Great Panther acquires Brazil gold miner for $105 million
Great Panther Silver (NYSE: GPL) acquired Brazilian gold miner Beadell Resource in an all-share deal for $105 million. The combined...
South African unions sign wage deal with AngloGold Ashanti
Three South African unions have signed a three-year wage deal with AngloGold Ashanti, potentially inching the country's gold industry a...
After 103 years, Chile’s Codelco blasts at Chuquicamata pit for the last time
Sunday Sep. 9, 2018 will go down in Chile’s copper state miner Codelco’s history of as one the most important days of its Chuquicamata...
Financial fears to support gold: GFMS
Resurfacing financial fears will ultimately be supportive of gold, says Reuters in a study published this month. The precious metal is...
Vale truck fleet at Brazil mine going fully autonomous in 2019
Brazil’s Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world’s No.1 iron ore miner, is turning the truck fleet at its Brucutu mine in Minas Gerais into a fully...
Mining exploration spending in Australia jumps to 5-year high
Australia is the world’s number two gold producer; the country's tightening its grip on the trade in iron ore and coking coal; comes in...
Luxembourg’s mining-focused Space Agency ready to lift off
Luxembourg, one of the first countries to set its eyes on the possibility of mining asteroids, is officially launching its Space Agency...
China's CITIC to be Ivanhoe Mine’s top shareholder in $548m-deal
A unit of Chinese state-run conglomerate CITIC will become this month Canada's Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX:IVN) biggest shareholder following...
World’s biggest miner speeds hunt for copper assets, buys stake in SolGold
World’s largest miner BHP (ASX, NYSE:BHP) (LON:BLT) has bought a 6.1% stake in Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold (LON:SOLG) (TSX:SOLG)...
Platinum-gold alloy is the most wear-resistant metal in the world
Researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico engineered a platinum-gold alloy believed to be the most wear-resistant...