October 16, 2018

Second activist targets Detour; seeks board changes

US hedge fund Livermore Partners is calling for an overhaul of the board at Detour Gold Corp and a strategic review, becoming the second activist to target the Canadian mining…

October 16, 2018

A golden escape  

The oil price is rising due to the upcoming restrictions on the sale of Iranian oil - the second of a two-part set of sanctions imposed on the Middle Eastern…

October 16, 2018

DRA sets gold standard on Elikhulu

Diversified global engineering, project delivery and operations management group, DRA Global (“DRA”), partnered JSE Listed Pan African Resources [JSE: PAN] in completing its R1.74 billion Elikhulu tailings retreatment project in…

October 16, 2018

Rio Tinto delays start of Oyu Tolgoi expansion due to technical issues

First production from the $5.3 billion underground expansion of Oyu Tolgoi was originally scheduled for early 2020.

October 15, 2018

BHP raises stake in promising Ecuador copper project

BHP has agreed to pay 45 pence per SolGold share.

October 15, 2018

Anglo Asian’s Azerbaijan gold output rises 47% in Q3

Azerbaijan's leading gold mining firm said it produced 21,318 ounces of the metal in the last quarter, against 14,468 ounces in the same period of last year.

October 15, 2018

5 charts that show why gold belongs in your portfolio now

In gold we trust.

October 15, 2018

Mineral industry needs to change its exploration and financing model if dearth of green fields discoveries to be overcome

Australia’s chronic shortage of Greenfields mineral discoveries can only be overcome by changing the sector’s exploration, financing and training models, according to a keynote speaker at a major international geoscience…

October 15, 2018

Rally erupted in gold market days after bears made big bet

For a measure of how much last week’s surge in gold prices may have caught the market by surprise, consider that hedge funds had just made their biggest-ever bearish wager…

October 15, 2018

Europe to spend billions on lithium-ion battery plants

The goal is to reduce reliance on batteries from Asia, particularly China and South Korea.