February 7, 2018 Arizona’s newest gold mine just weeks away of first pour Canada’s Northern Vertex Mining is ramping up production at its Moss gold-silver project towards an initial stacking rate of 2,500 tpd, to later reach 5,000 tpd.
February 7, 2018 South Africa gold miners seen close to silicosis lawsuit settlement A class action suit brought against gold producers in South Africa is likely to be settled "within months" with $755 million going to miners suffering from fatal lung disease
February 7, 2018 Rio Tinto pays biggest divvy in history as profit hits three-year high Mining giant posts 90% increase in profit amid what CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques calls “resilient” commodity prices.
February 7, 2018 Second accident in a week at a Sibanye-Stillwater mine kills two Two employees were trapped underground and later died in a fall of ground incident at the company's Kloof gold mine.
February 6, 2018 For Barrick Gold the Pascua-Lama hits keep coming $429 million impairment on the stalled project after Chile environment agency ordered final closure.
February 6, 2018 Mining companies are suddenly positive on South Africa again Cyril Ramaphosa isn’t even president yet and mining companies are already changing their tune on South Africa.
February 6, 2018 Gold demand – Q4 recovery fails to mitigate full year declines in 2017 A late rally in physical gold buying failed to prevent a drop in full-year demand last year to its lowest since 2009, the World Gold Council said, as weaker fund…
February 5, 2018 Monday massacre: Gold price rises as stocks crater Gold, copper prices gain as US blue chip index suffers worst points drop in history.
February 5, 2018 Private capital favours investing in copper over gold for first time New report shows private equity investment in mining jumped to $2.3 billion last year, with the bulk going into copper and battery metals.
February 5, 2018 Sibanye-Stillwater’s 2017 platinum production up, gold falls Platinum group metals production in South Africa rose 4 percent above the firm's guidance, to stand at to 1.19 million ounces.
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