September 6, 2022 Rio Tinto and Turquoise Hill ink binding takeover deal Rio will not increase its C$43 per share cash offer despite pressure from Turquoise Hill's minority shareholders.
September 5, 2022 Williamson Pink Star unveiled at Dubai Diamond Exchange Expected to fetch over $21 million, the diamond has the potential to set a new price per carat record given its purity.
September 4, 2022 Copper Innovation Hub launched in Colombia The Hub’s goals are to conduct research on all things copper and support countries’ transition towards a clean energy future.
September 4, 2022 How machine learning can help identify new, deeply buried porphyry copper deposits Two novel machine learning techniques are able to identify new, deeply buried porphyry copper deposits by characterizing magma fertility.
September 3, 2022 Mining title applications in Colombia to include stricter environmental considerations Colombia’s State Council demanded that authorities correct a long-standing deficit in environmental protection when it comes to the granting of mining titles.
September 2, 2022 Mining industry on track to meet decarbonization targets, say analysts The availability of risk capital for miners is biased towards those with concrete plans for achieving net-zero emissions targets by 2030.
September 2, 2022 Lucapa finds Angola mine’s sixth-largest white diamond The 160-carat white Type IIa diamond, recovered from Lulo mine, is the sixth-largest found at the operation to date.
September 2, 2022 Turquoise Hill’s fifth largest investor rejects Rio Tinto’s bid Sailingstone Capital Partners won't vote in favour of Rio Tinto’s intended $3.3bn takeover of the Canadian miner.
September 1, 2022 Barrick Gold to sell royalty portfolio to Maverix Metals for $60 million The Portfolio consists of 22 royalties on the production of minerals from mines in North America, South America, Australia and Africa.
September 1, 2022 Moody’s cuts metals price calls amid slowing global growth Production has lagged demand, and supply chain issues have further disrupted production.
Another arrest made in ‘largest gold heist in Canadian history’ In April 2023 about 880 pounds of gold was offloaded from a flight at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport after arriving from Zurich, along with C$2.5 million in cash. January 12, 2026 | 04:55 pm
