Mining Articles

Fueling a town with waste

Aug. 26, 2018, 2:41 PM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Pollution from activities that fuel day-to-day life are not only a cause for concern in China. Other countries, among them many developing nations, are beginning to take action on the issue.Taking one small step at a time, Benin is among the countries that have started to implement measures to curb emissions from fuel burning.In the southern town of Hou?(C)gbo, Swiss foundation for sustainable dev...Read More

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) CEO Peter Steenkamp on Q4 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript...

Sun Aug 26 13:07:37 2018 / Staff reporter

"Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) CEO Peter Steenkamp on Q4 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript https://t.co/p7HF4wAgJF"Read full newsRead More

RT @HC_Haplo: Electric cars exceed 1m in Europe as sales soar by more than 40% #EV #lithium

Sun Aug 26 12:38:00 2018 / Haplo

Milestone reached nearly a year after China but ahead of the USRead full newsRead More

Rob McEwen and McEwen Mining acquire 18.8% of Canadian miner

Aug. 26, 2018, 12:15 PM / Streetwise Reports

Great Bear Resources Ltd. (GBR:TSX.V) will be conducting a private placement financing of units, priced at $1.45 per unit, for gross proceeds of up to $10 million with each unit consisting of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will be exercisable into a common share of Great Bear at a price of $1.75 for a period of two years, the company said in...Read More

Quebec miner looking for cobalt and precious metals

Aug. 26, 2018, 12:02 PM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Manganese X Energy (TSXV: MN), a company that claims to focus on ethically sourced minerals, announced this week that it has signed a Property Option Agreement to acquire the Peter Lake copper-nickel-cobalt project located in the Mont-Laurier Terrane, in the Central Grenville Province, Quebec.The company said it will be exploring for cobalt and possible gold-platinum-palladium at the eastern Canad...Read More

Quebec miner looking for cobalt and precious metals

Aug. 26, 2018, 12:02 PM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Manganese X Energy (TSXV: MN), a company that claims to focus on ethically sourced minerals, announced this week that it has signed a Property Option Agreement to acquire the Peter Lake copper-nickel-cobalt project located in the Mont-Laurier Terrane, in the Central Grenville Province, Quebec.The company said it will be exploring for cobalt and possible gold-platinum-palladium at the eastern Canad...Read More

RT @BlackAlexb: Yes it can get worse......

Sun Aug 26 11:43:58 2018 / Alex Black

"Can it get any worse? Tahoe Resources Inc. - Tahoe Announces Kidnapping of 12 Security Contractors in Guatemala; All Contractors Have Now Been Returned Safely"Read full newsRead More

The secret to safer oil & gas pipelines: graphene

Aug. 26, 2018, 11:43 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Incorporating graphene into a polymer liner used in pipes that transport crude oil and gas from the sea floor makes them stronger, researchers say.According to a team of scientists from the University of Manchester and The Welding Institute, laminating a thin layer of graphene nanoplatelets to polyamide 11 (PA11) - a plastic often used in the aforementioned liners - helps produce structures that b...Read More

The secret to safer oil & gas pipelines: graphene

Aug. 26, 2018, 11:43 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Incorporating graphene into a polymer liner used in pipes that transport crude oil and gas from the sea floor makes them stronger, researchers say.According to a team of scientists from the University of Manchester and The Welding Institute, laminating a thin layer of graphene nanoplatelets to polyamide 11 (PA11) - a plastic often used in the aforementioned liners - helps produce structures that b...Read More

'I was cheated' - Tales from the collapse of a commodity giant

Aug. 26, 2018, 11:18 AM / Bloomberg News

Francis Tay feels cheated.The former Singapore civil servant says he's lost almost S$50,000 ($36,600) in the implosion of Noble Group Ltd., the commodity trading giant. He also says shareholders like him have been let down by regulators whose job it is to protect them from the sort of crisis that's brought the company to the brink.Yet, the 71-year-old says he still plans to vote in favor of a debt...Read More

Calibre Mining Announces Results from 2018 Diamond Drilling Program on the 100% Owned Primavera Gold-Copper Porphyr...

Sun Aug 26 10:45:43 2018 / Staff reporter

"Calibre Mining Announces Results from 2018 Diamond Drilling Program on the 100% Owned Primavera Gold-Copper Porphyry Project, Nicaragua https://t.co/IDAsiGUmsD"Read full newsRead More

Granada Gold Mine Intersects 8.49 g/t Over 0.5m in Trenching at Aukeko

Sun Aug 26 10:45:42 2018 / Staff reporter

ROUYN NORANDA, QC, Aug. 23, 2018 /CNW/ - Granada Gold Mine (TSXV: GGM) ('Granada Gold' or the 'Company') announces the assay results of the exploratory tren...Read full newsRead More

Gold panning an alternative way to satisfy a thirst for gold

Sun Aug 26 10:45:40 2018 / Staff reporter

No metal detector, deep underground mine or mammoth dredge is needed to pan for gold, and sites are still available in waterways nationwide.Read full newsRead More

Zimbabwe: Mine Sits On 4,8 Million Ounces of Gold

Sun Aug 26 10:45:39 2018 / Staff reporter

A resource definition exercise at Isabella Gold Mine in Bubi, Matabeleland North Province, has revealed that the mine is sitting on about 4,8 million ounces of the yellow metal, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has said.Read full newsRead More

Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) CEO Peter Steenkamp on Q4 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript...

Sun Aug 26 10:45:38 2018 / Staff reporter

"Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (HMY) CEO Peter Steenkamp on Q4 2018 Results - Earnings Call Transcript https://t.co/BvSjfDBrJl"Read full newsRead More

WTF Just Happened? Gold And Silver Set-Up To Soar

August 26, 2018 / admin

According to the latest Commitment of Traders Report released Friday and which accounts for Comex trader positioning through Tuesday, August 21, the hedge fund net short position in Comex paper gold futures soared to an all-time high of 89,972 contracts. This represents nearly 9 million ounces of paper gold. It's more gold than is produced by gold mines in the U.S. annually. As of Thursday, Comex...Read More

The Northern Miner Podcast - episode 117: Love me or hate me - The Margaret Kent (Peggy Witte) story, part 1

August 26, 2018 / Posted John Cumming

Part 1: My world came crashing down. Peggy Witte (now named Margaret Kent) in the early 1990s as CEO of gold miner Royal Oak Mines. Credit: Margaret Kent archives."There's a few of us still left around the industry who have seen it all and done it all."So begins this exclusive, in-depth interview with Stratabound Minerals chairman Margaret "Peggy" Kent, carried out by Northern Miner senior staff...Read More

If Gold is going to rally, it will need the help of commodities. Major resistance is 196-206 --- a monthly close a...

Sat Aug 25 21:32:24 2018 / Staff reporter

"If Gold is going to rally, it will need the help of commodities.Major resistance is 196-206 --- a monthly close above 206 would be bullishn but not until then."Read full newsRead More

Zimbabwe: Mine Sits On 4,8 Million Ounces of Gold

Sat Aug 25 12:16:40 2018 / Staff reporter

A resource definition exercise at Isabella Gold Mine in Bubi, Matabeleland North Province, has revealed that the mine is sitting on about 4,8 million ounces of the yellow metal, Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando has said.Read full newsRead More

Gov't, gold mining sector relations

Sat Aug 25 10:42:13 2018 / Staff reporter

During the course of that portion of his 2018 Budget presentation that had to do with the gold mining industry, Finance Minister Winston Jordan made three important points. The first point was articulRead full newsRead More

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