MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Gold nanorods are becoming more and more used in the production of security materials, as well as diagnostics, imaging, and cancer therapy equipment.

A protest action took place in Vancouver the same day Almaden Minerals announced the completion of a social impact assessment for its Ixtaca project in Mexico.

Jaxon is set to advance significant discoveries in BC’s Golden Triangle and Skeena Arch.

East Africa Metals submitted two mining licence applications for sites located in the Tigray National Regional State, Ethiopia.

Raw materials in 2016 scrap worth an estimated $64.61 billion, including metals such as gold, silver, copper, platinum and palladium, U.N.-backed study said.

The RJC conducted a months-long sustainability audit.

In face of rapidly changing world, gold investors appear to be focusing more on strength of the global economy and are becoming less sensitive to turmoil.

Initial work at the Santa Cruz site started back in 2009.

A report released today documents human rights abuse tied to a Canadian mine in Brazil, a project operated by a subsidiary of Kinross Gold.