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Workers at Idaho’s Lucky Friday mine have been on strike for 370 days

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Lucky Friday workers together with their families and union leaders marched on Saturday in Mullan, Idaho, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the strike they initiated on March 13, 2017, to push for better labour standards. Lucky Friday, owned by Hecla Mining Company (NYSE: HL), is Idaho Silver Valley’s

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Egypt’s sole gold-exporting mine reports high profits

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud January profits from Egypt’s sole gold-exporting mine are making headlines in the country. According to local media, the Sukari gold mine, which is owned in equal parts by Jersey-based Centamin (TSX:CEE) (LON:CEY) and the Egyptian Mineral Resource Authority, provided $14.4 million in revenues to the latter during the first

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EPA not happy with Canadian miner’s zinc-gold project in Michigan

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency sent a letter to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality saying it was objecting to the state’s wetlands permit for the Back Forty open-pit mine, located in the southern part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula along the Menominee River. The zinc, copper and gold project

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