‘Perfect’ 100-carat diamond sold for ‘only’ $22 million
After just three minutes of bidding, the final price was $22,090,000, including the buyer's premium.
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Barrick faces fresh opposition to executive pay plan
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will vote against the gold miner’s executive compensation structure next week.
Antofagasta’s Los Pelambres mine is safe — Chile’s court
La Serena appeals court unanimously rejected a lawsuit presented by locals, which claimed the massive tailing dam had dried up a nearby stream and contaminated underground water.
Canadian mining chairman Jim Doak found dead in Mongolia
Doak, the chairman of Toronto-based uranium exploration and development company Khan Resources, was found dead Thursday morning in his hotel room.
China scrapping rare earth export tax will boost demand — Lynas
Beijing had been widely expected to eliminate tariffs and quotas on rare earth shipments after a World Trade Organization panel branded them discriminatory last year.
Clinton, Giustra push back against New York Times’ Uranium One story
"If this is what passes for investigative journalism in the United States, it is very sad."
Newmont Mining earnings are 50 pct higher in Q1
Outlook is unchanged.
Russia took control over 20% of US uranium after Uranium One’s associates made lavish contributions to Clinton Foundation
The sale gave the Russians control of one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the United States.
The Northern Miner celebrates 100 years of publication with a special anniversary issue
It was a hundred years ago that journalist Ben Hughes and printer Ernie Hand launched The Northern Miner from the silver fields of Cobalt, Ontario.
