October 27, 2016

The mania for cobalt has begun

The electric vehicle revolution will continue to reinforce the unquenchable demand for cobalt.

October 27, 2016

Chaos in the EU – Trauma on the peripheries

With an end to the European Free Trade Zone, how will the world economy deal with a contraction in the European economy?

October 27, 2016

Liebherr introduces 100-tonne mining truck

All maintenance points are ground-level access or top-deck accessible

October 27, 2016

Clarification by CENADEP in regards to Civil Society participation in the November 2016 Kimberley Process Plenary Session in Dubai

Partnership Africa Canada is one of the 11 members of the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition that is boycotting this year’s chair — the UAE.

October 26, 2016

Gold sheds three-week highs on fresh interests worries

Investors are cautiously looking at the US Federal Reserve meeting next week, in which it's expected to announce a raise in rates.

October 26, 2016

Mick Davies’ X2 Resources fails to deliver, frees investors from commitments

Launched three years ago with a $5.6bn war chest, the fund once hailed as leader of a new wave of mining investment changes course.

October 26, 2016

Owner of world’s largest gold project just hit the jackpot again

Seabridge Gold, the company behind the massive KSM project in northern B.C., has identified a large, untested target at Iskut.

October 26, 2016

A lot more automation, a lot less humans to hit the mining industry

According to a new study, countries where miners are rapidly adopting technologies such as self-driving trucks will be increasingly at risk of reduced socioeconomic benefits from mining.

October 26, 2016

Trump’s family fortune originated in a Canadian gold-rush brothel

Buried in a ghost town in Canada’s subarctic are the roots of the family fortune that paved Donald Trump’s path to prominence.

October 26, 2016

Rangold looking to the future in Mali

In the current climate of global economic and political stress, it is more important than ever for African governments to engage with their investors in a spirit of genuine partnership,…