March 8, 2021 Friedland-backed HPX to fast-track Guinea iron ore project High Power Exploration (HPX) raised $200 million for its proposed Nimba iron ore mine in southeastern Guinea.
March 8, 2021 Namibia’s marine diamond miner’s production hit by covid-19, drops 13% in 2020 Debmarine Namibia, a subsidiary of Anglo American’s diamond unit De Beers, on Monday reported a 13% drop in production to 1.125 million […]
March 8, 2021 IGF proposes policy actions to support women in mining The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development says most mining laws and regulations don’t acknowledge women as active participants in the sector.
March 8, 2021 Gold, silver demonstrate viability of new process for building ultralight materials Nanometer-sized metal struts that form nested networks on separate hierarchical levels demonstrated to provide great strength while remaining ultralight.
March 8, 2021 Sibanye calls for mega-merger with AngloGold, Gold Fields The move would create a South African rival to the world’s largest producers, Newmont and Barrick Gold.
March 7, 2021 Nornickel to provide $2bn for Norilsk’s development Industrial waste clean-up is among the priorities set up in a deal signed between the miner and federal government and regional authorities.
March 7, 2021 Endeavour Mining CEO Sebastien de Montessus is our Mining Person of the Year for 2020 Since de Montessus became Endeavour's CEO in 2016, the company has built two mines.
March 7, 2021 Rare earth unlocks key reaction in copper, gold, silver, uranium mineralization The new finding on the role of cerium came out of the ‘Olympic Dam in a test tube’ project.
March 5, 2021 British Columbia’s mineral exploration spend up 28% – report EY's annual British Columbia Mineral and Coal Exploration Survey found Canada’s exploration expenditure remained third in global rankings behind South America and Australia.
March 5, 2021 Tests find copper can kill 99.9% of germs on high-touch surfaces Copper is the only solid metal touch surface registered as a public health product by Health Canada and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Silver price suffers biggest loss since 2021, gold price falls from record Earlier, spot prices had soared to as high as $83.63 per ounce. December 29, 2025 | 08:54 am
