Higher gold prices prompt consortium to restart historic mine in India
The ancient Kolar gold mines produced some 25 million ounces over 150 years before being abandoned in 2001, as gold prices began to sink.
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The Cauchari-Olaroz project, in northern Argentina, is forecast to initially produce 40,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent a year.
Iron ore price surges 5%
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Monday mad rush for gold stocks
Ranks of gold shares doubling in value in 2016 continues to grow.
Tree-top sampling program may help uncover new mineral deposits in B.C.
Geoscience BC is looking at whether concentrations of trace amounts of metals found in trees could lead prospectors to the next big mineral discovery.
Gold price jumps, dollar sinks ahead of special Fed meeting
More analysts see gold reaching $1,350 before the end of the year and hedge funds extend bullish bets to 552 tonnes.
Would you propose with a diamond grown in a lab?
Diamond Foundry first crossed my radar in November of 2015, when Leonardo DiCaprio tweeted that he was proud to be an investor in the company.
Codelco scraps plans for new mine at El Salvador division
Decision would reduce the total investment needed to $600 million from the whooping $3 billion it was originally estimated.
Endeavour Mining begins construction of new African gold mine
The Hounde project, in Burkina Faso, is forecast to produce about 1.9 million ounces of gold over a 10-year mine life.
