China copper smelters hit record, space satellites show
Activity at copper smelters in China rose to an all-time high in March as buyers of the red metal increased purchases following a price slump, according to Earth-1, which monitors…
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Shut Nova Scotia mine may hold $118M in gold
St Barbara (ASX: SBM) has secured Nova Scotia’s approval to process about three million tonnes of ore remaining at the closed Touquoy gold mine. The recovery may earn the company…
Omai soars on gold resource update in Guyana
Omai Gold Mines (TSXV: OMG; US-OTC: OMGGF) has lifted its contained gold by about 22% at its eponymous project in Guyana while upgrading about half the resource into stronger categories….
Angola flooding closes African copper export route
Flooding in Angola has halted rail traffic along the Lobito Corridor, disrupting a key export route for copper and cobalt from Central Africa and raising the prospect of supply bottlenecks…
M&A: Denarius targets Emerita in Spain’s zinc-copper belt
Denarius Metals (CBOE: DMET; US-OTC: DNRSF) offered to buy Emerita Resources (TSXV: EMO; US-OTC: EMOTF) in an all-share deal that would consolidate assets in Spain’s Iberian Pyrite Belt while adding…
Gold price wins in Iran war, but not copper
The U.S.-Iran war may shave as much as 0.7% off the global economy and push gold prices higher as investors focus on a swelling U.S. deficit and a weaker dollar,…
Orla’s double-digit gold assays extend Musselwhite
Orla Mining (TSX: OLA; NYSE: ORLA) says new drilling at its Musselwhite mine in Ontario shows more high-grade gold zones over 2 km beyond workings, boosting the case for longer…
BC to suspend parts of Indigenous rights law
British Columbia Premier David Eby is proposing a temporary suspension of parts of landmark Indigenous rights law after a court ruling found B.C.’s mineral claims system conflicts with it. The…
Editorial: Where discoveries begin
The team probing the “oddball” geology of a site 200 km from Las Vegas – which evokes the gambling nature of mining itself – first met at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention. …
South America’s rightward shift lifts mining
Colombia’s May 31 presidential election will test whether Latin America’s shift towards more market-friendly governments can deliver a more reliable environment for mining investment, with polls showing a left-leaning candidate in the lead. The…
Cerrado battles Portugal over stalled copper-zinc project
Cerrado Gold (TSXV: CERT; US-OTC: CRDOF) reported higher annual earnings on Thursday, though attention is shifting towards a legal dispute in Portugal that could determine the future of its Lagoa…
Iran war threatens aluminium supply as outages deepen, prices surge
The Middle East conflict could remove up to 3–3.5 million tonnes of aluminium output, about 5% of global supply, and put nearly another 7 million tonnes at risk, tightening a…