Foran Mining boosts McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc resource
Foran Mining (TSXV: FOM) has updated the indicated resource at its 100%-owned McIlvenna Bay copper-zinc project in east-central Saskatchewan, reporting a 70% increase in indicated…
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Chile to open up 400,000 tonnes of lithium reserves for exploration
Chile will open a tender for the exploration and production of 400,000 tonnes of lithium in an effort to reclaim market share and meet growing demand for the metal used in electric vehicles and…
Green Energy Metals Snapshot: Eight companies with large ambitions
Canada is rich with resources needed to fuel the electrification of modern society, and Canadian companies are rich with ideas for finding lithium, nickel, copper,…
World Copper pursues low-cost oxide strategy
World Copper (TSXV: WCU; US-OTC: WCUFF) is making headway on developing compelling low-cost, oxide-resource-based copper projects in Chile and the United States, CEO Nolan Peterson…
Tesla inks multi-year nickel supply deal with Prony
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) has inked a multi-year nickel supply deal with New Caledonia’s Prony Resources, which guarantees the U.S. carmaker about 42,000 tonnes of the…
Silver Hammer aims at large-scale resource growth and near-term production
Shortly after mobilizing the first drill rig to its Silver Strand brownfields asset in Idaho, U.S., newly renamed Silver Hammer Mining (CSE: HAMR) is aiming…
Ivanhoe keeps DRC copper mine expansion ahead of schedule
Kamoa-Kakula Phase 2’s concentrator plant is now expected to begin full operations in Q2 2022.
Newcrest PFS for Red Chris block cave mine confirms potential, pegs cost at $2.6B
Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM), operator of the Red Chris gold-copper mine, says a just-completed prefeasibility study for underground block caving at the operation…
Antofagasta to test use of hydrogen in mining equipment
Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has become the first mining company in Chile to set-up a pilot project to advance the use of hydrogen in large mining equipment, especially haulage trucks. The pilot, set up…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 260: Data for the mining industry and beyond, ft Mining Intelligence director Katja Freitag at the Global Mining Symposium
This week’s episode features Mining Intelligence managing director Katja Freitag in conversation with Northern Miner Group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the Global Mining Symposium. Katja…
BHP to expand into “tougher jurisdictions” in search of battery metals
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) CEO Mike Henry says the company is ready for a strategic shift out of its geographical, advanced-economies comfort…
US narrows gap with China in race to dominate battery supply chain, report says
The United States is narrowing the gap with China when it comes to the race to dominate the battery value chain, according to BloombergNEF’s second…