirus spurred investors to seek safe haven assets and global stock markets plummeted.

February gold futures, the most active contract with nearly 40m ounces traded on the day, was set to close above $1,580 […]

Canada’s Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX) (NYSE: GOLD) and Tanzania inked a deal on Friday that grants the African nation stakes in the three gold mines the company operates there, ending a long-running tax dispute and setting a template for negotiations with other firms.

The ceremony comes three months after both parties […]

Superior Industries, a US-based manufacturer and supplier of bulk material processing and handling systems, will add a new model to its line of Patriot Cone Crushers at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2020 in March. It’s one of a dozen new products the company will introduce during the Las Vegas trade show.

The P500 model […]

Brazil Minerals (OTC PINK: BMIX) announced that its Pindaíba diamond operation in the eastern state of Minas Gerais has been producing a considerable amount of gem-quality stones.

In a press release, the miner said that the diamonds recovered locally that have been cut and polished, and later graded and […]