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Mexican miners reach deal with Canadian company, go back to work

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Following a 40-day stoppage, employees of Minera Media Luna who work at El Limón-Guajes site in the Mexican state of Guerrero are going back to work. Minera Media Luna is Canada’s Torex Gold Resources (TSX:TXG) wholly-owned subsidiary in the Latin American country. It operates the El Limón-Guajes project, one

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Alrosa recovers huge yellow diamond from Yakutia mine

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud The world’s largest diamond producer by output, Alrosa (MCX:ALRS), announced today the recovery of a large gem-quality diamond of 98.63 carats from its historic Jubilee (Yubileynaya) pipe, located in the eastern Republic of Yakutia. The octahedron crystal has inclusions of olivine, graphite and sulphide, is transparent yellow-tinted and measures

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Flash Update (12/15)

By Jordan Roy-Byrne CMT, MFTA This 7-page flash update was published and emailed to subscribers Friday morning. It was also posted to the website. The update covers the recent rebound in the gold stocks, how far it could run, the outlook for Fed policy and when a fundamental catalyst for Gold is more likely to

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Canadian diamond producer dealing with water issues in South Africa

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Canada’s Diamcor Mining (TSX-V:DMI) announced this week not so positive results from the tender and sale of rough diamonds recovered from its 5,888-hectares Krone-Endora project in South Africa, located next to De Beers’ Venetia mine, the world’s third largest. “The Company sold 4,353.91 carats of rough diamonds for gross

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Indian captive power plants running at half capacity due to coal shortage

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud The Indian Captive Power Producers Association or ICPPA held a press conference on Thursday where its president, Rahul Sharma, denounced that most captive power producers are getting half of the coal they need from state-owned Coal India and are considering increasing their imports. The scarcity of the mineral is

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Kazakhstan’s largest iron ore company now has a smart mine

By analyst By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud A major iron ore project in Kazakhstan is getting a high-tech makeover. The Kacharsky mine, operated by Eurasian Resources-owned JSC Sokolov-Sarbai Mining Production Association or SSGPO, is being transformed into a “smart mine.” With an investment of $10 million, a new modular automated system for production processes was integrated

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