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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…

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…

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…

Cecilia Jamasmie | September 29, 2023 | 4:59 am

Stronger alloys for casting, welding closer to becoming reality

New technology has allowed researchers to better understand how aluminum-copper alloys behave.

Staff Writer | June 10, 2022 | 5:06 am

Researchers study role of tall grass in post-mining soil recovery

West Virginia University researchers want to determine how Miscanthus x giganteus would behave under climate change and support pollution mitigation efforts.

Staff Writer | June 9, 2022 | 5:40 am

Gold price may be set to rise – but so are risks for miners

Gold saw a 34% surge in demand in the first quarter compared with the same period of 2021.

Alisha Hiyate | June 8, 2022 | 12:01 pm

Alrosa nixes dividend as economic sanctions bite

The company is subject to stinging economic sanctions levied by the West against Russia for its war in Ukraine.

Henry Lazenby | June 8, 2022 | 11:47 am

Hudbay Minerals needs $1.9bn for Copper World project in Arizona

The two-phase mine plan contemplates four open pits and includes recently discovered deposits as well as the Rosemont asset.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 8, 2022 | 6:23 am

As demand for rare earths rises, world’s biggest producer might stop exporting them, says analyst

China, the world’s biggest producer of magnet rare earth oxides could stop exporting the group of minerals within the next decade due to increasing domestic demand and a shortage in global supply.

Naimul Karim | June 7, 2022 | 12:56 pm