June 7, 2019 Toro Gold hires bank to explore sale as IPO plans shelved — sources The West Africa-focused junior hired boutique investment bank Raymond James to explore putting itself up for sale after shelving plans to list its shares in London.
June 6, 2019 A new theme has emerged in the gold M&A market — report Both potential acquirors and shareholders are seeing a new age of opportunity dawning.
June 4, 2019 Codelco leads $11 billion mining capital raising in 2019 Chilean state-owned copper mining giant completed $1.3 billion bond issue during the first quarter.
June 3, 2019 New mines to push Canadian gold output to 7.6Moz by 2023 Canada was the fourth largest gold producer in the world, behind China, Australia and Russia.
May 24, 2019 Coking coal price to remain elevated in 2019— report On the supply side, Fitch expects production misses from Australia to keep the market tight in the coming quarters as large diversified miners lose their appetite for mining coal.
May 23, 2019 Kidman Resources accepts Wesfarmers $534m takeover bid Wesfarmers is working with Kidman towards developing a large-scale, long-life and high-grade lithium hydroxide project in Western Australia.
May 23, 2019 McEwen kicks off commercial production at Gold Bar in Nevada Once at full-tilt, the open-pit operation is expected to generate 65,000 ounces of gold annually over an 8-year mine life.
May 23, 2019 World’s No. 2 lithium miner SQM sees demand growing by 17% this year The Chilean lithium producer expects demand to grow about 17% in 2019 to at least 315,000 tonnes, compared to the less than 260,000 tonnes it totalled last year.
May 23, 2019 Zambia’s Chamber of Mines just deepened worries of sinking global copper output Copper output in Africa’s second largest producing country could decline by as much as 100,000 tonnes this year, adding to recent, sharp declines at the world’s main producing nations.
May 21, 2019 BHP more bullish on long-term EV prospects The world's largest miner has revised up expectations for electric vehicle sales and market penetration, but warns the electrification of the transport sector will proceed only as fast as the…
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