July 17, 2020

Silver demand exploding

Silver has skyrocketed since mid-March’s covid-19 lockdown stock panic.

July 17, 2020

Gold price heads for sixth straight weekly gain

Bullion is back above $1,800 an ounce as coronavirus cases hit new high in the US.

July 17, 2020

Triple Flag closes $550 million gold and silver stream on Northparkes mine

The deal gives Triple Flag rights to the majority of the gold and silver that will be produced at the mine in New South Wales.

July 17, 2020

SSR-Alacer merger gets final approval

The combined company would be estimated to produce an average of 780,000 gold equivalent ounces at ~$900/oz AISC over the next three years.

July 17, 2020

Icecap launches investment-grade diamond marketplace

Diamond tokens will be available on the OpenSea platform, ranging in price from under $2,500 to a 10-carat diamond worth almost $1 million.

July 16, 2020

Lithium price: MINING.COM EV Metal Index bounces back

Value of battery metals in newly-sold electric cars around the world jumps despite slump in lithium, cobalt, graphite prices.

July 16, 2020

Kirkland Lake keeps Holt Complex suspended

The company has also reassigned nearly half of its Holt Complex workforce.

July 16, 2020

Vale says no decision made on resuming dividends

Vale suspended dividend payments after the 2019 collapse of its dam in the town of Brumadinho.

July 15, 2020

ESG to play a greater part in post-covid mining – survey

Almost half of White & Case survey respondents see increased taxation as the way resource nationalism is most likely to manifest itself in the wake of covid-19.

July 15, 2020

Pandemic sharpens focus on US coal’s ESG risks – report

Access to capital issues are becoming increasingly significant for the coal industry.