February 28, 2018 Billionaire Lundin chases base-metal buy with $3 billion budget Copper ‘might be the easiest asset to work with:’ Lukas Lundin.
February 28, 2018 South Africa’s mining charter to be finalized in three months Uncertainty around the charter has deterred investment into a sector that accounts for 8% of gross domestic product in the world's top platinum producer
February 27, 2018 Platinum price crashes through $1,000 after German diesel ban Emissions scrubbing in vehicles accounts for over 40% of platinum demand, and landmark ruling will hasten demise of engine technology.
February 27, 2018 Scotland to have its first commercial gold mine Scotgold Resources plans to build an underground operation with an initial production capacity of 12,000 ounces of gold annually for up to 17 years.
February 27, 2018 Paulson’s right: gold producers must fix their bad M&A habits Potential buyers need to make a judgment that they will be able to increase the resources and reserves of any mine they buy.
February 27, 2018 Agnico Eagle is reviewing cobalt assets after receiving interest In the interim, the company is still focused on its core business of building and running gold mines.
February 27, 2018 Scotiabank pulls plug on sale of metals business The bulk of ScotiaMocatta's business is in precious metals and it is one of five banks that clear bullion in London's $5 trillion a year gold market.
February 27, 2018 Ghana to tighten controls on gold exports to protect revenues Ghana, Africa's second largest gold miner after South Africa, earned $5.78 billion from exports of the metal last year, up 17.6 percent on 2016.
February 27, 2018 Veteran precious metals newsletter writer Brien Lundin reveals his next picks With the price of gold staying firmly above $1,300/oz, Brien Lundin, editor of Gold Newsletter, discusses the state of the market and several top picks.
February 27, 2018 Fresnillo tanks as 2017 profit misses expectations, says costs to rise The Mexico-focused precious metals miner expects cost inflation this year to be about 7%, compared with the 6.4% it faced in 2017.
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