OceanaGold’s mine expansion creates high hopes in South Carolina
The Aussie miner filed this month an application to expand its Haile gold mine.
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Possible ancient mine discovered in Cornwall
A previously-unknown series of deep pits are connected by arched tunnels.
After deadly collapse, Congo vows to remove illegal miners from Glencore concession
Congo's interior minister vowed to remove all illegal miners by Sunday from a copper and cobalt mine run by Glencore following a landslide this week that killed at least 43 of them.
Chile’s Codelco says Chuqui copper mine fully operational following strike
The 14-day strike had raised fears of global supply shortfalls.
Eco Oro pulls out of Colombia gold concession amid legal battle — letter
Eco Oro is the second multinational miner to fully pull out of a major project.
India’s gold demand could fall to 3-yr low as prices hit record high
Bullion dealers and jewelers are reporting that sales have dropped to levels more than 50 percent below normal in the past 10 days.
China copper importers seek new metal sources as scrap crackdown bites
China has been gradually curbing imports of scrap, which accounted for 10% of its copper use in 2018.
Death toll at Glencore’s mine puts spotlight on illegal mining
Workers will go to extreme lengths to break into mine sites in Africa, sometimes tunneling underneath walls or living underground to extract ore with a pick-axe.
Elliott-funded Avocet to shut shop in face of high debt
The miner, which has been making losses on an operating basis since at least 2013, had total debt of $32.2 million as at June 30, 2018.
