An estimated 2,000 residents and mine workers have hit the streets of Kalgoorlie to protest against the Government’s planned increase to the gold royalty.

ASX-listed junior Black Mountain Resources has divested of its non-core US silver assets, in a bid to focus its attention on its Namakara vermiculite mine, in Uganda.

The company on Monday told shareholders that it had divested of its 70% stake in two prospective US silver mines in Montana and Idaho, in a deal struck with Texas Energy Advisors, worth A$70 000.

Mining major Rio Tinto has announced the retirement of CFO Chris Lynch at the end of September.

The company told shareholders on Monday that planning for the succession of the CFO has been in progress, with a replacement expected to be announced in due course.

UNIONDALE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Openlink, weltweit führender Anbieter von Handels-, Treasury- und Risikomanagement-Lösungen für Energie- und Rohstoffunternehmen, Konzerne und Finanzdienstleister, hat bekanntgegeben, dass Rich Grossi zum CEO befördert wurde. John O’Malley ist in die Funktion des Executive Chairman of the Board gewechselt, wo er weiterhin die strategische Richtung von Openlink Financial unterstützen wird. Seit den letzten beiden Jahren steht John O’Malley an der Spitze des wach

UNIONDALE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Openlink Announces Rich Grossi as CEO, John O’Malley assumes strategic role as Executive Chairman of the Board

A billion dollars of investment in new WA mining jurisdictions is set to bring jobs and education opportunities to traditional Aboriginal landowners.

Canadian alluvial diamond miner Rockwell Diamonds said Friday it remains in the dark as to why business rescue practitioner (BRP) Metis Strategic Advisors had chosen on Thursday to file a motion in the Kimberley High Court to place the three subsidiaries back in provisional liquidation, when a rescue offer is set to be finalised on Monday.
The TSX- and JSE-quoted company, which operated a portfolio of alluvial diamond mines in South Africa, reported that following several discussions with three interested parties regarding a rescue transaction, which resulted in a letter of intent by one party being sent to Metis on Wednesday.

The landmark deal that forced Freeport-McMoRan to cede controlling interest in the world’s biggest gold mine and second-largest copper mine to Indonesia may not be the final outcome as both sides prepare for a politically charged fight over the price of the asset and how it will be run, according to the US company’s former chief in Indonesia.

Chappy Hakim, who once led the nation’s air force and who remains an adviser to Freeport Indonesia after his resignation as chief executive in February, said the political nature of the negotiations, which have been going on for years, make it unpredictable as to what both sides will finally agree.

Two reports issued this week point to a significantly increased global appetite for fossil fuels such as oil and gas, presenting an investing opportunity for energy speculators.
While renewables are forecast to be the fastest-growing energy source, fossil fuels will continue to be important and demand will grow, despite prices also probably rising, a report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Thursday stated, projecting world energy consumption to grow by 28% to 2040.

Albemarle has asked Chile to increase the US miner’s lithium production limit in the country, it said on Friday, amid high global prices for the mineral used in batteries as demand for electric vehicles surges.

The company asked state development agency CORFO to raise its lithium production quota to 125 000 t/y from the current 80 000 t/y limit.

Recently minted Sibanye-Stillwater has successfully extended the platinum-group metals (PGM) mineralisation at the Blitz project, in Montana – a brownfields extension of the existing Stillwater mine.
The company announced on Friday that mineralised ore at the Blitz project has been intersected in a development end on the 5300 E level and ten-stope block area of the project, sampling a grade of 79g/t over the full intersection width of the orebody, totalling 3.8 m.

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Contango ORE, Inc. (“CORE” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: CTGO) announced today it filed its Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2017 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company reported a net loss of $2.8 million or $0.62 per basic and diluted share for the year ended June 30, 2017 compared to a loss of $1.2 million or $0.31 per basic and diluted share for the same period last year. About CORE CORE is a Houston-based company that engages in the exploration i

ST. PAUL, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PolyMet Mining Corp. (“PolyMet” or the “company”) TSX: POM; NYSE AMERICAN: PLM – reports that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources today released two draft dam safety permits and a draft public waters work permit for public review and comment. The draft dam safety permits are two of the major permits needed to build and operate the NorthMet copper-nickel-precious metals project in northeastern Minnesota. The draft public waters work permit is required

The minister of trade and industry, Rob Davies, said on Friday that China has agreed to support South Africa and Africa’s initiatives of industrialisation and mineral beneficiation as the country embarks on a drive to better exploit its mineral resources. Davies said in a statement that that South Africa has set out to achieve this by developing its manufacturing industry, and that China will have a significant role to play in this initiative.

