News Top Stories

Eldorado Gold inks deal to earn 80% of TRU

Agreement gives Eldorado the option to earn an 80% interest in TRU Precious Metals' Golden Rose gold-copper project in Newfoundland.

Cecilia Jamasmie | July 30, 2024 | 8:44 am

Video: ‘Big bang’ in commodity demand set to lift miners, Prins says

Global geopolitical and energy transformations are driving an increased demand…

Northern Miner Staff | July 29, 2024 | 3:05 pm

Controversial Japanese gold mine designated as UN heritage site

The Sado mine operated for nearly 400 years and was…

Staff Writer | July 29, 2024 | 1:48 pm

Lucapa recovers 176-carat diamond at Lulo mine in Angola

The diamond is the 45th +100 carat stone to be…

Staff Writer | July 29, 2024 | 10:59 am

Nova Scotia stands firm on Touquoy mine cleanup

Currently, St Barbara is required to post a C$79.9 million…

Staff Writer | July 29, 2024 | 10:42 am

Pan Asia Metals to buy large Chilean lithium project

Tama Atacama is one of the largest lithium brine projects in South America, covering about 1,200km2 across three Chilean salt flats.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2024 | 5:28 am

Gold Fields delays start of $1bn Chilean project until April

First gold production from the Salares Norte project in Chile is now expected in the second quarter of the year.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 2, 2024 | 3:48 am

Ionic Rare Earths granted mining licence in Uganda

The license clears the way for mining at the Makuutu project and marks the first large-scale mining license to be awarded in the country.

Staff Writer | January 2, 2024 | 2:24 am

New Year’s resolutions for miners – 2024

Timothy Foden, partner in international arbitration group at law firm Boies Schiller Flexner looks forward at legal challenges facing the mining industry.

Amanda Stutt | December 30, 2023 | 9:35 am

Paramount Gold closes $15 million funding with Sprott to advance Grassy Mountain mine

The proposed mine has an initial eight-year life producing 47,000 oz. of gold and 55,000 oz. of silver annually.

Staff Writer | December 28, 2023 | 11:21 am

Mexico finds first remains of coal miners lost in 2022 accident

Mexican authorities have located the remains of two of the 10 coal miners trapped and killed at the El Pinabete mine in August 2022.

Reuters | December 28, 2023 | 10:37 am

Vietnam official held over sand mining as sinkholes spread

The head of the An Giang province was arrested by police for allegedly helping a company illegally mine sand.

Bloomberg News | December 27, 2023 | 9:36 am

China metals giant faces protest in Indonesia after fatal blast

A deadly blast at a furnace run by PT Indonesia Tsingshan Stainless Steel has triggered a police investigation and a halt to the company's operations.

Bloomberg News | December 27, 2023 | 8:43 am

Replacing coal with biofuels in lime kilns not as ‘green’ as previously thought

The different properties of biofuels pose serious challenges to the idea of reducing CO2 emissions from lime kilns, new research has found.

Staff Writer | December 27, 2023 | 6:29 am

First

Last