Australia at risk of losing its ‘shine,’ miners warn
BHP the latest to issue warning over Australia’s competitiveness
following Regis gold mine rejection.
Indigenous Affairs
Brazil Potash plans IPO to fund US$2.5B Autazes project
The company has filed a preliminary prospectus for the offering with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Australia’s ERA scores win in battle to keep uranium lease
Australia’s Federal Court has temporarily halted the government’s decision to not extend Rio Tinto-owned Energy Resources of Australia‘s (ASX: ERA) lease for a high-grade uranium deposit in the country’s Northern Territory….
No halt to mining despite First Nation’s concerns, Yukon government says
The Yukon government said it’s not prepared to stop mining activity on First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun (FNNND) traditional territory following the June 24 landslide at Victoria Gold’s (TSXV:…
Glencore scraps coal exit plan on investors’ pressure
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) followed shareholder opposition and scrapped on Wednesday plans to separate its coal division, which it had announced following its acquisition of assets last year from Teck Resources…
Brazil Indigenous groups face injunction for blocking railroad Vale uses
The miner has an injunction to release the Carajás Railroad, used to transport iron ore produced from the Northern System.
Ontario First Nation seeks mining claims ban for now, and more consultation
A northern Ontario First Nations community, which opposes development of the Ring of Fire area and has fought pulp and paper mercury poisoning for decades, is taking the province to…
Opinion: Want more investors? Act local
The mining industry must boost its support of local communities if it’s ever going to attract enough investors for the world to meet climate-change fighting goals, a new survey and…
One person injured in accident at Victoria Gold’s Eagle mine
One person sustained non-serious injuries in the accident at Victoria Gold‘s (TSXV: GCX) Eagle mine in Yukon, which caused a landslide and potential cyanide leak, the second landslide this year,…
Video: Agnico’s Hope Bay project plants another flag in Canada’s Arctic, Boyd says
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) is advancing the former Hope Bay gold mine project in Nunavut as a nation-building measure in Canada’s far north by using the company’s 67 years…
Editorial: Mining’s EV halo dims
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. Mining’s association with planet-saving electric vehicles (EVs) was supposed to make mining, if not cool, at least more acceptable. Maybe even virtuous. But…
Codelco and SQM agree on final lithium deal
Chile’s state-run copper miner Codelco and the world’s second-largest lithium producer SQM (NYSE: SQM) inked a definitive agreement on Friday to jointly exploit the country’s vast deposits in the Salar…