Cecilia Jamasmie, Author at MINING.COM

De Beers’ recent diamonds sale the worst in two years

Sales for the seventh cycle stood at a provisional $505 million, down $134 million or 21% from what De Beers got at the same cycle in 2016, when it began releasing this kind of data.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2018 | 5:27 am

German K+S halts production at second site as severe drought drags on

German K+S halts production at 2nd site as severe drought drags on

Hattorf is the second site the company has had to shut down in the last two weeks due to a severe drought affecting the country, especially in the northern and eastern parts.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 11, 2018 | 3:50 am

Newmont can’t get enough of Colombia, buys 19.9% of Orosur

This is the third agreement with a Canadian gold miner with projects in Colombia that Newmont inked in the last 18 months.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 10, 2018 | 8:34 am

RNC Minerals soars after striking gold in once-in-a-lifetime find

More than 9,000 ounces, or $10 million worth of gold, were recovered in a four-day period.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 10, 2018 | 5:00 am

Anaconda Mining grows footprint in Atlantic Canada, creates ExploreCo

Anaconda has been busy trying to grow through mergers and acquisitions. Last year, it acquired its first project in Nova Scotia — Goldboro — through the acquisition of Orex Exploration. And in February, it added a new deposit to Great Northern Project in Newfoundland.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 10, 2018 | 4:13 am

Perth Mint unveils Australia's most expensive collector gold-diamond coin

Perth Mint unveils Australia’s most expensive gold-diamond coin

Made of 99.99 percent pure gold, the coin features four rare Argyle pink and purplish-pink diamonds. The largest is 1.02 carat.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 7, 2018 | 8:03 am

Tahoe resumes operations in Peru after protesters agree to talks

The Canadian miner expects annual production from La Arena mine to be near the low end of its forecast 160,000 to 185,000 ounces of gold.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 7, 2018 | 8:00 am

Lundin gives up on Nevsun after Zijin’s $1.41 billion offer

Toronto-based miner said it doesn’t intend to amend any of the terms of its bid for Nevsun, but noted it would continue to pursue strategic growth opportunities.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 7, 2018 | 6:20 am

Luxembourg’s Space Agency ready to lift off

Luxembourg’s mining-focused Space Agency ready to lift off

Unlike US space agency NASA, Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA) will not carry out research or launches. Its purpose is to boost exploration, mining and commercial utilization of resources extracted from near earth objects.

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 7, 2018 | 3:50 am