Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting secures permit for McPhee iron ore mine
The McPhee Creek project, about 100km north of Rinehart’s Roy Hill mine, was originally slated to begin ore production in 2023.
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Standard Lithium shares rise on US$225M award bid
The funding is intended to support the construction of the central processing facility for Phase 1 of the South West Arkansas project.
South32 tapped for US$166M funding for Arizona manganese plant
South32 (LSE: S32; ASX: S32) says its Hermosa project in Arizona has been tapped for a United States government grant of up to US$166 million, part of U.S. energy department…
Urbix gets US$125M government grant for Alabama graphite plant
Urbix, a company testing battery material production in the southern United States, has landed a US$125 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a new graphite processing…
Osisko Metals seeks financing partner on huge Gaspé copper project in Quebec
Osisko Metals (TSXV: OM; US-OTC: OMZNE) is advancing the giant Gaspé copper project in Quebec with an economic study planned for February amid efforts to land a 20% partnership with provincial financing agency…
West Red Lake Gold begins test mining at past-producing Madsen
The program will run for four months to support restarting production next year.
First Phosphate touts battery acid from Quebec rock ‘rarer than gold’
First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS; US-OTC: FRSPF) has posted an initial phosphate resource for its Bégin-Lamarche project in Quebec after choosing a plant site to process the material for lithium iron…
What miners should know about the voluntary carbon credit market
Three years ago, the London-based International Council on Mining and Metals announced a bold commitment: the world’s 28 largest mining companies pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This…
Asante Gold grows Bibiani output with third satellite pit
Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) has begun mining from the Russel starter pit at its Bibiani gold mine in Ghana, after receiving all necessary permits earlier this week. The company is…
AMG Critical Materials opens Europe’s first lithium hydroxide refinery
AMG Critical Materials has opened Europe’s first lithium hydroxide refinery in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The refinery, where commissioning of the first of five modules planned for its site has begun, is…
US closer to greenlighting ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cleared on Thursday one of the final regulatory hurdles for ioneer’s (ASX: INR) Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada, a project that would…
Fed cuts rate by 0.5%, gold rises
The United States Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5% on Wednesday as the majority of analysts expected. Gold…