The future of copper mining’s top tier?
BHP (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) appears to be discarding its long-running interest in Anglo American (LSE: AAL) and pivoting to spend billions instead on expanding its own assets. Over the…
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Cornish Metals nets $100M for South Crofty tin project
The fundraising drew support from existing shareholders and the UK’s National Wealth Fund.
Montero Mining settles with Tanzania for US$27M
Montero Mining and Exploration (TSXV: MON) has agreed to settle its dispute with Tanzania over the Wigu Hill rare earth element project for US$27 million, to be paid in three…
Cameco resumes production at Inkai JV in Kazakhstan
Inkai LLP had to temporarily suspend its production activity since 1 January due to absence of required approvals.
Vale Base Metals mulls Manitoba exit
Vale‘s (NYSE: VALE) base metals subsidiary said Thursday it has started a strategic review to consider selling its nickel mining and exploration assets in Manitoba. The review is to…
NGOs expose global surge in met coal mines
German non-profit Urgewald, in collaboration with 10 partner organizations, launched on Thursday the first-ever Metallurgical Coal Exit List (MCEL), which identifies the main companies driving hundreds of new metallurgical coal…
Sitka doubles RC project’s gold in Yukon
Sitka Gold (TSXV: SIG) (OTCQB: SITKF) has more than doubled the gold resource for its Blackjack deposit in the Yukon. The explorer’s first result in the indicated category amounts to…
Amaroq expands in South Greenland copper belt
Amaroq Minerals (LSE: AMRQ; TSXV: AMRQ) has expanded its presence in southern Greenland following the award of a new licence that takes its total landholdings to 6,800 sq. km. The…
VRIC: Copper majors are hunting for explorers
Despite the upheaval of a new Donald Trump presidency in the U.S., pundits at the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference held firm that the metal’s long-term future is as bright as…
Saudis to buy stake in Barrick’s Reko Diq: FT
Saudi Arabian mining fund Manara Minerals is set to buy a 10%-20% in the Reko Diq copper and gold project in Pakistan for about US$500 million to US$1 billion, the…
Barrick eyes selling Zaldivar mine stake: report
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) is reportedly seeking to divest its 50% stake in the Zaldivar copper mine run by Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) in Chile, Bloomberg reported. Barrick has…
Vital Metals grows Nechalacho tonnage by 56%
Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTC: VTMXF) says resource definition drilling has boosted its confidence in the early-stage Nechalacho rare earths project, one of the world’s largest. The company reported a…