Brazilian President changes decades-old mining laws to lure investment, protect environment
Brazil’s President Michel Temer issued Tuesday two decrees introducing key changes to the country’s 50-year-old mining regulations, aimed...
Wheaton Precious Metals, Cobalt 27 acquire cobalt stream from Vale for US$690M
Wheaton Precious Metals and Cobalt 27 will acquire a fixed percentage of cobalt production from Vale's Voisey's Bay mine for US$690...
Russia's Polyus big step closer to building world's largest new gold mine
Russian gold miner Polyus on Thursday provided an update on its Sukhoi Log project, one of the world's largest untapped gold deposits....
Gold price: Investors are pouring $1 billion per month into ETFs
Gold slipped back below $1,300 an ounce on Wednesday and is now trading flat for 2018, but investors in gold-backed exchange traded funds...
GO GOLD! Inflationary tariffs could supercharge the yellow metal
Ready for inflation? Just days after Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reassured markets that a trade war between the U.S. and China was...
Paulson nears launch of investor alliance to shake up gold sector -sources
TORONTO/VANCOUVER, June 1 (Reuters) – U.S. hedge fund Paulson & Co, led by long-time gold bull John Paulson, is set to name a group of...
Canada's Bear Creek prepares IPO in Peru to finance silver mine
LIMA, May 30 (Reuters) – Canadian miner Bear Creek Mining Corp will likely make a public offering for its Peruvian unit on the bourse in...
Gold mine in Oregon “worth building”
Grassy Mountain Gold project. Photo by Paramount Gold Nevada. US-focused Paramount Gold Nevada (NYSE: PZG) announced this week that...
Mergers and acquisitions in Canada stage exceptional comeback in Q1
Canadian miners are definitively back in the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) game, with the value of such transactions hitting $25 billion...
Rio Tinto confirms talks to sell $3.5bn Grasberg stake
VANCOUVER (miningweekly.com) – Multinational diversified miner Rio Tinto confirmed on Tuesday that it is in talks to potentially sell its...
