March 20, 2024

Alaska governor calls on Biden to update mine permit process

Governor Dunleavy sued Biden last week for the president's 2023 decision to block the giant Pebble project. The suit seeks more than $700 billion.

March 19, 2024

Antofagasta secures $2.5 billion for Centinela copper mine expansion

Construction of a second concentrator will add 144,000 tonnes a year to the company’s overall production.

March 18, 2024

Pebble mine developer sues EPA over Alaska mine veto

Northern Dynasty claims it has spent at least $1 billion over two decades in its efforts to develop the project, which was effectively killed.

March 15, 2024

Northern Dynasty takes EPA’s Pebble veto to court

The company is seeking to vacate the EPA veto of its mine development at Pebble.

February 29, 2024

Schaft Creek JV in British Columbia advances to prefeasibility stage

The study is due by the end of 2024 or early 2025.

February 26, 2024

Legacy uses AI to discover platinum in Australia

Proponents predict AI will be indispensable to help the industry ramp up the supply of battery metals for the global energy transition to fight climate change.

February 16, 2024

Op-Ed: Sparing the land by collecting minerals at sea

A challenge is that seafloor mining immediately starts off at a reputational disadvantage.

February 8, 2024

Green shoots for copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium prices 

Macquarie says January's full set of PMIs looks like a potential turning point for the global industrial cycle.

February 5, 2024

Seabridge updates Kerr, Iron Cap inferred resources

An extra 5.9 million oz. of gold, 3.3 billion pound of copper, 55.4 million oz. of silver and 51 million lb. of molybdenum were added.

February 2, 2024

Grupo Mexico profit down 19% on sliding metal prices

The firm produced 264,251 metric tons of copper over the quarter, down 2% from a year earlier.