Silver Sands kicks off drilling at Argentina project
An initial, 2,500-metre program will focus on seven untested or minimally tested epithermal silver veins at Virginia projects.
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Glencore cuts coal target again as Colombian strike hits output
Glencore lowered its 2020 coal guidance by 5.7% to 109 million tonnes as a strike at the Cerrejon mine in Colombia entered its 60th day on Friday.
Yamana Gold confirms Malartic underground potential
Drill results back Canada’s biggest gold mine prospects of growing beyond the current open pit.
How Olympic Dam went from mother of all digs to debottlenecking
The final chapter on the world's most ambitious – and costly – mining project has closed.
No punishment 5 years after the Fundão dam tragedy
Brazilian prosecutors have filed a new lawsuit contesting a compensation package for victims from a 2015 collapsed dam jointly owned by BHP and Vale.
Gold price to climb regardless of election result, analysts say
A "fragile" US economy and ongoing central bank "money printing" will lift gold prices, analysts say.
NASA finds rare metal asteroid worth more than global economy
The heavy-metal object, called “16 Psyche”, is worth $10,000 quadrillion. That's 70,000 times the world's economy.
Investors worth $10.2 trillion press global miners for indigenous engagement talks
A group of investors has written to the boards of 78 mining companies to seek assurances about how they gain their social licence to operate.
Gold quarterly demand plummets to 11-year low
Global demand fell 19% year-on-year to its lowest quarterly total since 2009.