Merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the Canadian mining sector rose sharply in the final quarter of 2019, with deals worth $6.81-billion announced.
According to GlobalData’s deals database, the value marked an increase of 964% over the previous …
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Gold miner AngloGold is reportedly searching for three employees at Mponeng – the world’s deepest mine – following Thursday’s two-magnitude seismic event, which resulted in ground falling on a working area 3.5 km below surface. Four workers were rescue…
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Mining Weekly editor Martin Creamer unpacks uptake of fuel cell electric vehicles in China, Royal Bafokeng Platinum disappointed about the ramp up of the new mechanised Styldrift PGMs mine and Implats interested in constructing a 200 MW solar power pla…
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Dual-listed Condor Gold is considering a high-grade openpit mining option as one three scenarios for the La India project, in Nicaragua.
The high-grade option is for a smaller plant to minimise capital expenditure and maximise cashflow in the earlier …
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Implats evaluating 200 MW solar power plant in Zimbabwe; Hydrogen fuel cell technology moving at very fast pace; and, Impala Rustenburg’s stunning improvement saves 12 500 jobs
Chile has presented 40 mining projects, mostly copper and gold, to potential investors at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention in Toronto this week.
Mining Minister Baldo Prokurica, who headed the Chilean delegation, …
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The Canadian Steel Producers Association (CSPA) on Wednesday announced its goal to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050.
This goal is the central plank of the CSPA’s newly unveiled ‘Climate Call to Action’.
“We know that climate change i…
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Bernard Swanepoel has stepped down as an independent nonexecutive director of diversified miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM). Independent nonexecutive ARM director and investment committee member David Noko has been appointed ARM’s investment committ…
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Platinum group metals (PGMs) miner Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) more than doubled its headline earnings a share for the year ended December 31 to 50.4c. Its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation increased by 248.4% year-on-…
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Norsk Bergindustri, the national mining association in Norway, on Monday announced that it would adopt the Towards Sustainable Mining (TSM) initiative, a corporate social responsibility programme developed by the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) to i…
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