Sandfire moves forward with Botswana copper mine expansion The Australian firm plans to set up a major mining hub in the Kalahari Copper Belt. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 30, 2022 | 3:46 am
Oil rises to highest in a month amidst global energy crunch Cries of supply shortages continue to come from all corners. Bloomberg News | August 29, 2022 | 4:27 pm
Royal Helium stock balloons on signed supply agreement with space launch company The company said it will be constructing two facilities, in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 2:40 pm
Southern Silver offers Cerro Las Minitas PEA with $349 million NPV, 60-month payback The PEA puts the gross revenues over 15 years of mining at $3.7 billion. Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 12:40 pm
Collective Mining drills 180.6 metres of 2.43 g/t gold equivalent at Apollo target in Colombia Apollo is one of eight porphyry-related targets the company has found within a 3-km by 4-km cluster, and is part of the Guayabales project. Northern Miner Staff | August 29, 2022 | 12:32 pm
Graphite One prefeasibility outlines $1.2bn capex for Alaska mine and Washington state plant The company estimates it will take three years to permit and build the graphite manufacturing facility and on average, the plant would produce about 49,615 tonnes of anode material per year. Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 9:35 am
Copper price back below $8,000 as hawkish Fed outweighs supply risk “The recession fears are still there in the background,” said WisdomTree commodity strategist Nitesh Shah. MINING.COM Staff Writer | August 29, 2022 | 9:07 am
Honda and LG to build $4.4bn EV battery plant in US They aim to produce 40 GW-hours of batteries annually at the plant — enough for more than 700,000 EVs, based on the IEA’s estimate. Cecilia Jamasmie | August 29, 2022 | 9:01 am
Dubai Diamond Exchange sees trade worth $19.8bn in the first half of year Dubai has grown its diamond industry by leveraging its proximity to Africa and Russia. Reuters | August 29, 2022 | 8:41 am
