Nickel prices plummet as Indonesia eases export ban
Far-reaching new mining rules ease a controversial ban on exports of nickel ore and bauxite.
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Southern Copper’s $1.2bn Peru mine expansion ready by year-end
The new section of the Toquepala open-pit mine in southern Tacna, Peru, is expected to begin operations in early 2018.
Egypt opens gold assets to foreign companies, first time since 2009
First international tender for gold mining concessions in eight years to be held on Sunday.
Strike at Yamana Gold mine in Chile enters ninth day, shares fall
Operations have been halted since Friday, when one of the two unions blocked all access to El Peñón as a way to press management.
Canada’s gold miners to embrace green energy to control costs
Expected increased in the adoption of alternative energy sources by the country's gold sector to be boosted by recently passed regulations, such as the carbon tax.
Erdene new gold zone at Mongolia Bayan Khundii project larger than expected
Bayan Khundii project went from greenfield prospect to being Erdene’s flagship asset in roughly nine months.
Poor uranium market conditions push Paladin Energy into restructuring
Proposed refinancing comes after Paladin failed to sell a 24% stake in its Langer Heinrich mine to China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), which was expected to fetch $175 million.
World’s top uranium producer Kazakhstan to cut output by 10%
Analysts qualified the move as a “game changer.”
Canadian oil sands producers could fetch up to $15 more per barrel with this technology
The adoption of a“partial upgrading” technology could bring in hundreds of millions of dollars into Alberta's economy, a new study claims.
Canada’s Filo Mining injects $7M into copper-gold-silver project on Chile Argentina border
The Vancouver-based company plans to complete 6,000 metres of additional drilling at Filo del Sol, its flagship project.
Zanaga Iron lines up $25M in deal with Red Arc
Binding term sheet offers staged funding, a path to majority control of the Zanaga project in DRC, and a 1% royalty.
