Vale Canada, Sumitomo sign initial deal to sell 14% stake in Indonesian nickel minerShare divestment is a condition required by Indonesia to extend Vale Indonesia's mining permit.Reuters | November 17, 2023 | 11:04 am
Freeport CEO ‘encouraged’ by signs of US-China thaw"We have to wait and see whether it's a watershed…Reuters | November 17, 2023 | 8:12 am
First Quantum, union reach deals on salaries as protests block mine accessProtests have raged for weeks against First Quantum's contract for…Reuters | November 16, 2023 | 4:15 pm
Teck pledges $1.5 million toward southeast BC conservation effort The initiative is part of the company’s goal to be a “nature positive company” by 2030. Staff Writer | January 26, 2023 | 10:34 am
Glencore joins world’s first battery passport pilot The miner spearheaded the first pilot passport leveraging the ReSource platform in collaboration with its Kamoto Copper subsidiary LG Energy Solution and Tesla. Staff Writer | January 26, 2023 | 10:05 am
Mongolia calls on Rio Tinto to keep budget for giant copper mine in check The two partners have only just ended a long-running tussle over the underground expansion of the mine. Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 9:50 am
South Africa’s blackouts threaten platinum supply in top miner Output curbs could widen a global platinum shortage that Metals Focus forecasts to be the biggest in two decades in 2023. Bloomberg News | January 26, 2023 | 7:47 am
Mali industrial gold production rises 4.4% to 66.2 tonnes in 2022 Barrick Gold remains the country's biggest producer with output reaching 23 tonnes last year. Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:19 am
South Africa’s RBCT coal exports hit 29-year low in 2022 The terminal saw an average of 18 trains a day in 2022, against a capacity of 32 a day. Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:16 am
Eramet targets 10,000 tonnes of lithium per year from French project Eramet is also planning to develop recycling of electric vehicle batteries in France with Suez. Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:13 am
Panama won’t allow First Quantum to expand copper mine operations "The company has asked for more surface to operate and we have said no," said the deputy environment minister Diana Laguna. Reuters | January 26, 2023 | 7:04 am
Equinox Gold says Greenstone project is full steam ahead Equinox says Greenstone is over 66% complete and on schedule to pour gold in the first half of 2024. Staff Writer | January 25, 2023 | 12:47 pm