Three-way Canada gold junior merger falls short
Vancouver mineral bank's combination with two gold and rare earth explorers sinks its share price.
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China factory data roils copper stocks – Freeport falls 9%
Billions wiped from mining sector as Chinese manufacturing activity contracts to a six-and-half year low.
Skeena Resources seeks three-peat in Golden Triangle
Neighbours include Imperial Mines and Pretium Resources.
Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy takes Citic to court in A$10 billion lawsuit
The fresh legal action is part of an ongoing dispute between the parties over mining royalties in Western Australia.
African Potash soars on second supply deal in a week
The company plans to create a vertically integrated operator to tap into a region that buys in an estimated 10 million tonnes of fertilizer a year.
Extremely rare mineral found in 1.2-billion-year-old meteorite impact in Scotland
The finding is more than double the age of the previous oldest known occurrence of reidite, believed to have formed about 450 million years ago.
Copper giants face cost cutting opposition in Chile
Labour action threatened after half the workers at El-Abra mine in Chile – jointly owned by world's top copper miners Codelco and Freeport – were let go.
Hedge fund positioning shows why gold price rally fizzled
By Black Monday, speculators on the gold futures market were well positioned to go bearish on bullion again and stop the momentum of safe haven buyers.
Spanish police arrest American-Belgian man on ‘blood diamond’ charges
The 64-year-old American-Belgian citizen has become the first businessman ever arrested for suspected involvement in the illegal trade of “blood” diamonds.
