October 8, 2018 Barrick-Randgold deal breathes new life into gold Toronto-based Barrick announced it would purchase Randgold for a spectacular $6 billion.
October 7, 2018 Canadian miner and First Nation work together on “new wonder material” project Zenyatta and the Constance Lake First Nations join forces.
October 4, 2018 Vale to approve $1B expansion of Salobo copper mine in Brazil — report The project, known as the Salobo 3, is expected to add about 50,000 tonnes to the open-pit mine’s current capacity of 200,000 tonnes of copper per year
October 2, 2018 Rio Tinto unearths 177 carat diamond in the rough at Diavik mine Rio Tinto and JV partner Dominion Diamond Mines have revealed three of the finest large rough diamonds from their Canadian diamond mine.
October 1, 2018 Forty-five per cent of cars sold in Norway last month were electric: report No gas or balloons needed.
September 28, 2018 Rocketing vanadium price primed for ‘Elon Musk moment’ "To build a gigafactory of vanadium flow batteries, companies will need to own a mine or lease the fully recyclable vanadium" – Simon Moores.
September 28, 2018 SolGold loss almost doubles as its goes all in at Ecuador projects For the 12 months to June, SolGold's pre-tax loss was A$15.3 million, compared to $8.3 million it recorded a year before.
September 26, 2018 First Quantum, Panama Gov’t study ruling that casts doubts on giant copper mine The country' Supreme Court ruled Monday that Law 9, used to grant the mining concession for Cobre Panama copper project, was unconstitutional.
September 25, 2018 Glencore to double size of $1B share buyback program Moves follows a growing number of world’s top miners returning more money to investors this year.
Silver price hits $100 milestone, gold price nears $5,000 Friday's rally brings silver's gains this year to more than 25%. January 23, 2026 | 10:10 am