Australia’s Fortescue readies first shipment of new mid-grade iron ore
The new product is a major step in the miner's strategy to wring more value from its iron ore after profits halved last financial year.
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World Gold Council to appoint David Tait chief executive
The World Gold Council is funded by gold mining companies and aims to expand demand for gold.
Chile to lease inactive licenses held by top miners to juniors
Move allows major companies to lease to juniors all or part of assets they are not actively developing.
Gold investors target executives with less skin in the game
A coalition of gold investors, including firms backed by billionaires John Paulson and Naguib Sawiris, is taking aim at mining executives who don’t have enough skin in the game.
Troilus Gold to bring historic Quebec mine back into production
The combination of the 4,700-hectare Troilus Gold property with the 11,309-hectare Troilus North property will create a 16,000-hectare exploration property in Quebec's Frotet-Evans greenstone belt.
Russia sets aside 10B roubles to buy aluminium
Russia makes a move to support sanctioned aluminium producer Rusal.
Condor Gold shares soar as Nicaragua project grows
The company extended known targets and discovered new high-grade vein systems at its La India gold project in Nicaragua.
M2 Cobalt advances exploration at Uganda mine
The Vancouver junior mobilized a second drill rig and commenced drilling at two targets of its Bujagali mine.
Strike briefly shuts down operations at BHP’s Spence mine in Chile
Move followed the dismissal of 49 workers and eight supervisors, union President Ronald Salcedo said.
