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Rio Tinto sells Roughrider project to Uranium Energy for $109 million

The Roughrider uranium project is located 13 km west of the McClean Lake uranium mill in Saskatchewan.

Staff Writer | October 13, 2022 | 11:16 am

Marathon Gold begins early works at Valentine project in Newfoundland

Valentine is considered the largest undeveloped gold project in Atlantic…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 13, 2022 | 7:09 am

Centamin prepares to commission solar plant at Sukari gold mine in Egypt

Centamin said the solar plant at its flagship gold mine…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 13, 2022 | 5:55 am

Wind harvester harnesses energy from light breezes

Researchers have developed a wind harvester that can harness energy…

Staff Writer | October 13, 2022 | 5:05 am

First female minister of mining in Chile dies at 57

Karen Poniachik, well known journalist who became the country’s first…

Cecilia Jamasmie | October 13, 2022 | 3:53 am

Wheaton acquires gold stream from Capstone’s Santo Domingo project

Wheaton will pay Capstone a total upfront cash consideration of $290 million.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 25, 2021 | 9:16 am

Sundance refers iron ore dispute with Congo Republic to arbitration

Congo's government revoked Sundance affiliate Congo Iron's permit in December and awarded it to a little known company backed by Chinese investment.

Reuters | March 25, 2021 | 7:41 am

Petra Diamond’s mine guards face fresh human rights abuse claims

Guards at the Williamson mine in Tanzania are said to have deliberately swapped rubber projectiles with metal shot against trespassers.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2021 | 7:27 am

Tungsten producers may have to look at new markets – report

An analysis by Roskill states that tungsten prices and consumption in the automotive sector may never recover to 2017 levels.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | March 25, 2021 | 6:11 am

Illegal gold rush in the Amazon raises risk to indigenous people

Illegal gold and diamond mining in Brazil’s Amazon rain forest is threatening South America’s largest group of native people who still live in relative isolation.

Bloomberg News | March 25, 2021 | 5:31 am

Class action against Rio Tinto over Oyu Tolgoi escalates

US hedge fund’s lawsuit claims the miner concealed the true cause of the mine expansion delays, which Rio had largely blamed on the site's geology.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 25, 2021 | 3:55 am

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Rio Tinto sells Roughrider project to Uranium Energy for $109 million

Marathon Gold begins early works at Valentine project in Newfoundland

Centamin prepares to commission solar plant at Sukari gold mine in Egypt

Wind harvester harnesses energy from light breezes

First female minister of mining in Chile dies at 57

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Wheaton acquires gold stream from Capstone’s Santo Domingo project

Sundance refers iron ore dispute with Congo Republic to arbitration

Petra Diamond’s mine guards face fresh human rights abuse claims

Tungsten producers may have to look at new markets – report

Illegal gold rush in the Amazon raises risk to indigenous people

Class action against Rio Tinto over Oyu Tolgoi escalates

China’s epic sandstorm lifts the price of coal that caused it

Companies keep too much of Peru’s metal wealth, top candidate says

Chevron pulls plug on Kitimat LNG project in BC