RANKED: World’s top producing copper companies in 2022
Copper is a highly conductive metal used in wiring in transport, construction and manufacturing — and it is also vital to the green energy transition as a component in electric…
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Deep-sea mining may affect thousands of new species found in hotspot
Scientists have identified more than 5,500 entirely new species in the CCZ of the Pacific Ocean, an area targeted by deep sea miners.
Fortuna crosses the finish line at its Côte d’Ivoire Séguéla mine
Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE: FSM; TSX: FVI) has poured the first gold pour at its Séguéla mine in Côte d’Ivoire. Séguéla now enters the ramp-up phase, during which management aims…
Pending approval of First Quantum deal with Panama haunts miner
Analysts say First Quantum’s credit ratings will improve once the agreement over Cobre panama copper mine is formalized.
Argonaut banks $17.5M flow-through deal to advance Magino to first pour
Argonaut Gold (TSX: AR) is cashed up to advance the Ontario-based Magino gold mine to its first imminent gold pour after closing a $17.5 million flow-through financing, it said Wednesday….
Wesdome hits new bulk tonnage zone east of Kiena gold mine
Wesdome Gold Mines (TSX: WDO) says it has discovered a new, potentially bulk tonnage target east of its Kiena mine complex at Val d’Or, Que., with surface drills cutting 2.3…
JV Article: Graphite tonnage gains spur Lomiko Metals along prefeasibility pathway
Battery material explorer and developer Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR; US-OTC: LMRMF) has posted a major increase in resources at its La Loutre natural flake graphite property in southern Quebec. The…
Sandfire Resources produces first copper at new Botswana mine
Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) announced on Thursday first copper concentrate production at its Motheo mine in Botswana, which has become the second producing mine in the Kalahari Copper Belt. Commissioning…
JV Article: BHP launches global call for innovative water treatment solutions at mine sites
Aligning with its vision for greater global water security by 2030, one of the world’s biggest miners, BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has launched the “Global Water Challenge”,…
Volt Lithium stock leaps as company claims breakthrough on oil brine recoveries
Volt Lithium (TSXV: VLT) shares jumped by almost 20% Wednesday morning after it announced lithium recoveries of 90% and at relatively low costs from testing at its Rainbow Lake lithium…
Investors flock to safety on rising risk around the globe
Prospective geology, reasonable costs, workable permitting and regulation regimes, and political stability rarely go together in a mining jurisdiction. That’s what makes mining such a high-risk, high-stakes business. Early entry…
Oil giant ExxonMobil jumps on lithium wagon
Acquisition of lithium prospect reflects the company’s bet on the anticipated electric vehicles boom.