Montage pours first gold at Koné ahead of schedule
Montage Gold Corp. (TSX: MAU; US-OTC: MAUTF) has poured first gold at its flagship Koné mine in Côte d’Ivoire, beating an accelerated schedule as the developer shifts into production. The…
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B2Gold strikes new Goose gold zone
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) has discovered a new high-grade gold zone at its Goose mine in Nunavut as the operation recovers from an April crusher fire and remains on…
Peninsula’s uranium resource grows as ramp-up lags
An update for Peninsula Energy’s (ASX: PEN; US-OTC: PENMF) producing Lance project in Wyoming lifts its contained uranium to 59 million lb., reinforcing its position as the largest single nuclear…
Northern Star rejects uninvited A$38.7B Gold Fields bid
Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) has rejected an unsolicited A$38.7-billion ($27.2-billion) takeover proposal from Gold Fields (JSE, NYSE: GFI), saying the bid materially undervalues the embattled Australian gold producer and…
Hudbay boosts Snow Lake gold output 60% to 2.8M oz
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has increased forecast life-of-mine gold production at its Snow Lake operations in Manitoba by 60% to 2.8 million oz. under an updated mine plan. The…
North America is building rare earth plants faster than it is building rare earth engineers
On Aug. 7, as U.S. President Donald Trump hosted mining executives at a roundtable in Washington, representatives of all 14 accredited U.S. mining schools attended a parallel Department of Energy…
Sponsored video: Isometrix says shared data can flag mine risks early
Mining companies can reduce safety and operational risks by making information from incidents, inspections and near misses visible across their operations instead of leaving it scattered among individual sites, IsoMetrix…
AI boom fails to lift gold demand, WGC says
The artificial-intelligence (AI) surge has yet to raise overall technology-sector demand for gold, as attempts by manufacturers to reduce their use of the metal – still at high prices –…
BHP’s Escondida restart eases tight copper supply woes
The mine halt, low Chinese inventories and an approaching holiday pause had left the copper market with little room for supply disruptions.
Lundin Gold hits record 1035 g in Ecuador
New drilling by Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG; US-OTC: LUGDF) at its Fruta del Norte property in Ecuador improves the odds that the mine’s operating life can be lengthened. Hole BLP-2026-483-D2…
SuperCritical tests seawater uranium system
SuperCritical Materials has partnered with the University of Michigan to test whether technology for extracting uranium from seawater can withstand the mechanical demands of industrial-scale marine deployment. The research will…
BHP wins top BC reclamation award for Island Copper
BHP (ASX, LSE, NYSE: BHP) won British Columbia’s top mine reclamation award for work continuing more than three decades after its Island Copper mine closed on northern Vancouver Island. The…
Rainbow taps Neo to advance South African rare earths
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE: RBW) has selected Neo Performance Materials (TSX: NEO) to help design the final separation circuit at its Phalaborwa rare earths project in South Africa, clearing the…
TD sees rhodium surplus ending four-year squeeze
Rhodium prices are poised to fall as weakening autocatalyst demand pushes the market into surplus next year, though exceptionally thin inventories leave the rare metal vulnerable to sharp supply-driven rallies,…
Worker death keeps world’s largest copper mine shut
BHP (ASX, NYSE: BHP) kept the globe’s biggest copper mine shut Thursday after an employee was killed during maintenance work at its Escondida operation in northern Chile and regulators investigated…
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Global Mining Symposium
London Symposium: Ontario’s focus on fast-track, refining wins industry praise
Ontario’s push to OK major projects in less than two years and keep more mineral processing at home stunned industry heavyweights at The Northern Miner’s International Metals Symposium in London. “We’re moving with speed,” provincial Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce…
London Symposium video: Rick Rule on gold
The surging gold price over the past two years marks a catch-up based on a bull market going back to 2000 that few recognized then, veteran investor Rick Rule says…
London Symposium video: Gold has room to run
The sustained gold price could attract a new wave of retail investors including cryptocurrency backers and technology stock holders, gold company executives say in a new video. Bullion touched a…