Understanding Africa’s coup epidemic
In the last eighteen months there have been six coups in five countries in Sub-Saharan Africa — Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Mali and Sudan. To…
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US markets fall during the Feb. 7-11 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 353.07 points or 1.01% to 34,738.06 and the S&P 500 fell 65.23 points or 1.47% to 4,418.64. Spot gold…
TSX Venture rises during the Feb. 7-11 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Exchange rose 10.12 points or 1.16% to 868.77. Spot gold climbed US$17.60 per oz. or 0.96% to US$1,831.15 per ounce. Latin Metals…
TSX rises during the Feb. 7-11 trading week
The S&P/TSX Composite Index rose 313.34 points or 1.45% to 21,548.84 during the Feb. 7-11 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index increased 4.40 points…
New training program aims to tackle labour shortage, break barriers in mining sector
In a bid to tackle labour shortages in the mining industry, an educational institute in northern Ontario is starting a training program that will aim…
Lithium: Spot prices soar in lunar new year
Lithium spot prices in Chinese markets showed substantial gains in the first week after the lunar new year holidays in East Asia, mainly driven by…
High yields of rare earth elements recovered from mine, e-waste
A chemistry lab at Rice University has successfully extracted valuable rare earth elements from waste at yields high enough to resolve issues for manufacturers while…
Barrick grows net reserves to 69Moz at improved grade
Barrick Gold Corporation (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) says it has succeeded in replacing its global gold reserve base by 150% before accounting for acquisition and…
Monarch announces high-grade assays as it moves towards production restart at Beaufor mine
Just days after Triple Flag Precious Metals (TSX: TFPM) agreed to acquire a 2.75% net smelter return (NSR) royalty on Monarch Mining’s (TSX: GBAR; US-OTC:…
Gates, Bezos-backed firm gets cash injection to find battery metals
KoBold Metals, a start-up backed by a coalition of billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, has raised $192.5 million in its latest financing round, which…
The View from England: Mining’s Royal lesson
Let’s be honest, it comes as no surprise that bullying, racism and sexism can be found amongst miners. What is shocking in the recently released…
Apollo Silver reports initial resource for Calico silver project in California
Apollo Silver (TSX.V: APGO; US-OTC: APGOF) has released an initial resource estimate for its Calico silver project, which CEO Tom Peregoodoff describes as “one of…