TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays for the week Aug. 12-19
Welcome to our weekly feature, TNM Drill Down, focusing on the top gold assays of the past week. Assays are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Copper deficit a critical destabilizing threat to international security, says S&P Global
Copper scarcity may emerge as a key destabilizing threat to international security in the 21st Century an analysis by S&P Global found this week. “Projected annual shortfalls will place unprecedented…
Worsening economic outlook, weak metals prices marred mining in Q2, says S&P Global
Analysts at S&P Global Market Intelligence have pointed the finger at a worsening global economic outlook and softer metals prices for dragging down global mining activity in the three months…
Turquoise Hill rejects Rio Tinto’s US$2.7B takeover offer
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) has rejected majority shareholder Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) bid to buy the 49% stake it doesn’t already own in…
The View from England: Unsighted, so expect the unexpected
Only newsletter writers and commodity analysts see the future with perfect clarity, the rest of us must muddle along with probabilities and best guesses. A strategist was quoted recently in…
Stanmore Coal pays Mitsui $380M for full control of Queensland coal mines
Australia’s Stanmore Coal (ASX: SMR) has acquired the remaining 20% stake in the South Walker Creek and Poitrel coal mines in Queensland from Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. in…
SolGold reshuffles C-suite as it ramps up Cascabel
Ecuador-focused miner SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) has announced a round of management changes, with newly appointed chief financial officer Ayten Saridas stepping down after only six weeks in the job….
K92 reports 10.8M oz gold-equivalent resource for Blue Lake porphyry, near its Kainantu mine
K92 Mining (TSX: KNT) has released a first resource for its Blue Lake gold porphyry project, only 4 km southwest of its Kainantu mine in Papua New Guinea. Inferred resources total…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays of the week July 29-Aug 4
TNM Drill Down, released every Monday, focuses on the top gold assays of the past week. Assays are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining Intelligence . Australia’s…
Oz Minerals rebuffs US$5.8B takeover bid from BHP
Australian copper producer OZ Minerals (ASX: OZL) rejected on Monday an unsolicited A$8.4 billion (US$5.8 billion) takeover bid from the world’s largest miner BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX:BHP), stating…
Gold Fields slowly turning Yamana deal doubters into allies
Gold Field’s (NYSE: GFI; JSE: GFI) intended acquisition of Canada’s Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE: AUY) remains in limbo, though the South African miner has gained backers and says its…
Australians in Canada Snapshot: Eight exploration companies to watch
Australia and Canada share a rich and storied mining tradition. Both are home to vast mineral resources, abundant infrastructure, effective regulatory regimes, and supportive legislation, and are considered tier-one mining…