China passes law allowing regions to set resource taxes
Major resources such as crude oil or rare earths will still be subject to a fixed tax rate set by the central government.
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IAMGOLD resumes operations at gold mine in Suriname
Rosebel mine was temporarily shuttered in early August after a clash between illegal miners and police, which left one person dead.
Gold pares gains as Trump ratchets down China trade-war tension
Bullion futures for December delivery advanced 0.1% to $1,539.60 an ounce at 9:34 a.m. on the Comex in New York, after surging as much as 1.8% to the highest since 2013 earlier.
Bayhorse Silver explores Brandywine project in British Columbia
The company was able to confirm historic gold and silver drill hole locations and found the historic drill core.
Get cracking: Lynas scouts for rare earths plant to meet Malaysian demands
Lynas has four years to build a plant that will remove low-level radioactivity from the material it ships to Malaysia.
Lydian’s gold project in Armenia faces yet another environmental review
The country’s prime minister has asked the environment authority to study the conclusions of a third-party audit suggesting the Amulsar project should get the green light.
Worker buried alive at open-cut manganese mine in Australia
A wall at the open-cut Bootu Creek manganese mine failed on Saturday afternoon.
Putin orders review of Russian coal mining tax
Russia is the world's third-largest coal exporter after Australia and Indonesia.
Fireweed Zinc’s John Robins on ‘deal of the century’ in the Yukon
John Robins is the executive chairman and a director at Fireweed Zinc, which is advancing its massive zinc-lead deposit in the Yukon.
