August 9, 2017 Cash-rich Newmont Mining mulls boosting dividend as peers pursue debt reduction With a plump $3.1 billion pile of cash, Newmont Mining Corp is mulling a sweeter dividend to attract a broader shareholder base, a move that makes it an outlier in…
August 9, 2017 Cooking oil could help clean up mercury at mining sites, researchers say Researchers worked out a way for a canola oil polymer to trap mercury metal, mercury vapour and organo-mercury compounds
August 9, 2017 Utah asks the EPA to pay $1.9 billion for mine-waste spill The western U.S. state is asking the EPA to pay for the cost of cleanup and long-term maintenance of the San Juan River and Lake Powell
August 8, 2017 INFOGRAPHIC: The Yukon: Where mineral potential is coming of age While the Yukon only produced 2.2% of Canada’s gold in 2016, the territory’s considerable potential may finally be getting realized in a big way.
August 8, 2017 Exploration is risky, people are not Lior Gantz, founder of Wealth Research Group, explains why the gold exploration sector is worth taking a look at now.
August 8, 2017 AbraPlata hires Canadians and Australians to undertake PEA at Diablillos The junior miner wants Toronto’s Roscoe Postle Associates and Perth’s GR Engineering Services to undertake a Preliminary Economic Assessment of its Diablillos silver-gold project
August 8, 2017 The Dodd-Frank repeal: What it means for conflict minerals Since the anti-fur campaigns of the 1980s and 90s, the responsible consumerism movement has been gaining momentum. Wild-life products, genetically modified foods, apparel, cosmetics and jewelry, to mention but a…
August 8, 2017 Legendary geologist and gold finder Dave Mathewson’s latest venture may offer district-scale potential Geologist Dave Mathewson has 35 years of exploration experience in Nevada. In his latest venture, he leads the district-scale exploration that represents his best guess as to where the next…
August 8, 2017 A Canadian company wants to help artisanal miners produce “clean gold” SEF Canada is launching “Clean Gold Community Solutions” in Ecuador
Silver price whipsaws again as thin liquidity fuels wild swings Spot silver was up more than 7% to about $76 an ounce by mid-morning in New York on Friday, having earlier tumbled toward $64. February 06, 2026 | 01:23 pm
