Gold miner Navoi issues $500M Eurobond
Navoi Mining & Metallurgical Co., the world’s fourth-largest gold miner, has placed a new $500 million corporate bond in London following a $1-billion issue in…
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Rio’s $1.7B upgrades century-old Quebec hydro dam
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) is investing $1.7 billion (US$1.22 billion) to modernize its Isle-Maligne hydroelectric power plant in Quebec, first commissioned in 1926, to make…
Ex-LBMA exec adopts blockchain to trace gold
Sakhila Mirza must turn a decade of rule-making experience at the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) into real-world systems as incoming president of New York-based…
Kazakhstan to build on $1B in investments
Kazakhstan, the world’s largest uranium producer, wants to diversify its mining sector and build on $1 billion (C$1.4 billion) in private investment over the past…
Agnico lifts Foran stake but copper project costs jump
Canada’s Agnico Eagle (TSX, NYSE: AEM) is increasing its stake in Foran Mining (TSX: FOM) which is coping with increased capital costs for its McIlvenna…
Saudis enter rare earths with MP Materials deal
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia’s state miner Ma’aden to develop a rare earths supply chain in the kingdom, covering…
US signs tin deal with Rwanda
The United States has established a new supply of tin, which it hasn’t mined in more than three decades, after Rwanda’s Trinity Metals agreed to…
Aya Gold & Silver gains on record quarter
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX: AYA; OTCQX: AYASF) shares soared on Tuesday after the Canadian miner posted a record-breaking quarter, as well as new funding…
Rio Tinto bets big on Lithium Triangle’s brine riches
Rio Tinto (ASX, LSE: RIO) is doubling down on lithium, with CEO Jakob Stausholm declaring that South America’s Lithium Triangle is the ideal region to…
Minerals 260 eyes 2028 gold output at Bullabulling
Minerals 260 (ASX: MI6) is starting its own studies at the newly acquired Bullabulling project in Western Australia’s Goldfields, targeting a final investment decision next…
London’s biggest mining IPO since 2018 concerns cobalt
Metal investment company Cobalt Holdings is targeting June for an initial public offering (IPO) in what would potentially be the mining industry’s largest stock debut…
Sibanye’s Finland lithium project cost rises 17%
South African miner Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) has raised the projected cost of its Keliber lithium project in Finland by 17% to €783 million…