Scores feared dead after landslide at Myanmar jade mine

The company says it has seen a significant improvement over the past year, with prices up about 20%, but believes conditions are not where they need to be to restart idled capacity.

International benchmark spot gold prices were on track for their first weekly decline in three, but were still supported above the $1,300 an ounce level.

In the past, gifts have included electric fans, laptops, pressure cookers and televisions.

Carmakers may have to consider investing directly in cobalt mines in order to secure supply over the next three to five years, according to ord Motor Co. senior manager for energy storage strategy and research Ted Miller.

1-carat stones fell by 0.4% last month and 1.8% compared to January 2018.

OceanaGold Corp. says its mines will produce a total of between 500,000 and 550,000 ounces of gold and 14,000 to 15,000 tonnes of copper this year.

Growing levels of public sector corruption can stifle a country’s economic growth while also chipping away at political freedom.

The mine is part of the assets the Vancouver-based miner is getting as part of its acquisition of all of American Strategic Minerals' assets.

Shares in the company lost a fifth of their value on Friday as investors were sceptical of its foreign subsidiary Cairn India Holdings’ $200 million investment in the diversified miner.