Yamana Gold sells Gualcamayo to Mineros in $85 million deal
The Gualcamayo acquisition adds 491,000 ounces of gold in reserves and 2.28 million ounces of gold in indicated mineral resources.
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Spain to close most coal mines by end of 2018
Government and unions reached a deal that will see €250 million invested in mining regions over the next ten years,
Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk dies at 90
The company said its founder and chairman emeritus, Peter Munk, passed away Wednesday in Toronto, surrounded by his family.
Barrick chairman Thornton boosts ownership with major share buy
The boss of the world's top gold miner has bought 306,000 additional shares in the company.
Aussie company signs agreement with Argentinian province over lithium assets
The deal confirms the company’s tenure of ~45,000 hectares of mining leases that cover the Olaroz – Cauchari Lithium Brine Project and the Paso Lithium Brine Project.
Samarco iron ore mine could reopen this year
Samarco Mineracao – a Vale-BHP joint venture – ceased operations in November 2015 following a deadly tailings dam burst.
Fremont to acquire property in world’s second richest gold province
Barrick Gold’s Goldstrike mine complex and Newmont’s North and South Carlin complexes are located in this area.
Barrick exec. to chair Global Mining Standards and Guidelines Group
Barrick Gold’s Chief Innovation Officer, Michelle Ash, will become the new Chair of GMSG in May 2018.
Moody’s bullish on base metals, US steel
Base metals should continue to do well in 2018 along with the US steel industry, though American coal will continue to lose ground to natural gas.
In Iceland, more energy will be used for bitcoin mining than powering homes
Mining bitcoins requires a great deal of computing power which in turn needs a lot of electricity to solve the computational puzzles that reward miners with cryptocurrency.
RANKED: World’s top 20 gold projects
The combined ounces in the ground for the top 20 projects is north of 900 million and at today's prices worth a mouth-watering $3.7 trillion.
