April 7, 2021 Canadian miners subject to tougher tailings standards The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has updated its tailings standards and it now meets or exceeds most global guidelines.
April 6, 2021 Panoramic Resources to restart nickel project in Australia To support the resuming of operations, Panoramic has entered a five-year nickel and copper concentrate offtake agreement with Trafigura Group.
April 5, 2021 Barrick ready to sign deal to reopen Porgera mine Papua New Guinea's prime minister has announced an imminent agreement to bring the mine back into operations.
April 1, 2021 DeepGreen hits backs at firms opposing seafloor mining Supporting a deep-sea mining moratorium is backing the environmental and social ills that come from land extraction, the company says.
March 31, 2021 Vale sells New Caledonia nickel assets to Trafigura Vale said it will have a supply contract with the Trafigura-led consortium to off-take part of the nickel produced there.
March 31, 2021 BMW, Volvo, Google and Samsung call for ban on deep-sea mining They are the first global companies to have signed up a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) call for a moratorium on mining the seabed.
March 30, 2021 Top iron ore producer forecasts 50% fall in price Australia’s chief economist expects iron ore to trade nearly $100/tonne below today’s price by end of next year and no return to triple digits.
March 26, 2021 Vital Metals to become Canada’s first rare earths miner The Australian miner said the mining fleet was mobilized to the site this week and operations will begin before the end of March.
March 26, 2021 New South Wales approves $484m solar farm The Culcairn solar farm is being developed by Neoen Australia.
March 25, 2021 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.
Hecla nearly doubles exploration budget The Idaho-based miner said it will spend $55 million on its projects in Nevada and producing assets. February 13, 2026 | 09:01 am
