Finance & business

The Junior Gold fund is changing its name to ‘IFSL SIM Junior Gold and Silver Miners Fund’, in order to reflect its breadth of gold and silver mining investments.

Alien Metals Ltd has announced the appointment with immediate effect of Jonathan Battershill as a Non-Executive Director of the company.

Rio Tinto has outlined the actions being taken to strengthen the business and improve performance.

Vital Metals Ltd has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ucore Rare Metals Inc. for a supply of rare earth carbonate.

South32 has released its quarterly report for September 2021.

Thompson Pump and Manufacturing Company has been named a 2021 Cigna Well-Being Award recipient for its efforts in creating a healthy place to work and do business.

Gold price, lithium demand, and China’s appetite for copper dominated much of the discussion at Mines and Money Online Connect @ IMARC running from 19 – 21 October.

The SRK Group has appointed Corporate Consultant, Mark Noppé, as its new Board Chair.

BHP Lonsdale Investments and Noront Resources have announced that BHP has agreed to increase its all-cash offer for Noront shares.

Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd has reached an agreement with Noront Resources to develop the Ring of Fire as a world-class future metals hub.

Anglo American announces the rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ eighth sales cycle of 2021.

Metso Outotec has been awarded a contract for the delivery of several horizontal grinding mills and thickeners to a greenfield nickel project in Indonesia.

Epiroc has won a large order for a variety of underground mining drill rigs from LKAB in Sweden.

Centamin has released its quarterly report for the three months ended 30 September 2021.

Hochschild Mining PLC has announced its intention to demerge shares representing 80% of the entire issued share capital of Aclara Resources Inc., its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary.