June 19, 2018

Barrick Gold walks away from Guyana joint venture project

Alicanto Minerals will retain 100% of Arakaka gold project.

June 18, 2018

Mystery Russian gold mine investor revealed as crypto executive

One of the strangest stories in the mining industry this year has been the battle between Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk Plc and its activist, mystery shareholders.

June 17, 2018

Wall Street builds immunity to trade war rhetoric

So far, Trump has taken little action beyond tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum on imports from China, the European Union and other countries.

June 15, 2018

Glencore’s great game is avoiding US sanctions: Chris Bryant

Glencore says its subsidiaries will pay Gertler what he’s owed, only the funds will be transferred in euros and U.S. citizens won’t be involved.

June 15, 2018

Glencore settles legal row with former partner over Congo royalties

The Swiss firm will make mining royalty payments to Dan Gertler in euros so that it doesn’t fall foul of US sanctions, which were placed on the Israeli billionaire last…

June 14, 2018

Germany’s Heraeus to open $100 mln precious metals recycling plant in China

China is the world's biggest car market and produces only a fraction of the platinum and palladium it consumes.

June 14, 2018

Valcambi uses Emergent’s blockchain technology to further strengthen supply chain integrity

Valcambi has entered into an agreement with Emergent Technology Holdings LP (Emergent) to use Emergent’s block chain technology to trace the provenance of gold from mines, to the refinery, and through to…

June 14, 2018

Romania says Gabriel Resources $4.4bn lawsuit over halted project can’t be heard by arbitrators

Country alleges a court decision had slammed the door on certain investment arbitration cases involving European Union members, so Gabriel’s case can’t be solved that way any longer.

June 14, 2018

Nevsun extends life of its Bisha mine in Eritrea until the end of 2022

Decision gives 18 months more than planned to the operation, which would result in additional production of 470 million pounds of zinc and 52 million pounds of copper during that…

June 14, 2018

Mitsubishi ups stake in Anglo’s Quellaveco copper project in $600-million deal

Anglo will sell a 21.9% stake in its Peruvian copper project to Mitsubishi, increasing the Japanese firm’s stake in the venture to 40%.