Scientists take a look inside rare wire gold specimen
Known as the Ram's Horn, the sample is so rare that it has been impossible to cut into it or analyze it with x-rays.
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Vale evacuates 200 people from town near its Mar Azul mine
The tailings dam at the iron ore mine is inactive so the miner said the evacuation is precautionary.
IBM steps up efforts to help miners improve health and safety records
The company is working with several wearable technology providers so companies can monitor biometric and environmental data to identify whether employees are experiencing dangers or risk, beyond a equipment failure.
Fire shuts down Vale’s Malaysia distribution center
The majority of material from the Malaysian distribution center is Brazilian Blend fines destined for China.
Kinross stock rallies after reporting record production at Paracatu and Bald Mountain
Operating cash flow reached $790 million in 2018, and cash and equivalents of $349 million, $1.9 billion in liquidity, and no debt maturities until 2021.
Trust in tailings? Vale dam disaster spurs investors into action
The disaster has called into question the willingness of investors and lenders to continue funding the broader industry.
Plunging inventories have zinc bulls ready to run
Could we be looking at another run in the zinc price like in 2017, when it spiked from $1.19 a pound to $1.61 within only six months (+35%)?
Gold-stock mega-mergers bad
Combining major gold miners already struggling with slowing production doesn’t solve the problem, but only masks it for a single year.
SNC-Lavalin faces squeeze to speed asset sales as crisis deepens
It’s surprising how everything snowballed.
