Two companies are partnering to export conflict-free artisanal gold from the Democratic Republic of Congo using a blockchain-based platform. Society Artisanal, a company that works with artisanal mining cooperatives, has joined with…
Chile’s Codelco has started assessing partnership candidates for a lithium project in one of the country’s top salt flats, Maricunga, with the goal of kicking off production in 2030. The…
Canada’s Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has reached a labour agreement with union leaders to construct the Copper World mine in Arizona. The agreement marks a key step in the…
SolGold (LSE, TSX: SOLG) signed a decades-long deal with the Ecuadorian government for the country’s largest-ever mining project, the US$3.2 billion Cascabel copper-gold mine. The shares gained a penny to…
A Pacific research expedition found transparent sea cucumbers, bowl-shaped sponges and pink sea pigs among other species in the same area where The Metals Company (NASDAQ: TMC) wants to harvest polymetallic…
Africa-focused Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML), known by its emeralds and rubies, has produced its first resource estimate for the Nairoto gold project in Mozambique showing high grade from a…
Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia, a subsidiary of St Barbara (ASX: SBM), has kicked off a program to explore the feasibility of converting the now closed Touquoy gold mine in Moose…
Miners and energy companies are facing average budget overruns of 15% to 20%, which puts nearly US$1.5 billion of capital invested in energy transition-related projects at risk each year through…
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has requested the Chilean government to mediate talks with union leaders at its Spence copper mine to avert a strike. The call for…
Rio Tinto (ASX, NYSE: RIO) is investing US$143 million in a new research and development centre in Western Australia that will be focused on developing low-emission steel production methods. The…
Africa-focused miner Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) has unearthed a 172.06 ct Type II white diamond at its prolific Letšeng mine in Lesotho, just days after another major find. The diamond, recovered…
More than 500 workers went on strike over the weekend at Taseko Mines’ (TSX: TKO; LSE: TKO; NYSE: TGB) Gibraltar copper operation in central British Columbia, following unsuccessful contract negotiations. A…
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