Rio Tinto puts last diamonds mined at iconic Argyle up for sale Argyle, the world’s biggest and the main global source of high-quality pink diamonds, ceased operations last year. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2021 | 5:29 am
Rio Tinto, Antipa more than double mineral resource at JV gold project The partners have added 800,000 gold ounces to Calibre gold deposit's inferred mineral, part of their Citadel copper-gold project. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 18, 2021 | 3:50 am
Newmont completes acquisition of GT Gold The transaction gives the world’s No. 1 gold miner the Tatogga gold-copper project in the Golden Triangle district of B.C. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2021 | 7:01 am
Ganfeng Lithium mulls opening battery plant in Argentina The Chinese lithium giant has inked an initial deal to explore setting up a plant in Argentina's northwestern Jujuy province. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 17, 2021 | 3:52 am
Largest ever Russian diamond fetches $14.1m at Christie’s The Spectacle, which was cut from a rough stone discovered by Alrosa in 2016, took a year and eight months to prepare and polish in Moscow. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 14, 2021 | 9:00 am
Ethiopia revokes 27 inactive mining licenses in cautionary move The country's government also sent warnings to three companies as it looks to kick-start development of its vast mineral resources. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 14, 2021 | 6:59 am
Iamgold to restart Westwood in second half of 2021 The gold mine has been halted since late October, when Iamgold had to lay off 437 workers following a seismic event at the operation. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 14, 2021 | 4:00 am
Portugal may delay lithium licenses auction to 2022 Country has taken longer than expected implementing a new law that grants municipalities more say in mining projects. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 13, 2021 | 7:00 am
Lundin Gold sees record production at Fruta del Norte The Canadian miner churned out 104,137 ounces of gold in Q1, which marked a year since it began commercial operations. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 13, 2021 | 3:45 am
Petra Diamonds reaches $6m settlement on human rights abuse claims The miner had been accused of being responsible for widespread human rights violations at the Williamson mine in Tanzania. Cecilia Jamasmie | May 12, 2021 | 7:55 am