Eldorado Gold’s increased pressure on the Greek government this week seems to be paying dividends in the form of two more permits issued for its Olympias project, the Canadian miner announced on Friday.
Based in Vancouver, Eldorado confirmed that it has received the approval of the technical study for the old Olympias mine closure and the installation permit for the paste plant.

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Precious Metals and Industrial Metals Forecast Report” report has been added to Research and Markets’ offering. This report includes precious metals, industrial metals, and ferrous metals price forecasts and commentary about the market outlook. This report is written by an independent financial market research firm based in Austin, Texas. Since 2011, the author has been top ranked by Bloomberg News for its forecast accuracy in 36 different categories, including bei

ASX-listed Orion Minerals, which will list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Monday, is focused on fast -tracking the development of its Northern Cape-based Prieska zinc/copper project. The company plans to leverage the secondary listing to open up more efficient local funding options through the addition of a new market.

Finland’s Keliber Oy has pushed back the completion of its definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its lithium project from the third quarter of this year to mid-2018, to allow for additional work programmes to be completed.
The company announced on Friday that it would undertake additional process test work to reconfirm minerals processing test results, further drilling would be undertaken to increase the resource base and a trade-off study on the location of the lithium carbonate plant would be done.

The provisionally liquidated Mapochs mine has been sold under the hammer to International Resources Limited (IRL) of China, BiddersChoice MD Pieter Geldenhuys confirmed to Mining Weekly Online on Friday. In February last year, the Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium business rescue practitioners announced that they would seek to sell individual components of the steel and vanadium company following a failure to conclude the sale of the entire business to IRL, which owned the stockpile at the mine ahead of Thursday’s auction.

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Umetal Iron Ore Daily Price” newsletter has been added to Research and Markets’ offering. Sales Prices of Imported Iron Ore at 15 China Ports Quoted in RMB Wet Metric Tonne, 17% VAT Included and Foreign Quote of Imported Iron Ore. Remarks: – Spot prices of imported iron ores at main China ports in RMB, wet metric tonne (WMT), 17% VAT & RMB35/tonne port incidental charges included, not CIF or FOB prices. – CIF or FOB prices of imported ores are generally lower t

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Diversified miner Rio Tinto announced on Friday that Chris Lynch would retire as CFO by the end of September next year.
Lynch joined the Rio Tinto board in September 2011 and was appointed CFO in April 2013.

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A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed with a selected party which could result in a sale agreement involving the disposal of the 36-year-old, lossmaking Kopanang gold mine. AngloGold Ashanti said in a media release to Creamer Media’s Mining Weekly Online on Friday that unsolicited expressions of interest received from a number of parties had resulted in the company initiating a process to assess the sale of the Kopanang mine through the signing of the MoU. 

The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber has expressed extreme disappointment with Eskom’s application for a 19.9% tariff increase from April 1, 2018, warning that such a hike would be “crippling” to business and the economy. Should the increase be approved it could translate to a 27.5% municipal tariff adjustment on July 1, 2018. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has outlined the process it will follow to assess Eskom’s request and has set a deadline of October 13 for the submission of written comments.

丹佛–(BUSINESS WIRE)—-(美国商业资讯)–力拓集团(Rio Tinto)成员公司美国硼砂公司(U.S. Borax)推出了一份手机版作物指南，帮助农艺师、种植者和研究人员发现和应对土壤的硼缺乏——农业领域面临的一大问题。 硼是植物生长必需的一种微量营养元素。近年来，人们越来越关注微量元素（如硼和锌）在植物对巨量营养素的正常吸收中所发挥的作用。 公司商业副总裁Malcolm Carr表示：“硼缺乏是全球第二大常见的微量元素缺乏问题。在与我们的经销商和研究伙伴合作时，我们发现需要加强硼在土壤和植物健康中的认识，以提高优质作物的产量。” 针对手机优化后的这份作物指南https://agriculture.borax.com的内容包括： 硼缺乏提示和140多种作物的种植指导。 不同生长季节、作物和土壤条件的特定区域信息。 专家建议，包括42种以上的视频和其他资源。 使用价值计算器，用于估算提高硼的吸收量如何获得更好的作物产量、质量和盈利。 过度耕作、极热或极冷条件、干旱、降雨或灌溉过量以及沙土都是作物可用硼量减少的因素。 某些作物比其他作物更容易产生硼缺乏症。例如，苹

