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‘Dance partner’ hunt heats up in gold, fueled by megamerger push

The megamerger mania now underway for Newmont Mining Corp., Barrick Gold Corp. and Goldcorp Inc. could force mid-tier companies to team up in order to successfully compete.

Bloomberg News | March 7, 2019 | 1:34 pm

Alrosa’s February diamond sales up 23% over January

Rough diamonds sales in February increased to $340.6 million, compared to $278.2 million in January 2019.

MINING.com Editor | March 7, 2019 | 1:01 pm

McEwen Mining halts payout over “much lower revenue” this quarter

The Toronto-based gold miner cites operational issues at Black Fox in Ontario, startup delays at Gold Bar in Nevada for shareholder distribution suspension.

Frik Els | March 7, 2019 | 12:31 pm

Tin’s bright electric future poses supply problem

Research by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) projected that tin could be the metal with the most to gain.

Reuters | March 7, 2019 | 11:43 am

Botswana sees lower mineral revenues in 2019

Retail jewellery sales fell during the last quarter of 2018, while polished prices continued to decline into the beginning of 2019.

Reuters | March 7, 2019 | 11:22 am

South Africa’s Eskom may need more bailouts despite tariff hikes

Eskom supplies more than 90 percent of the power in Africa's most industrialised economy.

Reuters | March 7, 2019 | 10:24 am

GoldMining updates Yellowknife resource

The new numbers are an 18% increase in the measured and indicated grade.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | March 7, 2019 | 10:13 am

Zimbabwe to allow foreign platinum miners control of local operations

Foreign platinum and diamond miners have been restricted to only 49 percent ownership of their Zimbabwe operations by the black economic empowerment law.

Reuters | March 7, 2019 | 9:14 am