Mining Articles

Pacifico Minerals updates market on polymetals portfolio

Jan 2, 2018 / finfeed

Published on: Jan 2, 2018 | by finfeedPacifico Minerals (ASX:PMY), an ASX-listed junior metals explorer, has published an update on its impressive array of resource projects spread across some of the most prospective regions in the world.Spanning multiple continents, the company's portfolio boasts considerable polymetallic potential which could prove profitable as green technology continues to ign...Read More

Gold: The Original Cryptocurrency

January2, 2018 / Luke Burgess

It's the next big cryptocurrency...And it's better than Bitcoin in many ways.It's completely anonymous, decentralized, divisible, fungible, uniform, widely recognized, and has a very limited supply...Gold.2017 was the year of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. But gold didn't fare too poorly, either. In fact, gold ended the year on its best rally since 2011.2017 was the year of Bitcoin. But 2018 will b...Read More

How the Lack of Consent has Made Us All Victims

January 02, 2018 / Joe Jarvis

Nothing should happen to your body without your consent.Seems pretty straightforward. Yet our society is predicated on ignoring consent.Recently we have heard all about famous and powerful people ignoring consent when it comes to sexual advances.But consent is just as important when it comes to labor, for instance. Completely forced labor is slavery.Taxes also amount to a less intense form of forc...Read More

How the Lack of Consent has Made Us All Victims

January 02, 2018 / Joe Jarvis

Nothing should happen to your body without your consent.Seems pretty straightforward. Yet our society is predicated on ignoring consent.Recently we have heard all about famous and powerful people ignoring consent when it comes to sexual advances.But consent is just as important when it comes to labor, for instance. Completely forced labor is slavery.Taxes also amount to a less intense form of forc...Read More

Bankers hope for gold in mining M&As in 2018

Mon Jan 01 23:52:15 2018 / Staff reporter

Mergers and acquisitions in the mining industry ticked higher in 2017 compared with the year before. But deal-making activity is still a long way below the boom yearsRead full newsRead More

Gold prices end year on high note

Mon Jan 01 23:52:13 2018 / Staff reporter

Gold prices in 2017 gained the best annual advance in seven years, starting below $1,170 per ounce and closing Dec. 29 at $1,302.50 per ounce, Kitco reported Friday.Read full newsRead More

How Does Marlin Gold Mining Ltd (CVE:MLN) Compare To The Basic Materials Sector?

Mon Jan 01 23:52:12 2018 / Staff reporter

Marlin Gold Mining Ltd (TSXV:MLN), a CADCA$144.16M small-cap, is a metals and mining operating in an industry which can be affected by shifts in the housing market, as many producedRead More...Read full newsRead More

Gold Mining CEOs: Create Value To Attract Capital In 2018

Mon Jan 01 23:52:10 2018 / Staff reporter

Kitco News' general-interest stories takes a look at what is making headlines in the marketplace and how that is impacting precious metals pricesRead full newsRead More

Marlin Gold Mining : IIROC Trade Halt - Marlin Gold Mining Ltd.

Mon Jan 01 23:52:07 2018 / Staff reporter

The following issues have been halted by IIROC:Company: Marlin Gold Mining Ltd.TSX-V Symbol:MLNReason:At the Request of the Company Pending NewsHalt Time... | d?cembre 22,2017Read full newsRead More

Marlin Gold Mining : IIROC Trade Halt - Marlin Gold Mining Ltd.

Mon Jan 01 22:51:06 2018 / Staff reporter

The following issues have been halted by IIROC:Company: Marlin Gold Mining Ltd.TSX-V Symbol:MLNReason:At the Request of the Company Pending NewsHalt Time... | d?cembre 22,2017Read full newsRead More

RT @margheritamvs: Death toll rises in Iran as widespread protests continue

Mon Jan 01 20:48:14 2018 / Margherita Stancati

A wave of protests in Iran on a scale not seen in almost a decade stretched into a fifth day despite government warnings, after at least 10 people died in the mounting unrest.Read full newsRead More

RT @TheArabSource: One killed, three injured as protester opens fire on police in #Iran - reports

Mon Jan 01 20:30:03 2018 / Al-Masdar News

A shooting has allegedly occurred during a rally in the Iranian city of Najafabad, as the protests against poverty and unemployment in Iran have entered thRead full newsRead More

RT @business: Trump calls for change in "failing" Iran as protests in the country turn fatal

Mon Jan 01 16:12:15 2018 / Bloomberg

U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran is failing and called for a change there, as security forces clashed with demonstrators rallying in a rare show of displeasure with the country's leaders.Read full newsRead More

Moroccans continue to protest against the "mines of death"

Jan. 1, 2018, 3:00 PM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

On December 31, residents of Jerada, in northeastern Morocco, braved the winter cold and stayed on the streets late into the night in what was the ninth day of continued rallies in demand for jobs, social development and government intervention in what the call "the mines of death." This time, protesters showed up dressed as miners, had their faces and hands blackened and were carrying black loave...Read More

India's Singareni Collieries wants to produce 85 million tonnes of coal per year

Jan. 1, 2018, 1:28 PM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

In a year-review post published on its official Facebook page, state-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited announced that it expects coal production to touch 85 million tonnes per annum in the next five years as it plans to open up 12 new mines.The company's outlook is also based on the fact that during the fiscal year 2017 it produced close to 41 million tonnes of the black mineral. Only in...Read More

Diamond sorter to jail for $500K theft

Jan. 1, 2018, 12:16 PM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Four employees at the state-owned Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company were found guilty of conniving to steal diamonds worth half a million dollars while replacing them with fake gems.According to local media, the main perpetrator of the crime, 34-year-old Anesu Dhliwayo, will remain in custody until January 12, following Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa's verdict that identified him as a fl...Read More

Russia's Mechel says has enough creditor support for restructure of $1bn loan

Jan. 1, 2018, 11:16 AM / Reuters

Russian coal and steel producer Mechel said that talks with banks on restructuring a $1 billion syndicated loan had concluded successfully.Mechel, which is controlled by businessman Igor Zyuzin and came close to bankruptcy last year, had circulated the final draft of a restructuring proposal among its creditors last week. It needed the support of at least 75 per cent of the loan holders - a pre-ex...Read More

Patagonia Gold to pay $15 million for gold/silver project in Argentina

Jan. 1, 2018, 10:53 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

London-based Patagonia Gold (AIM:PGD) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Pan American Silver's Calcatreu deposit, located 60 km south of the town of Ingeniero Jacobacci, in the Argentinian province of R?-o Negro.To move forward with the deal, Patagonia will acquire all shares of Minera Aquiline Argentina, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pan American, for a total considerat...Read More

Gold ions open the way for energy efficient devices

Jan. 1, 2018, 10:05 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

Scientists at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Industrial Science are using gold ions to understand the behaviour of liquids at the atomic level. This, in turn, would help them determine what are the needed components to design batteries with less volatility and flammability along with better conductivity for more energy efficient devices.In a study published in the past week in Science Adva...Read More

On December 31, centenary Ontario gold mine shut down

Jan. 1, 2018, 8:59 AM / Valentina Ruiz Leotaud

December 31, 2017 marked the end of an era for one of Canada's oldest and most prolific gold mines.After 107 years of operations, Porcupine Gold Mines' Dome underground mine in Timmins, Ontario, ceased operations due to aging infrastructure, low productivity and depleted resources. The minelife had been extended for 18 months in July 2016.According to a local news site, the mine's 140 workers had...Read More

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