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Human activity creates 208 new mineral species

Study shows mining has sparked "unparalleled inorganic compound diversification" like rabbittite at Lucky Strike, Utah and a handful found on smelter walls

Frik Els | December 27, 2018 | 9:59 am

How to profit from low-grade gold mines

Mining costs rose steadily through the 2000s which should have hurt a lot of gold miners. But it didn’t.

Jack Graham | December 23, 2018 | 3:39 pm

Indian billionaire’s Australian mine plans face further delay

Adani can start work on building the rail line to connect Carmichael to Queensland’s freight network, but cannot start building the mine just yet.

Bloomberg News | December 21, 2018 | 2:33 pm

Lucapa Diamond locks in Mothae mine funding

The Australian diamond miner has secured 100 million rand (about $7m) in development funding for the Lesotho mine from South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC).

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 21, 2018 | 9:20 am

Tasman Mining to bring historic New Zealand mine back into production

The Blackwater mine was once the most prolific mine in the Reefton Goldfield, producing 700,000 ounces of gold between 1908 and 1951.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 21, 2018 | 5:30 am

The year that politics broke the metals cycle: Andy Home

In a world where the Trump Administration is leading a return to economic and resource nationalism, it’s hard to see how global metals can break free of global politics.

Reuters | December 20, 2018 | 10:49 am

Clean TeQ’s Sunrise nickel-cobalt-scandium project gets green light

Sunrise is one of the highest grade and largest nickel and cobalt deposits outside of Africa and one of the largest and highest grade scandium deposits in the world.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 20, 2018 | 7:20 am

Australia’s top gold miner boosts bet on Ecuador copper project

Newcrest Mining has upped its holdings in Ecuador-focused explorer SolGold to 15.33% from 13.83%, nudging further ahead of the company's second biggest shareholder BHP.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2018 | 7:16 am

AngloGold Ashanti’s Tropicana gold mine can go underground — study

A prefeasibility study into the development of a mine beneath the Boston Shaker pits confirmed the technical and financial viability of an underground mine at AngloGold Ashanti and Independence Group's Tropicana operation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 20, 2018 | 7:08 am

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