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Gold price: 9 straight years of record annual mine production

New report shows world's mines produced all-time peak of 105 million troy ounces of gold in 2017 despite 9% drop in output in top producer China.

Frik Els | February 6, 2018 | 11:55 am

Zimbabwe to enter lithium market with $1.4bn mine

Country is backing Prospect Resources’ (ASX:PSC) Arcadia lithium project, expected to generate that much revenue over eight years.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 6, 2018 | 8:55 am

Private capital favours investing in copper over gold for first time

New report shows private equity investment in mining jumped to $2.3 billion last year, with the bulk going into copper and battery metals.

Frik Els | February 5, 2018 | 12:57 pm

Guyana Goldfields goes underground, stops worrying about Venezuela

The Canadian company is set to invest $120 million to conduct underground gold mining for the first time in Guyana’s history.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | February 4, 2018 | 12:20 pm

Governmental watchdog soon to investigate Canadian companies abroad

The initiatives are founded to advance human rights by supporting Canadian companies in operating responsibly.

Norton Rose Fulbright | February 2, 2018 | 1:53 pm

Rio Tinto back in race for stake in world’s largest lithium miner

Rio’s renewed interest in SQM is welcome by the Chilean government, which had expressed concerns about a potential and dangerous concentration in the market should major lithium producers, such as China’s Tianqi, acquire the 32% interest in SQM.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 2, 2018 | 11:50 am

Barrick’s BattleBorn series will bring together Nevada’s tech and innovation community

“Barrick is excited to host the state’s first global mining hackathon in Las Vegas,” said Michael Brown, President, Barrick USA.

Unearthed | February 1, 2018 | 12:28 pm

Acacia adopts fresh gold price protection measures

Miner has spent $2 million to lock in the option to sell 120,000 ounces of future output at $1,320 an ounce, as it waits for Tanzania exports ban to end.

Cecilia Jamasmie | February 1, 2018 | 9:45 am

Animation: human population growth over all of history

Imagine that for every million people on Earth, there was a single dot on a map. What if we went back in time, watched dots accumulate over human history?

Visual Capitalist | January 31, 2018 | 1:44 pm

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