Consolidation in Western Australian gold sector to continue amid record prices
KALGOORLIE, WA — Record gold prices have set off a flurry of mergers and acquisitions over the past year in the Western Australian gold sector,…
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Escondida workers reject BHP offer that includes US$28,900 per-worker bonus
Workers at BHP‘s (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) Escondida copper mine in Chile downed tools on Tuesday after wage negotiations ended up without and…
Site visit: Australia’s Bellevue set to join elite gold group
Bellevue Gold’s (ASX: BGL) namesake mine in Western Australia’s Goldfields region has been in production for less than a year, but the company is already…
Navoi earmarks US$23M to expand Muruntau gold mine
Uzbekistan’s Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Co. is investing US$23 million to expand its flagship Muruntau gold mine in the country. Navoi is currently ranked as…
Ivanhoe Electric completes mineral rights buy at Santa Cruz copper project
Ivanhoe Electric (TSX: IE; NYSE-AM: IE) now has full ownership of the mineral rights at its Santa Cruz copper project in Arizona after making a…
Chile-focused CleanTech Lithium heads for Australian listing
Chile-focused explorer and developer CleanTech Lithium (AIM: CTL) said on Tuesday its plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) next month, targeting to…
Video: Aclara aims to build mine-to-magnet rare earths supply chain in the Americas
Aclara Resources’ (TSX: ARA) Carina Module rare earths project in Brazil could become an important source of dysprosium, a key rare earth element needed for…
Gold Fields to buy Osisko in US$1.6B cash deal
South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI; JSE: GFI) is buying Canada’s Osisko Mining (TSX: OSK) in a deal valued at $2.1 billion (US$1.6 billion) as…
Australia’s fledgling batteries downstream sector grapples with too-high costs
Australia’s efforts to establish a downstream lithium sector to match its status as the world’s top lithium miner were dealt another blow in late July,…
Western Copper rolls back Casino permitting plans to 2025
Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE: WRN) is planning to delay the submission of a key environmental permitting document for its Casino project in…
I-80 Gold shares jump on high-grade results at Cove
The McCoy-Cove project hosts one of the highest-grade gold-silver deposits in Nevada.
Video: Surge Battery Metals closes in on PEA for Nevada lithium project
Surge Battery Metals (TSXV: NILI, OTC: NILIF) remains optimistic about the economic viability of its Nevada North lithium project, even as lithium prices sag, chairman…