BHP to expand nickel operations to meet soaring demand
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) will make a final investment decision on a major expansion of the processing plant at its Mt. Keith nickel mine in Western Australia…
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The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 250: Rio Tinto issues $9.1B dividend on booming metal prices
This week’s episode features Rio Tinto’s second-quarter conference call with chief executive officer Jakob Stausholm and chief financial officer Peter Cunningham. The executives discuss the company’s extraordinarily profitable first half…
Copper price: China’s scrap rebalancing act could de-rail recovery – report
Surging Chinese scrap copper imports that have doubled in the first half of 2021 are displacing to some extent refined cathode, concentrate, anode and blister imports, with analysis by Roskill…
Lomiko Metals releases PEA for La Loutre in Quebec
Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR; US-OTC; LMRMF) has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its 100%-owned La Loutre graphite project in southeastern Quebec, about 120 km northwest of Montreal. The PEA…
Thor Explorations pours first gold at Segilola in Nigeria
The first gold has been poured at Thor Exploration’s (TSXV: THX; AIM: THX) 100%-owned Segilola open-pit mine in Nigeria and the company forecasts the mine will produce about 40,000 oz….
Sibanye-Stillwater to acquire Eramet’s Sandouville nickel processing facility in France
In its second acquisition in the battery metals space in six months, Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW), one of the world’s largest primary producers of platinum, palladium and rhodium and its third-largest…
Lucara digs up 393 carat diamond at Karowe
Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has recovered a 393 carat diamond from its company’s Karowe mine in Botswana, the seventh stone greater than 300 carats dug up at the operation so far this year. …
SSR Mining sells non-core royalty portfolio to EMX Royalty
SSR Mining (TSX: SSRM; NASDAQ: SSRM; ASX: SSR) is selling its non-core royalty portfolio to EMX Royalty (TSXV: EMX; NYSE-AM: EMX) for a total of US$100 million. The sum consists…
Construction begins for Nouveau Monde’s Matawinie mine
Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSXV: NOU; US-OTC: NMGRF) has begun civil construction works for its Matawinie graphite mine in Saint-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec, 120 km north of Montreal. Commercial production is scheduled to…
Anglo American half-year profit best in its 104-year history
The diversified miner reported pre-tax profits of $10.1 billion for the six months to June, more than double what it made in 2020 as a whole.
Cameco pares Q2 loss as uranium contract business grows
Canada’s largest uranium producer Cameco (TSX: CCO) says it has managed to narrow its June-quarter headline loss despite a 32% drop in overall revenue. The quarter also saw its long-term…
First Mining, First Nation strike accord for Cameron gold project
First Mining Gold (TSX: FF; OTC: FFMGF) has entered into an exploration agreement with Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation (AWZ 37) covering the Cameron gold project, 80 km southeast of Kenora,…