German utility RWE, the country’s biggest power producer, said decisions how to organise the exit from brown coal mining and burning will cost thousands of jobs as the company bears the brunt of the fallout.
"We assume that in the short term, 3 00…
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Global gold major Barrick Gold said on Thursday it expects fourth-quarter gold production to be higher than third quarter, benefiting from strong output from its Turquoise Ridge gold mine in Nevada.
Total preliminary gold production rose to 1.44-milli…
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Global gold major Barrick Gold said on Thursday it expects fourth-quarter gold production to be higher than third quarter, benefiting from strong output from its Turquoise Ridge gold mine in Nevada.
Total preliminary gold production rose to 1.44-milli…
Barrick estimates higher sequential quarterly gold output Read More »
Global gold major Barrick Gold said on Thursday it expects fourth-quarter gold production to be higher than third quarter, benefiting from strong output from its Turquoise Ridge gold mine in Nevada.
Total preliminary gold production rose to 1.44-milli…
Barrick estimates higher sequential quarterly gold output Read More »
Egypt issued new regulations that appear to eliminate the need for mining companies to form joint ventures (JVs) with the Egyptian government and to limit State royalties to a maximum 20%, measures long advocated by the private sector. The Cabinet rele…
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Brazilian indigenous tribes and rubber tappers joined forces on Wednesday to oppose steps by Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro that they say are destroying the Amazon forest they depend on.
Some 450 members of 47 tribes met for a second da…
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Mali’s industrial gold production rose 7% in 2019 to a record 65.1 t, mines ministry statistics showed on Wednesday. The increase was partly due to the launch of production at a mine owned by Australia’s Resolute Mining, ministry official Mamadou Sidib…
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The Public Enterprises Ministry said on Wednesday that Malegapuru William Makgoba had been appointed interim chairperson of struggling State-owned power utility Eskom, after the resignation of Jabu Mabuza last week. Makgoba is a scientist and academic …
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A rapid rise in the price of gold since 2000 has driven millions of people to deposits in Africa, South America and elsewhere where they dig for gold using basic technology. Such informal digging – known as artisanal or small-scale mining (ASM) – has b…
What is artisanal gold and why is it booming? Read More »
Barrick Gold is set to elevate its troubled Papua New Guinea mine to its top-tier assets, despite landowner and government demands to cede a larger stake and deteriorating security at the joint venture with China’s Zijin Mining
With a 20-year lease re…
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