VANCOUVER – Lucara Diamond Corp. has finally sold the 1,109-carat Lesedi La Rona diamond for US$53 million (US$47,777 per carat) to Graff […]

TORONTO – Kinross Gold is proceeding with not one, but two major expansions. One is the $590-million (all U.S. dollars) expansion phase […]

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO – Vancouver-based Ivanhoe Mines is in talks with the state owned miner Gecamines and the country’s state owned […]

TANZANIA – The African subsidiary of Barrick Gold, Acacia Mining, is reducing its operations and workforce at the Bulyanhulu gold mine as […]

VANCOUVER – Trevali Mining Corp. has agreed to pay US$417.9 million for Glencore’s portfolio of zinc assets in Africa. The deal includes […]

NAMIBIA – Caterpillar today announced that B2Gold Corp. has selected Caterpillar and Cat dealer Barloworld to supply 7 MW of solar power […]

SOUTH AFRICA – Ivanhoe Mines has released the definitive feasibility study for phase one of its Platreef platinum group-nickel-copper-gold project 280 km […]

BURKINA FASO – The greenfield Hounde gold operation of Endeavour Mining in has recently gone into development and with quick timelines to […]

Endeavour Mining is acquiring Avnel Gold Mining, which owns the Kalana gold project in Mali, in all-share transaction valuing Avnel at US$122 […]

Using the IntelligenceMine database of our sister company Infomine, The Northern Miner compiled a list of the world’s five largest cobalt deposits in 2016, based on reserves. […]

Metso is increasing its manufacturing capacity for large crusher wear parts castings used in minerals processing by investing in a second melting […]

VANCOUVER — Cobalt 27 Capital‘s $200-million initial public offering (IPO) on the TSX Venture Exchange on June 23 shows there’s a growing appetite […]