Rio Tinto and Star Diamond make peace
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) and Canadian junior Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) have reached an agreement to end a long drawn out dispute over the development of…
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Anglo American flags major design changes at UK fertilizer project
Anglo American (LSE: AAL; US-OTC: AAUKF) has flagged major design changes to the vast fertilizer project being built beneath the North Yorks Moors national park in England, which it acquired last…
Serabi Gold’s Coringa project in Brazil hit by court ruling
Shares in Serabi Gold (TSX: SBI; LSE: SRB) fell today after a Brazilian judge ruled that no future licenses or titles should be granted to the company until it is proven…
Mining tycoon Beny Steinmetz arrested in Greece
The Israeli billionaire, who was convicted of minerals rights-related bribery in January by a Swiss court, remains in the country.
Harte Gold seeks creditor protection as Silver Lake closes in
Troubled Canadian miner Harte Gold (TSX: HRT) has been granted creditor protection after putting its Sugar Zone gold mine into production without a feasibility study two years ago and later failing…
Yamana Gold goes ahead with expansion at Brazil mine
Yamana Gold (TSX: YRI; NYSE; LSE: AUY) is going ahead with a planned phase two expansion of its Jacobina mine in Brazil after authorities granted it a permit to increase…
Sigma Lithium kicks off construction of largest hard rock project in the Americas
Sigma Lithium (TSXV: SGML; NASDAQ: SGML) has begun building the production plant foundation and infrastructure for its Grota do Cirilo lithium project in Brazil, the largest hard rock lithium deposit in…
Brazil names Belo Sun Mining’s Volta Grande “strategic” project
Brazil has selected Belo Sun Mining’s (TSX: BSX) proposed Volta Grande gold mine for its investment partnership programme (PPI), which supports projects producing mineral and metals deemed strategic for the country….
Tailings pond collapse affects world’s highest human settlement
The collapse of a tailings facility in Peru’s Ananea district has destroyed a segment of the main road that connects the area with the neighbouring La Rinconada district, the highest…
Hochschild’s rare earths spin-off Aclara to start trading in Toronto
Aclara Resources will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker “ARA” on Dec. 10.
MMG to shut down Las Bambas copper mine by mid-December
Chinese miner MMG will end copper production from its Las Bambas mine in Peru by mid-December following months-long road blockades that have prevented essential supplies from reaching the operation, forcing…
Asteroid “ideal for mining exploration” to enter Earth’s orbit next week
An asteroid as big as a football field that has been singled out by scientists as an ideal target for a mining exploration mission, will break into Earth’s orbit on…