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Alba wants to reopen gold mine behind three generations of royal wedding rings

Gold from Clogau St David’s mine in North Wales is behind the wedding bands of the Queen Mother, the Queen, Princess Margaret, the Princess Royal and Diana, Princess of Wales.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 3, 2018 | 6:14 pm

Drilling in Stars

A winter drilling program has begun on the Stars mine in British Columbia.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 3, 2018 | 4:32 pm

Goldman has more good news for copper, zinc price

Chinese supply-side reforms, environmental cuts translate into higher prices and less Chinese production, "both of which benefit ex-China producers."

Frik Els | January 3, 2018 | 4:05 pm

Suncor, Teck buy part of Total stake in Canada oil sands mine

Suncor Energy and Teck Resources Ltd have taken higher stakes in Fort Hills oil sands mine from partner Total SA, resolving a dispute over building costs.

Reuters | January 3, 2018 | 3:39 pm

Blue skies, green cars and a year of revolution for industrial metals: Andy Home

Arrival of new Silicon Valley players like Tesla and Apple to old world of metals serves to reinforce focus on environmentally clean, ethical supply chains.

Reuters | January 3, 2018 | 3:31 pm

Vale is said to be negotiating BHP exit from Samarco venture

Vale and BHP Billiton in talks over future of their Samarco iron-ore joint venture, including the possibility of the Brazilian miner taking full ownership.

Bloomberg News | January 3, 2018 | 11:49 am

Germans invest heavily in gold in 2017, Deutsche Boerse says

Gold is seen as a safe haven for investors during times of uncertainty. Spot gold prices gained about 14 percent during 2017.

Reuters | January 3, 2018 | 11:05 am

Solgold maiden resource at Alpala, Ecuador is 5.2m tonnes copper

And 12.3m contained ounces of gold.

Frik Els | January 3, 2018 | 10:13 am

Freeport Indonesia’s mining permit extended until June

The permit was issued to allow the miner to continue exporting copper concentrate while company representatives and government officials go on with the discussions around Freeport’s future operations.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | January 2, 2018 | 10:03 pm

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