Barrick to invest US$2B in Zambia copper mine expansion
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) will invest almost $2 billion in an expansion of its Lumwana copper mine in Zambia, the company said on Wednesday. The project will increase…
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Vale taps BluestOne to repurpose nickel refinery waste in Brazil
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has inked a commercial off-take and non-binding deal with BluestOne, a Brazilian company that transforms waste to products for agriculture, to extract materials from its Onça Puma…
Adventus, Salazar delay construction of Ecuador project
Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) and Salazar Resources (TSXV: SRL) have delayed the start of construction at their US$250-million Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold project in Ecuador from October to the second quarter…
CleanTech Lithium kicks off exploration at two new Chilean assets
Chile-focused CleanTech Lithium (AIM: CTL) said on Friday it had received initial results from two of its exploration projects that show a subsurface brine aquifer target in the Salar de…
Embattled Scotgold Resources places staff on unpaid leave
The owner of Scotland’s only gold mine is in talks with an administration specialist should it fail to secure funds to continue operating.
Canada, France boost critical minerals cooperation
The governments of Canada and France have agreed to work on deepening their bilateral cooperation on critical minerals, the group of key metals and minerals necessary for the world to…
Codelco in talks with Australia’s Lithium Power on potential deal
Australia’s Lithium Power International (ASX: LPI) confirmed Thursday it was in talks with Chilean state-owned copper miner Codelco about a potential deal to jointly mine for the battery metal in…
Lucara Diamond ends HB Trading sale agreement
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has terminated its sales agreement with HB Trading covering high-value diamonds from the Karowe mine in Botswana, following a “material breach of financial commitments” by HB. The two parties inked…
Ford halts work on US$3.5B EV battery plant with CATL
Ford has pressed the pause button on its US$3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan, only seven months after launching the project with China’s CATL. The decision comes as the U.S’s…
Climate targets threatened by lack of mining investment: McKinsey
Soaring demand for metals and minerals needed to achieve a 45% reduction in global emissions by 2030, paired with low commodity prices driving investors and mining firms to cut spending…
Brazil’s Mura people back Amazon potash mine
Canada’s Brazil Potash has scored a key win in its effort to build its $2.5 billion Autazes project in the state of Amazonas as the local Indigenous Mura people have…
Cornish Lithium raises $8.3M to support UK project
British start-up Cornish Lithium has raised £5.1 million (about $8.3 million) through a crowdfunding campaign, one of the largest of its kind any company has undertaken in the U.K. this…