Rio Tinto’s Q2 iron ore shipments miss after May train derailment The world's largest producer of iron ore shipped 80.3 million tons of the steel-making commodity in the quarter. Reuters | July 15, 2024 | 3:32 pm
Tectonic Metals gets funding for gold exploration in Alaska The company's Flat gold project is located 40 km north of the giant Donlin gold project. Staff Writer | July 15, 2024 | 3:01 pm
Chile rejects Tianqi’s appeal for vote in SQM-Codelco lithium deal Chile's financial regulator had allowed a planned lithium joint venture between SQM and Codelco to proceed without a vote by SQM shareholders. Reuters | July 15, 2024 | 2:08 pm
Top uranium producer Kazakhstan hikes tax The world’s largest producer of uranium is increasing its mining tax on the nuclear fuel by at least 50% next year. Colin McClelland - The Northern Miner | July 15, 2024 | 2:06 pm
Star Diamond acquires Buffalo Hills project in Alberta Located approximately 400 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, the Buffalo Hills project includes 21 mineral leases covering 4,800 hectares. Staff Writer | July 15, 2024 | 1:14 pm
Ontario First Nation seeks mining claims ban, for now at least There are some 10,000 mining claims in Grassy Narrows’s interim area of interest for over more than 2,850 sq. km in the province’s far northwest. Colin McClelland - The Northern Miner | July 15, 2024 | 12:06 pm
Alamos boosts exposure to rising gold prices by clearing most of Argonaut’s hedge book Alamos has entered into a gold sale prepayment agreement, securing $116 million in exchange for delivering 49,384 oz. of gold in 2025. Staff Writer | July 15, 2024 | 11:02 am
Champion Iron halts operational activities at Bloom Lake amid forest fires in Québec The company said on Saturday that the forest fires were only a few kilometers from Bloom Lake. Staff Writer | July 15, 2024 | 9:38 am
Portugal’s mining strategy may favour copper over lithium Portugal already has the largest copper mine in the European Union, operated by Lundin Mining. Reuters | July 15, 2024 | 8:41 am
