Heavy rains to threaten 25% of world’s copper projects by 2050
Copper extraction is crucial to the energy transition, but a quarter of sites mining the metal face a rising threat from the impacts of climate change by mid-century, according to…
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Teck Coal fined $221,000 for unauthorized waste disposals in BC
Teck Resources‘ (TSX: TECK.B) former coal unit has been handed fines totalling approximately $221,000 for nearly 30 cases of environmental breaches in southeastern British Columbia over a two-year period. On…
Victoria Gold CEO McConnell axed
Victoria Gold (TSXV: VGCX) CEO John McConnell has lost his job, the CBC reports. PricewaterhouseCoopers, the firm handling Victoria’s Eagle mine in the Yukon after it was forced into receivership…
Electra surges on US$20M Washington funding for Ontario cobalt refinery
Electra Battery Materials’ (TSX-V: ELBM; NASDAQ: ELBM) shares jumped 40% Monday on news it received US$20 million from the United States’ Department of Defense (DoD) to help develop its cobalt…
TNM Drill Down: Dundee in Serbia tops gold assays for year to date
The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill results year-to-date for major metals, including gold. Here, we present the best gold assays for the year to July 31. Drill…
Collective Mining fuses gold deposits into larger system at Guayabales in Colombia
Collective Mining (NYSE: CNL; TSX: CNL) says new drill results connect its Apollo and nearby Olympus deposits at the Guayabales project in Colombia, creating a mineralized system spanning about 1,000…
Ivanhoe’s giant Kamoa-Kakula hits stage 3 commercial copper production in Congo
Ivanhoe Mines’ (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) Kamoa-Kakula copper mine, the world’s third-largest, has reached stage three commercial production in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the company said Monday. The…
Euro Manganese shares jump after offtake deal with US cathode specialist
The seven-year deal will account for a “significant percentage” of Chvaletice manganese production.
Regis Resources says Australian project ‘not viable’ after minister’s order
Australian gold miner Regis Resources (ASX: RRL) warned on Monday that its McPhillamys project is “not viable” due to a last-minute environmental protection declaration by the federal government. The company…
Mining could resume at Eagle despite Victoria’s end, Yukon says
The Yukon government didn’t intend to shutter Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: VGCX) Eagle Gold mine permanently, or for the company’s board to resign, it said Friday, despite moving this week to…
TNM Drill Down: Australia, Argentina top copper ranking
The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill results year-to-date for major metals, including copper. Drill holes are ranked by copper grade x width. Drilling in the southern hemisphere…
Lithium Argentina shares rise as Ganfeng takes project stake
Lithium Argentina (TSX: LAAC; NYSE: LAAC) has completed the sale of a 14.9% stake in its Pastos Grandes lithium project in Salta province to China’s Ganfeng Lithium. The deal, which saw Ganfeng…