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Zimbabwe to scrap platinum and diamond mine ownership rules

Zimbabwe holds the world’s second-largest known reserves of platinum-group metals after South Africa, plus substantial deposits of gold, diamonds, lithium, iron ore, coal, chrome and nickel.

Bloomberg News | March 6, 2019 | 12:20 pm

Russia wants to join Luxembourg in space mining

Space mining has been the realm of science fiction, but a handful of firms and governments are pursuing the idea of making it a reality.

Reuters | March 6, 2019 | 11:29 am

Troubadour to acquire historic gold rush-era Zeballos mining camp

The Zeballos high-grade gold mining camp was the site of a major gold rush in the 1930s and early 1940s.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 6, 2019 | 7:05 am

Canada’s Northwest Territories gets big resource development boost

The Government of Canada is investing in projects that will support resource development in an area where the territory's three operating diamond mines are located.

MINING.com Editor | March 5, 2019 | 4:20 pm

‘No to the mine’ – Mexico’s indigenous fight to stop mining on ancestral land

A group of Nahua Indian villagers could make legal history in Mexico this month when a court rules on a land dispute involving a Canadian miner.

Reuters | March 5, 2019 | 11:44 am

Condor Gold seeks growing Nicaragua project with two feeder pits

The company has started the permitting process for two high-grade satellite feeder pits that could increase production at its La India gold project in Nicaragua by 50% to 120,000 ounces a year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 5, 2019 | 8:20 am

Vancouver AI firm Andritz takes top spot at Goldcorp’s #DisruptMining

The winner’s prize is an “opportunity to negotiate up to a $1 million investment” in their technology, either toward a proof of concept or direct investment.

The Northern Miner | March 5, 2019 | 1:52 am

Barrick open to discuss joint venture in Nevada with Newmont

Chief executive Mark Bristow will discuss a potential JV with rival Newmont only if his company runs the operation.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2019 | 2:28 pm

BHP injects $6m into emissions reduction company

Move is part of an increasing wave of investment by mining and energy groups into technologies that suck carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere and use it to make synthetic fuel.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 4, 2019 | 1:40 pm

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