デンバー–(BUSINESS WIRE)—- （ビジネスワイヤ） — リオ・ティント傘下のUSボラックスは、農業の重要問題である土壌のホウ素欠乏の特定・対処で農学者、農家、研究者を支援すべくモバイル作物ガイドを立ち上げました。 ホウ素は、植物の生育に必須の微量栄養素です。近年、ホウ素や亜鉛などの微量栄養素が多量栄養素の適切な吸収に果たす役割への注目が高まっています。 マルコム・カー商業担当副社長は、次のように述べています。「ホウ素欠乏は、全世界で2番目に広く見られる微量栄養素欠乏の問題です。販売代理店や研究パートナーと協力する中で、私たちは高品質作物の収量増大に向けて土壌や植物の健康におけるホウ素の役割への理解を高める必要があると気づきました。」 https://agriculture.borax.comで利用可能なモバイルに最適化された作物ガイドには、次のことが含まれます。 ホウ素欠乏のヒントと140種類以上の作物のための栽培ガイド 異なる栽培シーズン、作物、土壌条件に向けた地域ごとのコンテンツ 専門家のアドバイス（42本以上の動画と追加的リソースを含む） ホウ素の吸収改善

丹佛–(BUSINESS WIRE)—-(美國商業資訊)–力拓集團(Rio Tinto)成員公司美國硼砂公司(U.S. Borax)推出手機版作物指南，協助農藝學家、種植者和研究人員發現和處理土壤的硼缺乏——此為農業領域面臨的一大問題。 硼是植物生長必需的一種微量營養素。近年來，人們越來越關注微量元素（如硼和鋅）在植物對巨量營養素的正常吸收中所扮演的角色。 公司商業副總裁Malcolm Carr表示：「硼缺乏是全球第二大常見的微量元素缺乏問題。在與我們的經銷商和研究夥伴合作時，我們發現需要加強對硼在土壤和植物健康中的認識，以提高優質作物的產量。」 針對手機改良後的這份作物指南https://agriculture.borax.com的內容包括： 硼缺乏提示和140多種作物的種植指導。 不同生長季節、作物和土壤條件的特定區域資訊。 專家建議，包括逾42支影片和其他資源。 使用價值計算器，用於估算提高硼的吸收量如何能改善作物的產量、品質和獲利性。 過度耕作、極熱或極冷條件、乾旱、降雨或灌溉過量以及沙土都是使作物可用硼量減少的因素。 某些作物比其他作物更容易產生硼缺乏症。例如，蘋果

ルクセンブルク–(BUSINESS WIRE)–（ビジネスワイヤ） — ジャン・ブール・ラグジュアリーとアクゾノーベルは、天然ダイヤモンドを使った高品質仕上げ剤の製造・マーケティング・販売に関する独占的な提携関係を拡大しました。提携範囲を拡大し、ヨット業界向けのコーティング剤も対象に含めます。 ジャン・ブール・ラグジュアリーの専有的なサン・キング・ダイヤモンド・コーティングを、ヨット分野の用途向けにも提供します。このコーティングの並外れた効果により、ヨットの仕上げを視覚的に一変させ、海洋環境が課す要求にも耐えることができます。 アクゾノーベルは、Awlgrip®やInternational®などのブランドを通じて、ヨット業界向けにコーティングを製造してきた100年以上の実績があります。サン・キング・ダイヤモンド・コーティングは、Awlgripトップコート・シリーズの開発成果を基にしています。Awlgripは一貫した技術革新、厳格な品質管理、そして最高レベルを誇る仕上げ剤製品により、ヨット業界でリーダーとして不動の地位を確立しています。 サン・キング・ダイヤモンド・コーティングは