Mining Articles

Electric vehicles, higher prices to boost global copper output - report

Mar 19 2018 / Cecilia Jamasmie

Global copper production will spike over the next decade as rising prices and increasing demand from the electric vehicles sector encourage project development, a new reports shows.According to analysts at BMI Research, output for the red metal worldwide will grow an average annual rate of 3.6% over 2018 – 2027 thanks to a number of major projects come online, particularly in Peru and Aust...Read More

Newcrest, Harmony joint venture in PNG to cost an extra $1bn upfront

Mar 19 2018 / Cecilia Jamasmie

Australia's Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) said that its Wafi-Golpu joint venture with Harmony Gold in Papua New Guinea will need a further $200 million cash injection to get built under improved plans.The updated feasibility study, released Monday, foresees a larger, $2.8-billion gold and copper project with mine wastes being piped into the ocean. Building the proposed mine had been previously expec...Read More

Zimbabwe changes majority black ownership for diamond, platinum mines

Mar 19 2018 / Cecilia Jamasmie

Zimbabwe's new government has changed its empowerment ownership laws for the diamond and platinum sectors, in an effort to re-engage international lenders, curb spending and attract investors to revive the country's battered economy.The new rules, Reuters reports, limit majority ownership by state entities to only diamond and platinum operations and not the entire mining sector as in previous...Read More

Battery makers descend on Australia, Canada cobalt developers - by Melanie Burton and Nicole Mordant (Reuters U.S. - March 19, 2018)

Mar 19 2018 / Staff reporter

https://www.reuters.com/MELBOURNE/VANCOUVER (Reuters) – Nervous Asian battery makers are turning to early-stage cobalt projects in Australia and Canada to lock in supplies of the critical battery ingredient ahead of expected shortages as demand for electric vehicles revs up.Mine developers say interest from Japanese and Korean firms is particularly strong as they compete with rivals from Chi...Read More

Most actively traded companies on the TSX

March 19, 2018 / Editor

Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:Toronto Stock Exchange (15,589.39, down 121.94 points)Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB). Healthcare. Down 15 cents, or 1.37 per cent, to $10.80 on 9.6 million shares.Bombardier Inc. (TSX:BBD.B). Aerospace, rail equipment. Up two cents, or 0.53 per cent, to $3.77 on 7.98 million shares.Neovasc Inc. (TSX:NVC). Medical de...Read More

Rathdowney Resources Ltd. - TSXV: RTH Developing the Olza Zinc-Lead-Silver Project in Poland

19/3/2018 / Dr. Allen Alper, PhD Economic Geology and Petrology, Columbia University, NYC, US

Rathdowney Resources Ltd. (TSXV: RTH) is a Canadian company whose primary focus is developing and permitting its flagship, 100%-owned Olza zinc-lead-silver development project in Poland. Rathdowney is committed to creating value for its shareholders and advancing Olza by having invested +C$25M into exploration and development activities. We learned from Roger Blair, Vice President of investor rela...Read More

KMW Blog Mar 19, 2018: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John Kaiser

Mar 19, 2018 / Kaiser Blog

Posted: Mar 19, 2018JK: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John KaiserPublished: Mar 19, 2018HSC: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018: Crazy Volume In Novo SharesDiscovery Watch is a weekly 15-20 minute audio show sponsored by HoweStreet.com where Jim Goddard interviews John Kaiser about resource juniors with interesting exploration plays that have caught John's attention. The projects wil...Read More

Castillo reveals confidence boost for cobalt mineralisation at Broken Hill

Mar 19, 2018 / finfeed

Published on: Mar 19, 2018 | by finfeedCastillo Copper (ASX:CCZ) has today informed the market than an encouraging desktop report from geology consultant, Xplore Resources, has highlighted considerable potential for additional cobalt mineralisation and favourable zones of outcrops across the company's Broken Hill Project.This prolific NSW region is steadily emerging as a new global supply chain hu...Read More

KMW Blog Mar 19, 2018: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John Kaiser

Mar 19, 2018 / Kaiser Blog

Posted: Mar 19, 2018JK: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John KaiserPublished: Mar 19, 2018HSC: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018: Crazy Volume In Novo SharesDiscovery Watch is a weekly 15-20 minute audio show sponsored by HoweStreet.com where Jim Goddard interviews John Kaiser about resource juniors with interesting exploration plays that have caught John's attention. The projects wil...Read More

