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Copper price: four Chinese bear charts

Overcapacity and a "slow-moving property crisis" will see China continue to export its cheap copper, dragging down prices elsewhere.

Frik Els | August 8, 2024 | 3:42 pm

UAE suspends 32 gold refineries in money-laundering crackdown

The shuttered facilities — which represent about 5% of the…

Bloomberg News | August 8, 2024 | 1:19 pm

Arizona Sonoran Copper PEA quadruples Cactus project’s NPV

The after-tax $1.5 billion NPV increases to over $2 billion,…

Henry Lazenby - The Northern Miner | August 8, 2024 | 1:18 pm

Excelsior kicks off construction of Johnson Camp copper mine in Arizona

Mining is expected to commence as soon as year one…

Staff Writer | August 8, 2024 | 10:44 am

Triple Flag to acquire gold streams on Allied Gold’s Agbaou and Bonikro mines

The Agbaou and Bonikro mines are located in Côte d’Ivoire…

Staff Writer | August 8, 2024 | 9:20 am

Aclara delivers positive PEA results for Brazil rare earth project

The report says the Carina Module ionic clay rare earths project has a $1.2 billion net present value and 29% IRR over its 17-year mine life.

Staff Writer | January 25, 2024 | 4:59 am

BHP diverts shipments to avoid Red Sea attacks

The world’s largest miner said most of its shipments don't go through this route, adding there have been no major disruptions so far.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 25, 2024 | 3:48 am

Mali continues search for bodies in collapsed illegal gold mine

More than 80 dead bodies have been recovered so far.

Bloomberg News | January 24, 2024 | 4:04 pm

More than 40 killed in artisanal mine collapse in southwest Mali

The incident in Mali occurred on Friday on a site in the Kangaba Cercle in the south-western Koulikoro Region.

Reuters | January 24, 2024 | 7:55 am

McClean Lake uranium mine in Canada to resume production

Mining is planned to restart at the McClean North deposit in 2025, with a target production of 800,000 pounds of uranium that year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 24, 2024 | 5:25 am

Plane carrying Rio Tinto workers crashes in Canada’s Northwest, six dead

Four passengers and two crew members died after a small Jetstream aircraft on its way to the company's Diavik mine crashed shortly after take-off.

Reuters | January 24, 2024 | 3:15 am

AME Roundup: BC’s first critical minerals strategy has some asking: ‘Is it enough?’

The strategy aims to tackle obstacles impeding project development and workforce stability.

Henry Lazenby | January 23, 2024 | 11:40 am

Lamborghini interested in cobalt-free battery developed at MIT

MIT researchers have designed a new lithium-ion battery whose cathode doesn’t use cobalt or nickel.

Staff Writer | January 23, 2024 | 6:06 am

Endeavour Mining’s second-biggest gold mine hit by strike

Access road to the Houndé mine in Burkina Faso is blocked, adding a fresh challenge to the Canadian miner that recently fired its CEO.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 23, 2024 | 5:47 am

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