Amazon gold and army suspicion fuel Bolsonaro’s rainforest rage
Bolsonaro's father was among the wildcat miners who descended on the Amazonian gold mine of Serra Pelada in the 1980s.
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Fake-branded bars slip dirty gold into world markets
Gold bars fraudulently stamped with the logos of major refineries are in the global market to launder smuggled or illegal gold.
Scotland’s first commercial gold mine to open in early 2020
Access to ore is still expected by December and the company plans to stockpile ore in the period leading to the beginning of operations.
Glencore awarded just $19m by tribunal in Colombia lawsuit
A World Bank tribunal has ordered Colombia to repay a $19 million fine it levied on Glencore's coal mining subsidiary Prodeco.
Excelsior to deliver first copper production from Arizona by year-end
The Gunnison project in Arizona is more than 90% finished.
Diamond project in Nunavut yields encouraging results
GGL Resources just completed a ground geophysical survey program on the Stein diamond project.
Papua New Guinea may close Chinese-owned nickel plant after spill
The leakage from the facility, owned by Metallurgical Corporation of China, affected the adjacent Basamuk Bay.
Canada’s Crystal Peak receives US approval for massive potash mine in Utah
The Department of the Interior’s decision also enables the Toronto-based miner to accelerate financing and off-take deals.
Denison reports positive ISR field tests at Wheeler River
The Wheeler River project has probable resources of 109.4 million lb. of uranium dioxide.
