Northern Dynasty takes EPA’s Pebble veto to court
Northern Dynasty Minerals‘ (TSX: NDM; NYSE: NAK) shares dropped on Friday after it said it filed two federal court actions over the government’s moves to prevent it from building a…
Copper
Poor forecasting triggers big writedowns for miners while some get lucky, study shows
Mining companies must improve their metal price forecasting to reduce mine failures and increase long-term returns for investors, according to a new study. Tumbling metal prices account for more than…
Covert forms of sexual harassment persist in Western Australia mining – study
Female mining workers in Western Australia report it’s common to experience condescending attitudes because of their gender, and to be subject to offensive sexist remarks, the Mental Awareness, Respect and…
BMC’s project in Yukon can proceed after talks help address Indigenous doubts, governments say
A government body’s decision re-opens a path to permitting for BMC Minerals’ Kudz Ze Kayah (KZK) zinc-lead-copper project in the Yukon, following consultations between governments and Indigenous authorities. The…
Northisle’s new gold resource may boost Vancouver Island project’s economics
Northisle Copper and Gold (TSXV: NCX) says its first resource estimate for the Northwest Expo deposit at its North Island project in British Columbia beat expectations and bodes well for…
US bill supporting seafloor mining lifts The Metals Company
The Responsible Use of Seafloor Resources Act was introduced on Tuesday.
Satellites spot China slowing copper smelters
Global copper smelters were about a third more idle this year through February than they normally are as leading producer China slowed output, according to a London-based company that uses…
PDAC 2024: Burzynski on Windfall’s excess; Wabun, O3, Lundin, McConnell also awarded
John Burzynski, Osisko Mining’s (TSX: OSK) chairman and CEO, recalls how exploration drilling at the Windfall gold project in Quebec set a few records and ruined an entire generation of…
Pampa drills long copper interval at Piuquenes in Argentina
Pampa Metals (CSE: PM; US-OTC: PMMCF) says the first drill hole at its Piuquenes project in Argentina cut more than 1% copper equivalent over nearly a third of a kilometre….
Exclusive: Barrick CEO Bristow drives another U-turn in a remote land
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD), the second-biggest gold miner by market value, this month poured its first gold in Papua New Guinea in nearly four years as CEO Mark…
Worker’s death spurs strike at Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic mine
Unionized workers have blocked Codelco’s Radomiro Tomic copper mine in northern Chile, following the death of Ana Camila Rojas Farías in an accident on Friday. The workers blocked the entrance…
Ecuador’s new consultation rules court controversy with Indigenous groups
Ecuador’s Energy and Mines ministry has issued new regulations governing Indigenous consultation on resource development, following a visit by the country’s President Daniel Noboa to Canada for the Prospectors and…