Infographic: Why most US copper is from the Southwest
Copper mining in the four southwestern states of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah produces almost all of the United States’ red metal output. In 2024,…
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Rio Tinto, partners score major tax break on Simandou
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) and its partners in Guinea’s Simandou iron ore project have reportedly secured corporate tax concessions worth more than half off…
Lithium price may ease again as China mine restarts
Chinese battery producer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is expected to resume production at its lithium mine in Yichun of Jiangxi province, in a move that…
Anglo, Teck strike $50B merger in decade’s top deal
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) is acquiring Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B, NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, in a $50-billion (C$69-billion) all-share deal that would…
Beaver Creek: Policy is the new geology, panel hears
Beaver Creek, Colo. – The single biggest driver of returns now isn’t what’s in the rock, it’s what’s on the books, a panel heard on…
Site visit: Gunnison taps Nuton tech as America’s newest copper producer
COCHISE COUNTY, ARIZ. — Gunnison Copper’s (TSX: GCU; US-OTC: GCUMF) namesake deposit and Johnson Camp Mine sit at two intersections, literal and metaphorical. Nestled among…
Freeport sinks after Grasberg workers trapped
Freeport-McMoRan (NYSE: FCX) shares sank Tuesday after the company suspended operations at its Grasberg Block Cave underground mine in Indonesia, where a surge of wet…
Perpetua advances potential $2B Stibnite loan
Perpetua Resources (TSX, NASDAQ: PPTA) says it received initial terms for a $2-billion U.S. government loan that would almost completely fund restarting the fast-tracked Stibnite…
Agnico sells out of Orla for $560M
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM), Canada’s largest gold miner by output and market value, has sold its 11% stake in Orla Mining (TSX: OLA;…
Beaver Creek: Gold, $50B copper deal bring reset
Beaver Creek, Colo. – Gold’s fresh record above $3,660 per oz. flashed along with the $50-billion (C$69-billion) Anglo American (LSE: AAL)–Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A TECK.B,…
Gold miners dominate this year’s TSX30
Mining companies accounted for over half of the entries on this year’s TSX30 — an annual list of the 30 top-performing names on Canada’s largest…
Energy Fuels soars on magnet production breakthrough
Shares of Energy Fuels (NYSE-A: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) soared on Tuesday after the company said its U.S. mined and processed rare earth products are qualified…