BHP takes $2.3B hit on Jansen potash mine as cost forecast swells again
BHP Group (ASX, NYSE, LSE: BHP) plans to record a $2.3-billion (C$3.25-billion) impairment charge on its giant Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan due to cost…
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Energy Fuels lands $725M Pentagon loan for rare earths
Energy Fuels (NYSE: UUUU; TSX: EFR) shares jumped on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Defense announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $725…
Falco lifts Quebec gold-zinc project value to $3.3B
An updated feasibility study for Falco Resources’ (TSXV: FPC) Horne 5 polymetallic project in western Quebec more than triples the project’s value while the province…
Endeavour Silver hints at mine-life extension in Mexico
New drilling by Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) at its Terronera silver and gold operation in west-central Mexico produced high-grade results that highlight exploration…
Sponsored: New Found shifts from discovery to steady gold production
New Found Gold CEO Keith Boyle in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan during The Mining Investment Event of the North in…
Rio Tinto’s Oyu Tolgoi resumes exports after blockade
Copper concentrate shipments from Rio Tinto’s (ASX, NYSE, LSE: RIO) Oyu Tolgoi mine resumed on Thursday, a day after protesters blocked a key transport route…
Sponsored: Magma targets 100Moz silver at Niñobamba
Magma Silver Chair & CEO Stephen Barley in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan during The Mining Investment Event of the North in…
Sponsored: Bullion Gold Discoveries readies for first TerraGold drilling
Bullion Gold Discoveries CEO Simon Britt in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan during The Mining Investment Event of the North in Quebec…
BHP to sell $1.5B Chile power lines in copper-first pivot
Mining giant BHP (ASX: BHP) is preparing to sell about $1.5 billion worth of power transmission assets in Chile as the world’s largest miner sharpens…
Kristi Noem joins B.C copper junior as advisor
Kristi Noem, the former U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security, is entering the mining space as an advisor to a British Columbia-based junior. NovaRed Mining (CSE:…
How an odd vision sparked South Africa’s latest zama zama illegal gold mining rush
A farm lying beside tailings from historical gold mines near Johannesburg has joined the legion of illegal mining sites in South Africa in an unusual…
Allseas ocean bottom mining contract violates UN law, Greenpeace-backed prof says
Plans by Swiss-Dutch offshore energy giant Allseas to operate deep-sea mining machinery for The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) have “directly violated” the UN’s Law of…