Acacia posts a 19% increase in gold output as Barrick takeover deadline looms
Improved results add pressure on majority shareholder, Barrick Gold, to revise its low-ball takeover offer ahead of Tuesday's deadline.
Cecilia Jamasmie , Senior Editor
Cecilia has covered mining for more than a decade. She is particularly interested in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Diamonds and Latin American. Cecilia has been interviewed by BBC News and CBC among others and has been a guest speaker at mining conventions, including MINExpo 2016 and the World’s Copper Conference 2018. She is also member of the expert panel on Social License to Operate (SLO) at the European project MIREU (Mining and Metallurgic Regions EU). She holds a Master of Journalism from the University of British Columbia, and is based in Nova Scotia.
Posts by Cecilia Jamasmie:
Chuquicamata strike to dent Chile’s copper output
Analysts forecast a 2.8% decline in the country’s June copper output.
OceanaGold denies shutdown of Didipio copper-gold mine
Australia’s OceanaGold (ASX, TSX: OGC) said Friday that rumours about a halt of operations at its copper-gold mine in the Philippines were just […]
BHP settles dispute over iron ore royalties with Western Australia in $175m deal
Payment ends row over taxes allegedly owed by iron sales made through BHP’s Singaporean marketing arm.
Yamana says Brazilian gold mine on the verge of becoming a “world-class” operation
The Jacobina gold mine is now one of the company's higher quality, top value operations.
Future of mining in Ecuador to be decided by gov’t — SolGold
Court has determined that asking inhabitants of certain provinces about the matters relevant to other areas is unconstitutional.
Japan secures rare earth supply for longer through Lynas funding
It means the Asian nation now has a larger and lengthier hold on the company’s rare earths output.
Chile goes carbon-neutral, begins closing first eight coal-fired power stations
Move is part of an ambitious plan announced by the country's President in early June.
Lundin Gold starts mining of first production stope at Fruta del Norte
Construction of the process plant and tailings facility continue to be on schedule, and commissioning of the process plant will begin in the third quarter of this year.
Leagold begins Los Filos mine expansion
Move is part of the Latin America-focused miner’s plan to become a 700,000 ounce-per-annum gold producer.
Weak demand takes shine off Petra Diamonds revenue
It expects to produce about 3.8 million carats in 2020, compared to the 3.9 million carats it generated for the year ended June 30.