January 12, 2018 Planetary Resources a step closer to mining asteroids with spacecraft launch Data obtained from the Arkyd-6 will be use in the development of the Arkyd-301, Planetary Resources next spacecraft platform and the beginning of its space resource exploration program.
January 12, 2018 Alrosa buys stake in Angola’s largest diamond deposit for $70 million Deal provides the diamond giant with access to a production base outside Russia.
January 12, 2018 First Majestic expands Mexico footprint with $320M Primero Mining acquisition With the friendly takeover First Majestic gains Primero’s flagship asset, the San Dimas silver-gold mine, located in the state of Durango.
January 11, 2018 Botswana’s Okavango posts record diamond sales at $567 million Company posted a 4 percent jump in sales to $567 million in 2017, the highest annual sales since its formation in 2013.
January 11, 2018 Alrosa 2017 sales fall to $4.3bn on lower average price for rough diamonds Russian miner said the price decline for rough diamonds was due to the changed sales assortment resulting from an increased demand for small-sized rough rocks from India.
January 10, 2018 Russian competition watchdog investigates Alrosa gas assets sale The Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service is investigating forthcoming sale of natural gas assets by producer Alrosa after a complaint from would-be buyer.
January 10, 2018 Bacanora seeks expansion of German lithium project with newly acquired exploration licence The Falkenhain deposit, in the German state of Saxony, is located about 5 km from another Bacanora asset in Germany — the 50%-owned Zinnwald lithium project.
January 10, 2018 Liberty House makes binding offer for Rio Tinto’s French aluminium smelter Liberty House is the industrial arm of British steel tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's GFG Alliance and Rio's aluminium smelter in Dunkirk, France, is the largest in Europe.
January 10, 2018 Centamin jumps on better-than-expected gold output estimates The Egypt-focused gold miner also expects solid growth this year. It’s targeting 580,000 ounces in production, up from an estimate of 550,000-560,000 ounces.
January 9, 2018 Growth of European gold-backed ETFs outpaces U.S. funds in 2017 -WGC Though North America contained more than half the amount of global exchange-traded fund holdings, European funds added the most to their gold-backed ETFs last year.
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