September 18, 2019

Lucara finds another big diamond at its Karowe mine in Botswana

The operation has this year yielded 22 diamonds larger than 100 carats, eight of them exceeding 200 carats.

September 18, 2019

BHP CEO’s pay cut by almost 25% after worker’s death, runaway train

While Andrew Mackenzie's base salary was kept at $1.7m, earnings including benefits totalled $3.5m, down from the $4.6m he pocketed in 2018.

September 17, 2019

Barrick makes new discovery at Fourmile project in Nevada

The intercept is of a new orebody 1 km north of Fourmile, and it increases the strike length of the trend to greater than 6 kilometres.

September 17, 2019

Australia’s Sayona to bid for Quebec lithium miner

Operations at the NAL mine, which produced 114 000 tonnes of spodumene in 2018, were halted in February this year.

September 17, 2019

Eskom’s biggest coal supplier buys Tata’s clean power stake

Exxaro will own Cennergi Pty Ltd. outright after the 1.55 billion rand ($105 million) deal is concluded.

September 17, 2019

Dubai’s DSA leads bid for mines once owned by Guptas, Glencore

DSA Investments has teamed up with two South African companies to bid for coal assets that Glencore was pressured into selling to a company controlled by the Gupta family in…

September 17, 2019

Sirius Minerals shares crash after scrapping $500m fundraising plan

The miner said it was not possible to raise the funding needed to move ahead with the Woodsmith project.

September 16, 2019

Eldorado open to Greece royalty talks, seeks partner at Skouries

The Canadian miner will also seek a strategic partner to help fund the $680 million remaining development cost for the project.

September 16, 2019

Wheaton Precious Metals joins UN Global Compact

Launched in 2000, the Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative in the world.

September 16, 2019

Pretium buys back Brucejack royalties from Osisko

The total cash purchase price to Pretium will be $41.3 million.