Golden Ridge closes option deal with Barrick for 100% interest in Hank Project
Golden Ridge spent $4 million on exploration at Hank and completed nearly 11,000m of diamond drilling.
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Sibanye-Stillwater signs three-year gold wage agreement with unions
Sibanye-Stillwater currently employs over 32,000 people at its South Africa gold operations.
China plumbs ocean depths to extend its cobalt lead
China, the leading holder of international deep sea exploration licences, increases its lead in the race for alternative sources of battery minerals by taking samples from cobalt-bearing mountains deep in the Pacific.
Vale-BHP Brazil joint venture Samarco names mining exec as new CFO
Cavalcanti joins Samarco as it attempts to renegotiate billions of dollars in debt with creditors and restart operations after a tailing dam burst in 2015, killing 19 people.
Chinese copper smelters look to mine investment to secure supply
China is the world's biggest consumer of the metal but its own copper mine production has been stagnating amid a broad crackdown on pollution, exacerbating a heavy reliance on imports.
Electric vehicle revolution goes underground with mine truck
Swedish mining equipment maker Epiroc AB is aiming to electrify all its underground machines within five years.
Iran hangs gold coin ‘sultan’ in crackdown after US curbs
Iran executed a gold dealer known as the “Sultan of Coins,” in a warning to merchants not to exploit the country’s financial troubles as U.S. sanctions squeeze the economy.
Congo state miner wants meeting over Katanga cobalt-export
“They are taking unilateral decisions that we haven’t verified, that we haven’t certified” - Gecamines President, Albert Yuma
Rio Tinto wants a piece of Teck’s copper project in Chile
Canada’s largest diversified miner has been looking for a development partner for the $4.8-billion extension of Quebrada Blanca copper mine in northern Chile.