Castillo reveals confidence boost for cobalt mineralisation at Broken Hill

Mar 19, 2018 / Staff reporter

Castillo Copper (ASX:CCZ) has today informed the market than an encouraging desktop report from geology consultant, Xplore Resources, has highlighted considerable potential for additional cobalt mineralisation and favourable zones of outcrops across the company's Broken Hill Project.This prolific NSW region is steadily emerging as a new global supply chain hub, especially given current cobalt sent...Read More

CEO Interview: Permits and Promising Properties

March 19, 2018 / Gerardo Del Real

Publisher's Note: Today we have the first of two parts of Gerardo Del Real's interview with Mr. Michael McInnis, Executive Chairman of Abacus Mining and Exploration (TSX-V:AME) (OTC:ABCFF).Today and tomorrow, we'll see how Abacus is reacting to a permitting setback, along with how its Willow property may revive a copper mining property in a historic corner of Nevada.To your wealth,Nick HodgePubl...Read More

KMW Blog Mar 19, 2018: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John Kaiser

Mar 19, 2018 / Kaiser Blog

Posted: Mar 19, 2018JK: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John KaiserPublished: Mar 19, 2018HSC: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018: Crazy Volume In Novo SharesDiscovery Watch is a weekly 15-20 minute audio show sponsored by HoweStreet.com where Jim Goddard interviews John Kaiser about resource juniors with interesting exploration plays that have caught John's attention. The projects wil...Read More

KMW Blog Mar 19, 2018: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John Kaiser

Mar 19, 2018 / Kaiser Blog

Posted: Mar 19, 2018JK: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John KaiserPublished: Mar 19, 2018HSC: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018: Crazy Volume In Novo SharesDiscovery Watch is a weekly 15-20 minute audio show sponsored by HoweStreet.com where Jim Goddard interviews John Kaiser about resource juniors with interesting exploration plays that have caught John's attention. The projects wil...Read More

KMW Blog Mar 19, 2018: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John Kaiser

Mar 19, 2018 / Kaiser Blog

Posted: Mar 19, 2018JK: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018 with Jim Goddard and John KaiserPublished: Mar 19, 2018HSC: Discovery Watch Mar 19, 2018: Crazy Volume In Novo SharesDiscovery Watch is a weekly 15-20 minute audio show sponsored by HoweStreet.com where Jim Goddard interviews John Kaiser about resource juniors with interesting exploration plays that have caught John's attention. The projects wil...Read More

The Irony of the Chinese Communist Party Pushing a U.S. Gun Ban

March 19, 2018 / Joe Jarvis

Some people say that “No civilian should have military style weapons!”Ironically they also criticize those who say gun ownership deters oppressive government. “Oh yea, your hunting rifle is going to stand up against the government’s tanks and bombs,” they laugh.And yet, guerrilla warfare is extremely difficult to defeat.Don’t get me wrong, I would not like to se...Read More

The Irony of the Chinese Communist Party Pushing a U.S. Gun Ban

March 19, 2018 / Joe Jarvis

Some people say that “No civilian should have military style weapons!”Ironically they also criticize those who say gun ownership deters oppressive government. “Oh yea, your hunting rifle is going to stand up against the government’s tanks and bombs,” they laugh.And yet, guerrilla warfare is extremely difficult to defeat.Don’t get me wrong, I would not like to se...Read More

#Bitcoin Battered To Fresh Lows After Twitter Joins Crypto Ad Ban | Zero Hedge

Sun Mar 18 16:25:16 2018 / Staff reporter

Facebook started it - banning crypto/ICO ads on Jan 30th, then came Google - copying Facebook's ban on March 14h; and now, less than a week later, Twitter is virtue-signalling support for the crypto-crackdown, planning its own ban on ads.Read full newsRead More

Everyone Is Revising Their Electric Vehicle Forecasts Upward-Except Automakers

Sun Mar 18 16:23:55 2018 / Greentech Media

Oil companies are eyeing dramatic adoption of EVs. But car manufacturers aren't planning for the same level of electrification.Read full newsRead More

Workers at Idaho's Lucky Friday mine have been on strike for 370 days

Mar. 18, 2018, 12:10 PM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Lucky Friday workers together with their families and union leaders marched on Saturday in Mullan, Idaho, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the strike they initiated on March 13, 2017, to push for better labour standards.Lucky Friday, owned by Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL), is Idaho Silver Valley's largest underground silver mine. It began operating in 1942 and is expected to have anoth...Read More

#Trump's Hit List? Mapping The Top Export From Every Country | Zero Hedge

Sun Mar 18 12:03:57 2018 / Staff reporter

A simple but telling way to see what countries are 'good' at producing... and therefore, what is the most-damaging tariff that Trump could apply on each nation...Read full newsRead More

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