Fire shuts part of Teck’s BC zinc plant
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) has shut down part of the electrolytic zinc plant at its Trail Operations in British Columbia following what it calls a “localized fire”…
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Rio Tinto offers early termination to Diavik diamond workers in Northwest Territories: report
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is offering early termination for employees at its Diavik diamond mine, Canada’s largest gem producer, as part of cost savings ahead of…
Summit Minerals buys parcel to grow Brazil niobium project
Summit Minerals (ASX: SUM) has expanded its Equador niobium and tantalum project in northeast Brazil with the acquisition of a small tenement beside the project from RTB Geologia and Mineracao,…
Gem Diamonds’ Letšeng mine yields 212.9-carat stone
Africa-focused miner Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) has found yet another big precious stone at its prolific Letšeng mine in Lesotho, the third greater than 100-carat diamond mined in September. The…
Urbix gets US$125M government grant for Alabama graphite plant
Urbix, a company testing battery material production in the southern United States, has landed a US$125 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to build a new graphite processing…
West Red Lake Gold begins test mining at past-producing Madsen
The program will run for four months to support restarting production next year.
Asante Gold grows Bibiani output with third satellite pit
Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) has begun mining from the Russel starter pit at its Bibiani gold mine in Ghana, after receiving all necessary permits earlier this week. The company is…
AMG Critical Materials opens Europe’s first lithium hydroxide refinery
AMG Critical Materials has opened Europe’s first lithium hydroxide refinery in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The refinery, where commissioning of the first of five modules planned for its site has begun, is…
Fed cuts rate by 0.5%, gold rises
The United States Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5% on Wednesday as the majority of analysts expected. Gold…
Wheaton Precious Metals unveils US$1M tech challenge
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSE: WPM) and Foresight Canada are launching the Future of Mining challenge, offering a US$1-million prize for groundbreaking technology. The competition, which is open to cleantech companies from…
Gem Diamonds unearths 126.2-carat stone from Letšeng mine in southern Africa
Africa-focused miner Gem Diamonds (LSE: GEMD) has unearthed yet another large white diamond at its prolific Letšeng mine in Lesotho. The 126.21 carat type II white diamond is the 12th greater…
First Quantum to begin US$3.5B Taca Taca copper project build in Argentina next year: report
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) plans to start of construction of its US$3.5-billion Taca Taca copper project in Salta province next year, according to Rumbo Minero International. According to the…