Teck sells closed Quintette coal mine for US$120 million
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A | TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, has reached a deal to sell its closed Quintette steelmaking coal mine to…
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Ioneer’s lithium-boron project in Nevada moves into final permitting stage
Australia-based ioneer (NASDAQ: IONR; ASX: INR) said on Monday its flagship Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada has advanced into the final stage of federal…
Trevali sells stake in Namibia’s Rosh Pinah mine to Appian
Trevali Mining will sell its 90% interest in the Rosh Pinah zinc-lead-silver mine, in Namibia, to Appian Natural Resources Fund III. The embattled miner has…
Newcrest CEO Biswas leaves Australia’s top gold miner
Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM) announced on Monday that its chief executive officer Sandeep Biswas is retiring from the role effective immediately, after eight years…
Rio Tinto secures direct ownership of Oyu Tolgoi
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LON: RIO; ASX: RIO) is now the majority owner of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia, as it has…
Panama orders suspension of First Quantum’s giant copper mine
Panama’s government has ordered First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to halt operations at its Cobre Panama copper mine after it failed to agree terms for…
Barrick Gold to go ahead with US$7B Reko Diq project
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) is going ahead with construction of its Reko Diq copper and gold project in Pakistan after the country’s top…
Fortescue ups stake in Candente Copper with $4M investment
Australian miner Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) is investing a further $4 million (US$2.9 million) in Candente Copper (TSX: DNT), which will increase its stake in the Canadian…
Albemarle to build US$180M lithium research centre in North Carolina
The world’s top lithium supplier Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) will invest at least US$180 million to build a new technology park in North Carolina, where it expects…
Rio Tinto hunts for lithium deals, eyes Jadar revival
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) said on Tuesday it is actively searching for lithium assets as its expects prices for the metal…
Gold Fields CEO Griffith leaves after failed Yamana takeover
Gold Fields’ (JSE, NYSE: GFI) chief executive officer Chris Griffith is stepping down on Dec. 31, only a month after the company’s failed attempt to…
SolGold shares dive despite raising US$36M with Jiangxi backing
Shares in Ecuador-focused SolGold (TSX: SOLG; LSE: SOLG) dropped on Monday more than 7% after revealing it had completed a US$36-million capital raise with the…