Silver Wheaton to get $550 million in shares sale
Proceeds of the offering, which is scheduled to close around April 7, will be used to repay debt.
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Negative rates to boost gold prices, demand to record highs – WGC
According to the industry body, negative interest-rate policies (or NIRP) for some of the world’s key central banks could change the way investors think about risk, benefitting the yellow metal.
Diamond miner halted after digging on ancient archaeological site
A DIAMOND mining company has until April 8 to challenge an interdict against it for mining in an archaeological site that goes back 3.2-million years.
Kinross is going ahead with expansion of its Tasiast gold mine in Mauritania
Project is expected to dramatically increase production and slash costs at the troubled mine.
Australia to feed Ukraine nuclear power plants
The deal will see Canberra supplying the necessary uranium to feed the European country’s nuclear power plants.
Thousands rally in Mongolia over foreign mining concessions
The more than 2,000 people who gathered in Ulaanbaatar's Freedom Square claimed foreign companies have exploited Mongolia's mineral wealth, which accounts for 94% of the nation's exports.
This is the 68-carat diamond Lucapa just found at its Lulo mine in Angola
The 68.1-carat gem-quality diamond is one eight 'significant' rocks found from trial mining at a new area of the Lulo concession.
Breakthrough aircraft to transform remote mining
Lockheed lands $480m customer for aircraft combining power of helicopter, airplane and hovercraft dramatically altering mining and exploration economics.
INFOGRAPHIC: Silver’s biggest winning and losing streaks
Here's silver's biggest winning streaks (+10% gains) as well as its worst losing streaks (-10% losses) since 1971.
