February 12, 2018 Suncor Energy hikes stake in Syncrude in $730 million deal Canada's largest energy producer also buys into Norwegian Sea oil project.
February 11, 2018 In Iceland, more energy will be used for bitcoin mining than powering homes Mining bitcoins requires a great deal of computing power which in turn needs a lot of electricity to solve the computational puzzles that reward miners with cryptocurrency.
February 9, 2018 Ten-year yields point to higher commodities: Shelley Goldberg The correlation between commodity price and the 10-year has been strong over time, for a number of reasons.
February 9, 2018 LME says likely to make fee cuts permanent after volumes rise The LME cut fees on short-dated carries in October and on medium-dated carries in November in a bid to revive volumes.
February 9, 2018 Russia says discussing road map for usage of PGMs with South Africa Donskoi discussed the need for more active cooperation in the usage of PGMs.
February 9, 2018 Canada’s Thor Explorations may raise up to $35m in a London listing Thor, which is already listed in Toronto's TSX Venture Exchange, will use the proceeds of the new listing mainly to fund its Segilola Gold Project.
February 9, 2018 BMW mining deals imminent as cobalt price powers on – report "The aim is to secure the supply all the way down to the level of the mine, for 10 years."
February 9, 2018 Embattled Avocet completes sale of Burkina Faso assets The three-times delayed $5 million-deal should help the miner dodge bankruptcy for its units in the West African country.
February 8, 2018 Gold price: Value of ETF bullion tops $100 billion for first time in 5 years New report shows money continues to pour into gold-backed exchange traded funds with North American investors responsible for 75% of January inflows.
February 8, 2018 Russian gold miner Petropavlovsk names new chief executive The appointment comes less than a month after Kazakh businessman Kenges Rakishev told Reuters he wanted to bring back co-founder Pavel Maslovskiy as CEO.
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