Alrosa kicks off mining at new diamond field in Siberia
World’s top diamond producer by output Alrosa (MCX:ALRS) said Wednesday it had begun production at its new Verkhne-Munskoye diamond field...
Chaarat Gold buys Armenian mine from Russia’s Polymetal for $55m
Chaarat Gold Holdings (LON:CGH), the company that tried buying Centerra's Kumtor mine in the Kyrgyz Republic, has agreed to acquire Kapan...
Canada injects C$5m into Goldcorp’s Borden mine as price for innovation
Canada’s Goldcorp (TSX:G) (NYSE:GG) received Monday C$5 million (about $3.8m) from the Canadian government for its Borden gold project,...
Lucapa secures $7m loan to boost Lesotho mine development
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) said Thursday it had received ZAR100 million (about $7 million) from South Africa’s IDC — of the...
Toronto miner’s gold production spikes 199%
RNC Minerals (TSX: RNX) announced a record quarterly gold production of 31,360 mined gold ounces in the third quarter of 2018. According...
Wolverine Mine could be sold soon
The Yukon Minister of Energy, Mines, and Resources Ranj Pillai said this week at the provincial legislature that Yukon Zinc might sell...
Freeport eyes majority stake in Solaris early stage Chile project
Canada’s Solaris Copper, which spun out of Equinox Gold in June, received a shot in the arm on Thursday as Freeport McMoRan (NYSE: FCX)...
A gold-hungry bug opens door for more efficient biofuels
Researchers at the University of California – Berkeley have discovered that a bacterium named Moorella thermoacetica produces solar fuels...
Mining at Gold Road and Gold Fields JV in Australia to start next month
Mining at the Gruyere project, a joint venture between Gold Road (ASX: GOR) and Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI) in Western Australia, could...
Canada’s Rusoro Mining reaches $1.3B deal with Venezuela
Canadian junior Rusoro Mining (TSX-V: RML), which in March scored a major victory in its international arbitration complaint against...