Algeria opens 600-mile railway to tap vast iron ore deposit
The step gives the green light for the first shipments of ore from the Gara Djebilet mine in the western desert near the Moroccan border.
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Capstone Copper restarts Mantoverde mine while strike drags on
The company reiterated that it expects to continue operations at a level between 50% to 75% of normal production during the strike.
Bravo raises $64M including Orion for Brazil nickel-PGMs
Bravo said it will use the proceeds to fund a preliminary feasibility study and subsequent feasibility study.
CME raises gold, silver margins after historic price plunge
Gold margins will rise to 8% of the value of the underlying contract from the current 6% for non-heightened risk profile, the exchange said.
Paulson lifts stake in International Tower Hill with Alaska gold project
The Vancouver-based company raised $118 million including $74.8 million in its offering of common shares at $2.22 in the US.
CHART: Friday massacre for mining stocks but copper price pulls out of nosedive
Historic down day for gold and silver prices caused double digit losses for precious metals stocks but copper miners came off relatively lightly.
MAX Power makes new natural hydrogen discovery in Saskatchewan
Licensing is underway to commence the Bracken well along the Saskatchewan-Montana border in February.
More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in east Congo, official says
Rubaya produces around 15% of the world's coltan, which is processed into tantalum.
Glencore says key issues remain in Horne smelter talks
Glencore has repeatedly come under fire in the province of Quebec due to the pollution that Horne causes in Rouyn-Noranda.
