ICMM updates Indigenous Peoples and Mining position statement The updated statement sets out what companies will do if agreement cannot be reached and States have granted permission for projects to proceed.Staff Writer | August 9, 2024 | 12:56 pm
Rio Tinto’s Jadar lithium project could take two years to approve, minister saysEnvironmentalists are planning new protests over the project.Staff Writer | August 9, 2024 | 7:37 am
Copper price: four Chinese bear chartsOvercapacity and a "slow-moving property crisis" will see China continue…Frik Els | August 8, 2024 | 3:42 pm
Vale taps BluestOne to repurpose nickel waste in Brazil Vale will provide up to 50,000 tonnes per year of refinery slag from Onça Puma to BluestOne for the next 10 years. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2023 | 6:16 am
Adventus, Salazar delay construction of Ecuador project The companies now expect to start building their Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold project in the second quarter of 2024. Cecilia Jamasmie | October 3, 2023 | 5:51 am
With bulked up resource base, Wicheeda REE project ready to advance to prefeasiblity The Vancouver-based miner aims to produce an average of 25,000 tonnes of rare earth oxides per year, approximately 10% of the world’s current production. Amanda Stutt | September 29, 2023 | 2:39 pm
Victoria Gold pleads guilty to violating water licence in Yukon The case stemmed from an incident that occurred in July 2021, when 17,000 litres of a cyanide solution spilled from a pipeline at the Eagle mine site. Staff Writer | September 29, 2023 | 1:20 pm
Processing unit of Canada’s only rare earths miner goes bankrupt MNP will sell the assets and distribute proceeds to creditors Blair McBride | September 29, 2023 | 12:48 pm
Embattled Scotgold puts staff on unpaid leave The owner of Scotland’s only gold mine is in talks with an administration specialist should it fail to secure funds to continue operating. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2023 | 4:59 am
Nexa to pump $200 million towards upgrading Pasco mining complex in Peru The initiative consists of building a tunnel that will connect Atacocha and Porvenir mines. Staff Writer | September 28, 2023 | 2:25 pm
Codelco in talks with Australia’s Lithium Power The Chilean copper giant is undertaking due diligence on Lithium Power, which owns the country's largest permitted brine project. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2023 | 5:41 am
Lucara Diamond ends HB Trading sale agreement The Canadian diamond miner cited a “material breach of financial commitments” by the Belgian manufacturer as the reason for the split. Cecilia Jamasmie | September 28, 2023 | 3:53 am