Vedanta Zinc International (VZI), a subsidiary of London-listed Vedanta Resources (LON:VED), is bringing its Black Mountain Mining (BMM) operations in South Africa up to speed in terms of digital innovations by implementing Sandvik's OptiMine platform.The miner, which expects to boost safety, efficiency and productivity with the solution, said it will commission OptiMine for trucks, loaders and d...Read More

Early investors stand to reap the rewards as a new technology looks to change everything.One research firm - which recommended Google and Amazon before they became household names - has built a worldwide reputation of identifying profitable tech trends well before Wall Street and the talking heads on T.V.And just recently, they've uncovered a technology that's already being labeled "humanity's las...Read More

Pacific Empire Minerals (TSXV: PEMC) announced that it has entered into an option agreement with a group of vendors and consolidated a land position of over 90 square kilometres in the Babine copper-gold porphyry district in central British Columbia, Canada.In a media statement, the prospect generator said that the staked ground was added to its Paragon project, which also includes the company's W...Read More

Pacific Empire Minerals (TSXV: PEMC) announced that it has entered into an option agreement with a group of vendors and consolidated a land position of over 90 square kilometres in the Babine copper-gold porphyry district in central British Columbia, Canada.In a media statement, the prospect generator said that the staked ground was added to its Paragon project, which also includes the company's W...Read More

Pacific Empire Minerals (TSXV: PEMC) announced that it has entered into an option agreement with a group of vendors and consolidated a land position of over 90 square kilometres in the Babine copper-gold porphyry district in central British Columbia, Canada.In a media statement, the prospect generator said that the staked ground was added to its Paragon project, which also includes the company's W...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) has upped its holdings in Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG), which is developing the Cascabel copper-gold project in the country's north.The deal further bolsters Newcrest's position in SolGold against No.2 shareholder, BHP, as it raises its stake in the junior miner to 15.33% from 13.83%.In September, BHP bought Guyana G...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) has upped its holdings in Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG), which is developing the Cascabel copper-gold project in the country's north.The deal further bolsters Newcrest's position in SolGold against No.2 shareholder, BHP, as it raises its stake in the junior miner to 15.33% from 13.83%.In September, BHP bought Guyana G...Read More

Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (ASX: NCM) has upped its holdings in Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold (LON, TSX:SOLG), which is developing the Cascabel copper-gold project in the country's north.The deal further bolsters Newcrest's position in SolGold against No.2 shareholder, BHP, as it raises its stake in the junior miner to 15.33% from 13.83%.In September, BHP bought Guyana G...Read More

Jiulian Resources (TSX-V: JLR) announced that it has received a five-year area-based permit from the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources to establish up to 60 drill sites and four kilometres of exploration trail for core drilling on its Big Kidd Property in British Columbia.Big Kidd is a 4,056-hectare property located 25 kilometres east of Merritt. Historic drilling...Read More

Jiulian Resources (TSX-V: JLR) announced that it has received a five-year area-based permit from the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources to establish up to 60 drill sites and four kilometres of exploration trail for core drilling on its Big Kidd Property in British Columbia.Big Kidd is a 4,056-hectare property located 25 kilometres east of Merritt. Historic drilling...Read More

Jiulian Resources (TSX-V: JLR) announced that it has received a five-year area-based permit from the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources to establish up to 60 drill sites and four kilometres of exploration trail for core drilling on its Big Kidd Property in British Columbia.Big Kidd is a 4,056-hectare property located 25 kilometres east of Merritt. Historic drilling...Read More

A seismic shift is currently underway in the Toronto real estate market which may have finally pricked Canada's biggest bubble...Read full newsRead More

Mitsubishi Corporation is selling its interest in two Australian thermal coal mines for A$750 million ($539 million) to its joint venture partners Glencore and Sumitomo Corp., in a move that marks the end of its involvement in upstream fossil fuels.The company, which is Japan's biggest trading house, will sell its 31.4% stake in the Clermont coal mine to GS Coal, the 50-50 joint venture between Gl...Read More

Vancouver, BC - good natured Products Inc. (TSX-V:GDNP) (the "Company" or "good naturedTM"), is pleased to announce that, subject to regulatory approval, it has retained Questrade, INC., ("Questrade"), to provide market making services to the Company in compliance with the policies and guidelines of the TSX Venture Exchange and other applicable legislations.Questrade will trade shares of good na...Read More

Kakamega County has 1.31 million ounces of deposits valued at Sh171 billion, according to Mining MinistryRead full newsRead More

Base metals prices on the London Metal Exchange were mostly lower at the close of trading on Monday December 17, capped by broad strength in the US dollar index while investors remain cautious ahead of the the forthcoming Federal Reserve meeting in the United States. At this week's Fed meeting, a decision on further interest-rate rises is expected. Volumes traded over the day are moderately low, w...Read More

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) is to hold a hearing on Tuesday December 18 to consider the approval of a settlement following an investigation into Katanga Mining Limited and several of its executives.The OSC inquiry has been investigating whether Katanga's previously filed periodic public disclosures contain statements that are misleading in a material respect, along with the adequacy of...Read More

The Comex copper price fell in morning trading on Monday December 17 amid quiet trading conditions and uncertainty surrounding the future of American monetary policy. The copper price for March settlement on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 2.70 cents to $2.7355 per lb. US market participants are awaiting the Federal Reserve's Wednesday decision on another rate hike. Glo...Read More

The latest metal markets news and price moves to start the North American day on Friday December 14.The three-month aluminium price on the London Metal Exchange shrugged off a net inflow of 57,525 tonnes today, mostly into warehouses in Port Klang, Malaysia.Aluminium traded at $1,923.50 on Friday morning down 0.4% from Thursday night's close. Friday's deliveries into Port Klang LME sheds foll...Read More

Alumina prices hitting a record high this year has changed the market's outlook for 2019, with traders adapting a cautiously bullish approach. The declaration of force majeure at Hydro's Alunorte refinery in Brazil, strikes by Alcoa workers in Australia and US sanctions against Russian producer UC Rusal roiled the market this year. Consequently, Fastmarkets' benchmark daily alumina index fob Austr...Read More