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ERG Africa’s Frontier SA gifts 30 solar boreholes to local communities in the DRC

Through DOT-Frontier, 10 community development projects are underway for 2024, focusing on health, education, agriculture, and infrastructure sectors.

Staff Writer | August 31, 2024 | 8:28 am

Latest permit for Hudbay project in Arizona paves way for major US copper boost

The company has in hand the second-last permit it needs…

Henry Lazenby - The Northern Miner | August 30, 2024 | 2:06 pm

Robex Resources reports loss as it pivots from Mali to Guinea

The gold miner announced in June it would sell its…

Staff Writer | August 30, 2024 | 1:33 pm

Mexico’s Tizapa mine offline due to strike, Penoles says

The union, which represents the mining, metallurgical, and steel industries,…

Reuters | August 30, 2024 | 1:24 pm

CEO of Korea’s No. 2 zinc producer arrested after fatal accident

The District Court of Daegu approved the arrest of CEO…

Bloomberg News | August 30, 2024 | 12:36 pm

Barrick, Antofagasta to spend $95m exploring for copper in Chile

Through the newly formed Minera El Encierro, the companies will carry out exploration for five years in a property comprising 35 concessions.

Staff Writer | January 4, 2024 | 5:45 am

Teck ditches coal, flags lower copper output in Chile

Japan’s Nippon Steel and South Korea's Posco now own Teck's prior minority stake in Elk Valley Resources, the steelmaking coal business.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 4, 2024 | 3:49 am

New hub starts commercial production of recycled rare earths in the UK

A rare earths hub has been set up by the University of Birmingham, HyProMag Ltd and Mkango in Tyseley, England.

Staff Writer | January 3, 2024 | 6:15 am

Orea Mining to delay 2023 financial statements filing

It said delays are a direct consequence of not obtaining Canadian government approval to acquire the Montagne d'Or gold project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 3, 2024 | 5:34 am

Ivanhoe ships first copper through Angola via railway

Initial shipment of nearly 1,110 tonnes of Kamoa-Kakula's copper concentrate arrived at the Angolan port in eight days.

Cecilia Jamasmie | January 3, 2024 | 3:51 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

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