March 6, 2018 Rio Tinto, former execs. once again move to have SEC case dismissed Lawyers acting for the company, its former chief executive Tom Albanese, and its ex finance director Guy Elliott say charges brought by the SEC are 'plainly wrong.'
March 6, 2018 Barrick moves forward with plan to make every employee an owner The gold miner’s employees will receive this year 90 shares each, taking the total held by staff to more than 1.5 million shares.
March 6, 2018 Congo’s Kabila meeting with mining companies postponed Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's plan to discuss proposed changes to mining royalties with mining company representatives on Tuesday has been postponed by a day.
March 5, 2018 Thirty-three illegal miners arrested at abandoned site in South Africa According to the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, illegal miners in the country usually belong to organised crime syndicates.
March 5, 2018 Rush for cobalt, lithium as prices stay on the boil Electric vehicle boom sees number of companies exploring for lithium and cobalt tripling to 188 as budgets balloon according to new report.
March 5, 2018 Stellar Diamonds mulls takeover offer as losses deepen Miner posted a net loss of $984,928, compared to a $663,145 loss a year earlier, due to an increase in costs of developing its Tongo-Tonguma diamond project in eastern Sierra…
March 5, 2018 Lucapa fetches $1.7 million in diamond sales from Lulo Figures takes proceeds from Lulo diamonds sales so far this year to $10.8 million, at an average price per carat of $1,731.
March 4, 2018 Lundin Gold eyes growth after mine in Ecuador built “We want to grow to be an at least 1-million-ounce-a-year producer with three to four operations,” said Chief Executive Ron Hochstein at PDAC.
March 2, 2018 Angola offers former dos Santos diamond rights to investors Angola is one of the world’s top 5 diamond producers, but much of the territory remains under-explored due to 27 years of civil war.
March 2, 2018 Moody’s upgrades Barrick to Baa2 with stable outlook Company’s goal remains to reduce total debt to around $5 billion by the end of 2018.
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