May 1, 2020 Court orders PNG to negotiate Porgera permit with Barrick Judge has instructed the parties to report on the progress of talks before returning to court on May 8.
May 1, 2020 Petra Diamonds delays interest payment to borrow $21m The move would allow Petra to draw 400 million ($21m) rand of a 1 billion rand revolving credit facility to saty afloat.
April 30, 2020 Gold price back below $1,700 despite surge in ETF buying Spot gold is back below the $1,700/oz mark, down nearly 2% to $1,686.
April 30, 2020 Belarus scores potash contract with Chinese consortium It's the first muriate of potash (MOP) contract since September 2018.
April 30, 2020 Endeavour Silver to reopen Mexican mines President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would allow the restart of certain mining activities before June.
April 30, 2020 Codelco raises $800 million to face crisis Chile’s state-owned copper miner said it received more than 320 orders, worth $10.6 billion, the highest ever for a Codelco bond.
April 29, 2020 Vale mulling offers for New Caledonia nickel assets The nickel operations, the world's largest, have been on the block since December.
April 28, 2020 Surging profits seen as no safety net for winning gold stocks Short-term production disruptions could hurt gold miners’ near-term financial results.
April 28, 2020 Gold price on decline ahead of Fed decision Gold declined for the third day in a row, but is still near its seven-year peak.
April 28, 2020 Scotiabank to close its metals business Scotia was for years the world’s biggest lender to the physical precious metals industry.
Russia says stake in gold producer UGC to be put up for public auction soon In July 2025, a Russian court ruled that the majority stake in UGC should be seized and transferred to the state. December 30, 2025 | 08:24 am
