Rio Tinto signs JV exploration deal with China’s Minmetals
The companies are committed to explore for mineral deposits first in the Asian country and then the rest of the world .
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Congo mining regulations to be signed into law on Friday — mines minister
Congo's prime minister wants to immediately implement the new mining code without any concessions to industry demands that key provisions be amended.
OZ Minerals closer than ever to grabbing Brazil-focused Avanco
The takeover offer, which expires next week, offers great exploration potential because Avanco owns a vast landholding in the copper and iron ore-rich Carajás region, second only to giant Vale.
It was a great first quarter for battery material financings
Lithium, copper and nickel.
Gold price: Investors are pouring $1 billion per month into ETFs
Net inflows into gold-backed exchange traded funds rose again in May, lifting value of private bullion to $103 billion, highest since 2013.
Solgold shares jump on Ecuador drilling
Up 8% at the open after intersects add more bulk to already massive Cascabel copper-gold project in north of South American country.
BHP said to get shale bids valuing unit up to $9 billion
Multiple parties, including private equity firms such as Apollo and energy companies, have bid separately for individual packages of shale real estate.
India’s May gold imports plummet as price rally dents demand
The country's gold imports in the first five months of 2018 fell 39.4 percent from a year ago to 274.2 tonnes, data compiled by GFMS showed.
Impala Platinum gives Zimbabwe almost half of its mining land
The miner's Zimbabwean subsidiary, Zimplats, has released 23,903 hectares of its mining claims to the government.
