The white, makeable diamond is the largest found so far this year and follows the recovery of a 46-carat, gem quality white rock in December.
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The miner has completed the first week of underground development blasting at its Obuasi mine, in Ghana.
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The country’s environmental agency OEFA detected a “flow of a greenish solution” into the nearby Torata River in the waste deposit area of the copper mine, located in the Moquegua region.
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The company says it has seen a significant improvement over the past year, with prices up about 20%, but believes conditions are not where they need to be to restart idled capacity.
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SolGold is frustrated at the rejection of its planned bid for Canadian firm Cornerstone, which holds 15% of the Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador.
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Codelco has halted operations at its Chuquicamata and Ministro Hales copper mines; Freeport-McMoRan suspended El Abra.
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Measure comes two weeks after another Vale dam burst in Brumadinho town, also in Minas Gerais state, killing at least 157 people, with nearly 200 still missing and feared dead.
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Each company will contribute an additional $1 million for exploration at the Upper Kobuk mineral projects, located along the Ambler volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) belt.
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Company has signed a new $2.7-billion term loan and revolving credit facility, replacing the existing $1.5 billion one.
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Company unearthed three of the 15 diamonds over 100 carats it found in 2018 in Q4, but carat recovery dropped by 17% to 29,523 ct in the period.
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