Mining Articles

Symphony Environmental makes significant move into healthcare with new latex gloves

10:42 03 May 2018 / Andrew Scott

Michael Laurier, chief executive of Symphony Environmental Technologies plc (LON:SYM) tells Proactive's Andrew Scott they're to launch a series of healthcare products, starting with latex examination gloves, made with their antimicrobial d2p technology.Symphony's working with Health & Hygiene Ltd, a British company, and Biomax Rubber Industries of Malaysia through a collaboration agreement sig...Read More

Black Iron ranked by CRU as the lowest cost pellet feed iron ore development project

May. 3, 2018, 10:36 AM / Globe Newswire

TORONTO, May 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Black Iron Inc. ("Black Iron" or the "Company") (TSX:BKI) (OTC:BKIRF) (FRANKFURT:BIN) is pleased to announce the positive results of a study commissioned by Black Iron to determine the Company's position on the global business cost curve and capital intensity in the context of new development iron ore projects. CRU Group ("CRU"), an internationally recognis...Read More

Mineral Mountain drills 6.1 m of 2.8 g/t Au at Standby

2018-05-03 10:00 / Mr. Nelson Baker reports

Mr. Nelson Baker reportsMINERAL MOUNTAIN CONFIRMS PROOF OF CONCEPT IN THE HOMESTAKE GOLD BELTMineral Mountain Resources Ltd. and its subsidiary, Mineral Mountain Resources (SD) Inc., have received the analytical results for the initial three of the planned 12 NQ diamond drill holes --ST18-001, ST18-002 and ST18-003 -- totalling 1,322 metres on the company's Standby mine target in the Rochford dist...Read More

You don't have to dig a mine to run one, female leaders say

May. 3, 2018, 10:00 AM / Bloomberg News

(Bloomberg) - Eira Thomas has discovered diamonds in the far north, co-founded mining companies and sat on a dozen boards - including Canada's most valuable energy company.So the 49-year-old was a little taken aback when an investor recently suggested she needed to hire an engineer as chief operating officer to back her up in the executive suite. She was, after all, only a geologist."I'm 30 years...Read More

Sibanye's S.African gold output drops, expects to recover losses by year-end

May. 3, 2018, 9:38 AM / Reuters

JOHANNESBURG, May 3 (Reuters) - Precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater's gold output at its South African mines had been hit by by safety and operational disruptions in the first quarter, it said on Thursday, adding that it expects to regain the lost ground this year.Sibanye's gold production in the first three months of 2018 declined to 291,500 ounces, from 330,000 ounces in the same period...Read More

Equinox loses $4.4-million in Q1

2018-05-03 09:16 / Mr. Christian Milau reports

Mr. Christian Milau reportsEQUINOX GOLD RELEASES FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS Equinox Gold Corp. has released its unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and related management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2018.Equinox Gold's principal assets are its wholly owned, past-producing Aurizona gold mine in Maranhao, Brazil,and its wholly owned,...Read More

Ontario Partners with First Nations to Share Forestry and Mining Revenues

May3, 20189:00 A.M. / Ministry of Northern Development and Mines

Ontario and First Nations partners have signed historic resource revenue sharing agreements in mining and forestry - the first of their kind in the province.These agreements with First Nations, represented by Grand Council Treaty #3, Wabun Tribal Council and Mushkegowuk Council, commit Ontario to sharing 45 per cent of government revenues from forestry stumpage, 40 per cent of the annual mining ta...Read More

Telson Mining\'s Atocha process 9,503 t ore in Q1

2018-05-03 08:52 / Mr. Antonio Berlanga reports

Mr. Antonio Berlanga reportsTELSON ISSUES TAHUEHUETO Q1 2018 PREPRODUCTION RESULTS FOR MINING, CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION & METALLURGICAL BALANCESTelson Mining Corp. has provided the results of first quarter 2018 preproduction toll milling at its 100-per-cent-owned Tahuehueto mine development project located in Durango, Mexico. Preproduction toll milling from Tahuehueto processed 9,503 tonnes of o...Read More

