Ultra-rare Bulgari Laguna Blu diamond sells for $25 million The exceptional blue diamond found a buyer after a four-minute bidding battle between three telephone bidders and one bidder in the room. Staff Writer | May 18, 2023 | 10:17 am
Metallic Minerals nets $4.7 million investment from Newcrest for La Plata project Proceeds will help advance La Plata copper-silver-gold-PGE project in Colorado. Staff Writer | May 18, 2023 | 9:24 am
Scientists purify uranium-laden water using magnetic bacteria Magnetotactic bacteria can accumulate dissolved heavy metal in their cell walls. Staff Writer | May 18, 2023 | 6:19 am
UK’s first centre for rare earth magnet recycling to open in Birmingham Scale-up and roll-out of technology first piloted at the University of Birmingham forms the basis for the UK’s first full scale remanufacturing facility for rare earth magnets. Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 11:53 am
Pace of build speeds up at Artemis’ Blackwater gold mine The first gold pour is planned for the second half of 2024. Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 11:48 am
GoGold sets $413 million NPV for Los Ricos North project in Mexico The PEA envisions a 13-year mine life producing 8.8 million oz. silver-equivalent annually. Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 11:41 am
De Beers mergers two auctions after sales disappoint It sold $480 million worth of rough diamonds in the period between May 1 and May 16, 21% less than in the same cycle of 2022. Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 11:03 am
Gold price weighed down by Fed hawkish comments The dollar’s jump, in part driven by Fed officials generally “leaning hawkish overall,” has been weighing on the metals markets, analyst says. Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 9:48 am
First Quantum launches $1 billion notes offering, stock rises It will be used to repay existing loans and redeem previously issued notes. Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 8:57 am
How fool’s gold fooled archaeologists for years Researchers found that many of the fossils from Germany's Posidonia shale do not get their gleam from pyrite, which was long thought to be the source. Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 7:37 am
Wheaton acquires Lumina’s Cangrejos project gold stream Wheaton will get 6.6% of the payable gold from Cangrejos until 700,000 ounces has been delivered, and 4.4% thereafter. Staff Writer | May 17, 2023 | 3:32 am
O3 Mining intersects 5.9 g/t gold over 10.1 metres at Malartic H deposit O3 Mining expects to release an initial mineral resource estimate by the end of the second quarter of 2023. Staff Writer | May 16, 2023 | 12:39 pm
