Patriot Lithium expands into copper with Zambia project
Battery metals junior Patriot Lithium (ASX: PAT) plans to add copper to its portfolio through an agreement with Array Metals and Natural Resources allowing it to earn an 80% interest…
Rio Tinto
Rio’s US$6.7B Arcadium bid is its largest since 2007
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) plans to acquire Arcadium Lithium (NYSE: ALTM; ASX: LTM) in an all-cash deal valued at US$6.7 billion, the Anglo-Australian giant confirmed on…
Atlantic Lithium secures final permit to build Ghana mine
Atlantic Lithium (ASX: A11) is ready to start building Ghana’s first lithium mine after securing the operating permit for its flagship Ewoyaa project in the West African country. The licence…
Rio Tinto confirms talks to buy Arcadium Lithium — but not the price
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has made an approach to buy Arcadium Lithium (NYSE: ALTM; ASX: LTM), the two sides confirmed on Monday, following market speculation over…
Lithium firms’ shares rise after Rio Tinto buyout chatter
Shares in a handful of lithium players gained Friday after speculation in the daily publication The Australian that Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) might bid to buy…
Burgundy Diamond halts Sable expansion plans at Ekati in Northwest Territories
Burgundy Diamond Mines (ASX: BDM), owner of the Ekati diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, says it has pulled plans for underground mining at the Sable open pit following feedback…
Global mining index soars as China, US stimulus converge
The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index has gained 14% since Sept. 6 in its biggest jump this year after central banks cut interest rates, the United States signalled more battery metal…
Rio Tinto offers early termination to Diavik diamond workers in Northwest Territories: report
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is offering early termination for employees at its Diavik diamond mine, Canada’s largest gem producer, as part of cost savings ahead of…
Top miners’ reclamation obligations could surpass industry’s total debt by 2033
Environmental reclamation and site restoration costs for 24 major mining companies reached $72 billion in 2023, up from $40 billion in 2013.
Uranium Energy to buy Rio Tinto’s Wyoming assets for US$175M
Uranium Energy (NYSE-AM: UEC) has agreed to buy Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) uranium assets in Wyoming, which include the fully-licensed Sweetwater plant and a portfolio of…
Uranium Energy logs high-grade hits at Roughrider North deposit’s core in Saskatchewan
Drilling at Uranium Energy’s (NYSE: UEC) Roughrider project in northern Saskatchewan has hit high-grades that expand the northern end of the deposit’s core, the company reported Thursday. Hole RR-961, drilled…
Diamond finds could extend NWT’s Misery mine ‘well past 2026,’ Burgundy says
Results from summer drilling at Burgundy Diamond’s (ASX: BDM) Ekati mine in the Northwest Territories could help extend production at the underground Misery mine much longer than expected, the company…