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Costa Rican presidential candidate blasts ecologists, says he would bring mining back

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Presidential candidate for the conservative National Integration Party (PIN in Spanish), Diego Castro, caused controversy in Costa Rica after he called environmentalist groups “eco-terrorists.” Castro, who has been compared by local media to Donald Trump and Rodrigo Duterte, as well as accused of right-wing populism, said that if he

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Canadian companies want to extract nickel, vanadium, cobalt from petcoke

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud MGX Minerals (CSE: XMG) and Highbury Energy have partnered to prepare a detailed process to extract metals such as nickel, vanadium, and cobalt from petroleum coke. According to a press release, Highbury’s experts in thermochemical gasification are assisting MGX in designing a process to generate hydrogen gas and concentrate

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Eldorado Gold reports in-line 2017 gold production

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Shares in Eldorado Gold (TSX:ELD)(NYSE:EGO) were slightly up on Tuesday after the company announced full-year production that came in line with production guidance, but suspended its semi-annual dividend payment “pending the results of the technical reports and potential subsequent capital requirements.” In a press release, the Vancouver-based miner revealed

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