May 15, 2018

Lonmin tanks as UK competition watchdog looks into Sibanye takeover

By mid-morning, Lonmin shares had lost 5.6% of their value in London, while Sibanye’s were down 4.9% in Johannesburg, even though the companies announced they had received the approval of…

May 14, 2018

Alrosa steps up diamond marketing as miner eyes more cutting

Alrosa has traditionally focused on rough-diamond mining but is gradually changing its business after Sergey Ivanov became CEO a year ago.

May 14, 2018

A crypto tycoon, banking heir and the mysterious fight for gold

For the second time in a year, London-listed miner Petropavlovsk Plc is in the middle of a shareholder coup to throw out the board and revive its fortunes.

May 14, 2018

Canadian explorer looking to restart Europe’s last tin mine to list in London

Vancouver-based Strongbow Exploration expects the London listing to help it raise 25 million pounds ($34 million) over the next 18 months, which will use to study the feasibility of resuming…

May 13, 2018

Canadian company to reopen gold mine in Spain

Orvana Minerals’ subsidiary in Spain has plans to reopen the Carlés gold mine, located in the Salas municipality of the Principality of Asturias.

May 13, 2018

Two of three missing Polish miners found dead -JSW

One man is still missing at the Zofiowka mine in southern Poland.

May 10, 2018

No casualties in fire at Russia’s Raspadskaya coal mine, Evraz says

Evraz, which controls Raspadskaya, said all miners had been evacuated and that the blaze is thought to have started in the mine's technical equipment.

May 10, 2018

Dalradian up on resource update for Curraghinalt gold deposit

Document shows a 46% increase in gold ounces at the Northern Ireland project.

May 9, 2018

N. American gold ETF inflows at highest since September 2017 -WGC

North American gold-backed ETFs rose 43.7 tonnes worth $1.9 billion in April.

May 8, 2018

Poland’s KGHM expects to match or exceed 2017 profit this year

The CEO also forecast that the copper price will exceed $7,000 by the end of this year, as analysts at Bank of China expect.