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.
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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.
18 die in clash at Venezuelan gold mine
Eighteen people have been killed in Venezuela at an illegal gold mine following clashes with security forces.
Cameco handed court victory over WA uranium prospect
A uranium deposit in Western Australia under development by Cameco (TSX:CCO, NYSE:CCJ) will not be held up by conservationists who oppose it.
Monarca Minerals wants to acquire property in Chihuahua
San José is a 5,580-hectare property that shows multi-element mineralization.
World’s 10 biggest copper mines 2026
Ranked: the world's 10 biggest copper mines by 2025 production — from Escondida's 1.3M tonne output to Oyu Tolgoi. Updated rankings with mine-by-mine data.