Glencore reopens Peru copper mine with extra security
Antapaccay, one of Peru’s largest mines,on Jan. 31 with “increased security” after some of the protests waned.
Zinc and Lead
Exclusive video: Drilling for high-grade lead, zinc and silver with Western Alaska Minerals
Kit Marrs, co-founder and CEO of Western Alaska Minerals, spoke with Northern Miner Staff Writer Henry Lazenby at AME BC Roundup in January. They discuss the company’s Waterpump Creek project in western…
Zinc8 gets US$9M grant to establish zinc-air battery facility in New York State
Canada’s zinc-air battery developer Zinc8 Energy Solutions (CSE: ZAIR, US-OTC: ZAIRF) has been approved for a grant from Empire State Development of up to US$9 million as an incentive for…
2023 is ‘likely to surprise’ us as much as 2022 did, finds White & Case survey
Inflation and geopolitics have overtaken ESG as the biggest concerns for 2023, while energy costs, shifting supply chains, and climate-related regulation and activism still worry firms. Despite shared concerns, there…
Discovery Silver expands Cordero project output as costs limit returns
Discovery Silver’s (TSX-V: DSV, OTC: DSVSF) preliminary feasibility study on its Cordero project in northern Mexico expands output by 40% while increasing construction costs by nearly a quarter compared with…
Vizsla Silver updates Panuco resource tonnage in Mexico by 50%
Vizsla Silver (TSXV: VZLA; NYSE: VZLA) has increased the indicated mineral resource tonnage by half at its Panuco silver-gold project in Sinaloa, western Mexico. The indicated mineral resource rose to 7.5 million tonnes grading…
B.C. mineral exploration expenditures hit a record in 2022, says Premier
British Columbia-focused mineral explorers set a new spending record in 2022, hitting $740.4 million, announced Premier David Eby on Monday during an industry event in Vancouver. The figure surpasses the…
‘Trudeau-pian’ policy drives mining investment away, says Poilievre
The opening day of the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference in Vancouver saw some political sparks fly as natural resources minister, Jonathan Wilkinson and Conservative Party firebrand Pierre…
Vedanta to sell zinc assets for US$2.98 billion in cash
Multinational Indian miner Vedanta Ltd. (NSE: VEDL) is selling its zinc assets to a unit of the company, Hindustan Zinc, in a US$2.98 billion all-cash deal. Vedanta Ltd. and Hindustan…
Resource nationalism on the rise, says VRIC’s Jay Martin, as mining juniors head to Vancouver
There’s no denying the world is an entirely different place compared with a year ago, says Cambridge House International’s president and CEO, Jay Martin, as more than 300 mining juniors…
Eurasian Resources expands search for EV minerals in Saudi Arabia
Eurasian Resources Group has signed deals to explore in Saudi Arabia with a Mars rover-like sampler as it helps prepare a passport for electric vehicles showing their battery mineral sources….
Gatos Silver surges on record silver output from Mexico mine
Gatos Silver (NYSE, TSX: GATO) shares rose by 12% Wednesday after the company saw its best ever quarter and calendar year for silver production at its Cerro Los Gatos (CLG)…