TSX- and NYSE-listed New Gold produced 110 559 oz of gold in the fourth quarter of 2018, taking full-year production to 455 448 oz. Production was supported by the Rainy River and New Afton mines, in Canada. The Rainy River mine reported its best-ever …
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TSX- and NYSE-listed Taseko Mines has started wellfield operations at its Florence copper project, in central Arizona. This follows after state operating permits were finalised last year.
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TSX-, Nasdaq- and Botswana Stock Exchange-listed Lucara Diamond Corporation finalised its inaugural diamond sale through its digital sales platform, Clara Diamond Solutions, in December.
Seven manufacturers participated in the sale, five of whom mat…
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TSX-, Nasdaq- and Botswana Stock Exchange-listed Lucara Diamond Corporation will, this year, prioritise the completion of a feasibility study into the potential for underground production and life-of-mine expansion from 2026 to 2036 at its Karowe prosp…
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TSX- and NYSE-listed Kirkland Lake Gold on Tuesday announced record production of 230 993 oz of gold production in the fourth quarter of 2018, which is 28% higher than the prior record of 180 155 oz achieved in the third quarter of 2018.
The company …
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Chinese group Zijin Mining has acquired a further 9.5-million shares, or 3.05%, of TSX- and NYSE American-listed Nevsun Resources for $57-million.
Zijin last year offered to buy out all the issued and outstanding common shares of Nevsun for C$6 apiec…
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TSX-listed Imperial Metals Corporation has suspended operations at its Mount Polley mine, in Canada’s British Columbia province, owing to declining copper prices.
The suspension plan of the mine includes milling of low-grade stockpiles, which should …
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TSX-listed eCobalt Solutions has identified the potential to increase the targeted production rate at its Idaho cobalt project to 1 200 t/d from the previously planned 800 t/d.
The 50% increase in anticipated production within the updated mine plan …
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Energy company Suncor reported total upstream production of 831 000 bbl/d of oil equivalent for the fourth quarter of 2018. This marked a quarterly production record and represented a 12% increase from the third quarter.
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The International Copper Study Group (ICSG) expects copper mine capacity to grow at an average rate of 2.2% a year up to 2021.
The ICSG notes in its biannual ‘Directory of Copper Mines and Plants’ that the average is derived from the lower growth of …
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