Trade truce lights fire under mining stocks
Relief that an escalation in the trade war between the US and China has been avoided – at least for now – sparked a huge rally in mining stocks on Monday.
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Update on Greyhound exploration in Nunavut
The project is located 40 km north of Baker Lake, and 32 km south of Agnico’s Meadowbank gold mine.
Semafo reports third security incident in Burkina Faso
Jihadist militants ramp up attacks against security forces.
Drill success continues in Newfoundland for Marathon
This year the company has added 844,000 ounces of gold in the measured and indicated category and 519,000 ounces of gold in the inferred to its total overall resource for Valentine Lake.
Cobalt’s star fades for Glencore traders as customers renege
From riding high on cobalt’s boom, Glencore Plc traders are feeling the heat as falling prices and reneged contracts put a dent in profit.
China copper premiums slump to 18-month low as demand wanes
The premiums, paid on top of benchmark three-month London Metal Exchange (LME) prices, fell 10.7% from Friday's levels to $62.50 a tonne, the lowest since June 2017.
ISS backs Detour Gold board proposals in Paulson proxy fight
Detour is under pressure from two other investors, investment company Coast Capital Management L.P.and hedge fund Livermore Partners, to overhaul its board and consider a sale.
Congo triples levy on cobalt with strategic-minerals decree
Congo is Africa's top copper producer and mines more than 60 percent of the world's cobalt
Nautilus setting JV to secure support vessels for Solwara 1 project
The support ship will be used at the company's Solwara 1 gold, copper and silver project, off the coast of Papua Guinea, set to be the world’s first commercial deep-sea mine.