TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays of the week Sept 9 – 16
Our TNM Drill Down feature highlights the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining…
Australia, NZ & South Pacific
Turquoise Hill holder Pentwater ups stake, rejects Rio Tinto share bid
Pentwater Capital Management LP, the second-largest investor in Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TQR) has increased its stake in the Canadian company while again rejecting Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX:…
Glencore eyes adding lithium to its trading business
Mining and commodities giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is said to be evaluating the addition of lithium to the suite of metals it trades, as the battery metal has become the…
Beaver Creek: Industry heavyweights weigh in on gold’s role in a changing world order
The Precious Metals Summit currently underway in Beaver Creek, CO has heard how gold is poised to play an increasingly important role in a changing global geopolitical landscape. During a…
Beaver Creek: Miners should hedge future carbon offset costs
As the energy revolution gathers momentum, so too intensifies the pressure from the investment community on miners to create net-zero emissions operations that produce sustainable upstream products feeding the new…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays for the week Sept 2-9
Our TNM Drill Down feature highlights the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining…
Analysis: No reduction in tailings dam failures over the past two decades
A newly released assessment of global tailings management facilities (TMFs) data paints a jarring picture showing that relative to global mine production, there has been no improvement in the rate…
Rio Tinto and Turquoise Hill get serious, ink binding takeover deal
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has inked a definitive arrangement with Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TQR) to buy the 49% of the Canadian miner it doesn’t already…
TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays for the week Aug. 26 to Sept. 2
Welcome to our weekly feature, TNM Drill Down, focusing on the top gold assays of the past week. Assays are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our…
Turquoise Hill’s top five investor rejects Rio Tinto’s bid
Sailingstone Capital Partners, the fifth-biggest investor in Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TQR), is ready to put the brakes on Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) intended US$3.3 billion…
Lucapa finds Angola mine’s sixth-largest white diamond
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) has recovered a 160-carat white Type IIa diamond at its prolific Lulo mine in Angola, the sixth-largest recovered at the operation to date. The diamond was found at the…
Moody’s cuts metals price calls amid slowing global growth
Credit rating firm Moody’s Investors Service has pared down its 12-month price outlook for a basket of metals and mining commodities, citing a global economic slowdown and softening demand. Essential…