Eight still trapped underground at Sibanye mine following seismic event

May. 3, 2018, 8:15 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Eight of the thirteen gold miners trapped underground at Sibanye-Stillwater's (JSE:SGL) (NYSE:SBGL) Masakhane mine in South Africa remain missing, the company said after a seismic event caused a fall of ground in an operating stope at one of the company's gold mines.Contact was made with six workers earlier on Thursday and two two were brought to surface safely, the firm said, but one of them reg...Read More

Gold Mining Stocks to Watch for Earnings: AUY, RGLD & KL

Thu May 03 07:41:48 2018 / Staff reporter

Gold stocks are likely to ride on the back of improving industry fundamentals and put up a decent performance this quarter.Read full newsRead More

After the gold rush: Mining boom in Cameroon leaves 'open tombs'

Thu May 03 07:04:15 2018 / Staff reporter

For a time, the land around the village of Longa Mali in eastern Cameroon was one of the most prized in Africa, and powerful machines gnawed greedily into its soil to extract precious gold.Read full newsRead More

Canadian Miner Targets Initial Gold Pour by Year-End

Thu May 03 05:27:26 2018 / Staff reporter

Haywood Securities analyst Kerry Smith provided a construction update on one of this firm's projects.Read full newsRead More

You Don't Need to Have Dug a Mine to Run One, Female Leaders Say

Thu May 03 05:27:25 2018 / Staff reporter

Eira Thomas has discovered diamonds in the far north, co-founded mining companies and sat on a dozen boards -- including Canada's most valuable energy company.Read full newsRead More

Beta Hunt Mine Gold Production Increases for Fourth Consecutive Quarter

Thu May 03 05:27:20 2018 / Staff reporter

Beta Hunt Mine Gold Production Increases for Fourth Consecutive QuarterRead full newsRead More

Gold Mining Stocks to Watch for Earnings: AUY, RGLD & KL

Thu May 03 05:27:17 2018 / Staff reporter

Gold stocks are likely to ride on the back of improving industry fundamentals and put up a decent performance this quarter.Read full newsRead More

Lucapa finds yet another large diamond in Angola

May. 3, 2018, 5:21 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

Australia's Lucapa Diamond (ASX:LOM) has discovered yet another large diamond at its prolific Lulo mine in Angola - a 46-carat pink stone, the largest coloured gem-quality rock ever recovered there.The company said the gem-quality coloured diamond eclipsed both the 43-carat yellow gem found in January and the almost 39-carat pink dug up in September last year."The frequent recovery of large and...Read More

After the gold rush: Mining boom in Cameroon leaves 'open tombs'

Thu May 03 04:28:47 2018 / Staff reporter

For a time, the land around the village of Longa Mali in eastern Cameroon was one of the most prized in Africa, and powerful machines gnawed greedily into its soil to extract precious gold.Read full newsRead More

S. Africa gold miners, workers reach settlement in historic silicosis case

May. 3, 2018, 3:05 AM / Cecilia Jamasmie

South African gold producers signed Thursday a class action settlement with law firms representing thousands of miners who contracted the fatal lung diseases silicosis and tuberculosis while working for them.The 5 billion rand-settlement (about $400 million at today's exchange rate), reached following three years of negotiations, puts an end to the country's largest and most expensive class acti...Read More

Energy Summary for May 2, 2018

May 03, 2018 / Stockwatch Business Reporter

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business Reporter West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery gained 68 cents to $67.93 on the New York Merc, while Brent for June gained 23 cents to $73.36 (all figures in this para U.S.). Western Canadian Select traded at a discount of $17.55 to...Read More

Shell Summary for May 2, 2018

May 03, 2018 / Stockwatch Business Reporter

This item is part of Stockwatch's value added news feed and is only available to Stockwatch subscribers.Here is a sample of this item:by Stockwatch Business ReporterThe TSX Venture Exchange lost 3.35 points to 772.11 Wednesday. Brian Bayley and Murray Sinclair have listed their 24th capital pool shell, Norwick Capital Corp. (NWK), following a $202,500 initial public offering at 15 cents through Ha...Read More

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