The world’s top 5 richest diamond mines
The diamond industry was one of the winners as the world economy rebounded from the effects of the pandemic. Consumer demand for diamond jewelry grew last year, while supply remained…
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First Quantum and Panama restart Cobre Panama talks with early Jan. deadline
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) says production is continuing normally at its giant copper mine in Panama after the head of the Canadian miner flew down to restart talks with the…
Anglo American plans one of Brazil’s biggest water reuse projects
Anglo American (LON: AAL) wants to reuse water in a pipeline hundreds of kilometres long used to transport iron ore from its Minas Rio operation in Brazil in what could…
TNM Drill Down: Red 5 leads week’s top assays with Darlot project in Australia
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 323: ‘Best diamond market in the better part of a decade’, ft Lucara CEO Eira Thomas at the Canadian Mining Symposium
This week’s episode features Lucara Diamond president and CEO Eira Thomas in conversation with Northern Miner podcast host Adrian Pocobelli at the Canadian Mining Symposium in London, England. Eira discussed…
Video: Majuba Hill’s porphyry drilling gets interesting at depth
While Majuba Hill Copper (CSE: JUBA; US-OTC: JUBAF) expects to release in the next three months an initial resource for its namesake property in Nevada, it anticipates releasing assays from…
Inflation hits miners: ‘It has never been more expensive to build or operate a mine in the US’
It has never been more expensive to operate or build a mine, according to new research from CostMine, although not all costs are rising equally. In late November, Michael Sinden,…
Alamos Gold sells non-core royalties for $5M to Metalla
Alamos Gold (TSX: AGI; NYSE: AGI) is selling four non-core royalties to Metalla Royalty & Streaming (TSXV: MTA; NYSE American: MTA) for US$5 million in Metalla shares. The deal includes a silver stream on the Esperanza project in Morelos, Mexico and…
Triple Flag acquires royalty on Clean Air’s Thunder Bay North
A little over a month after Triple Flag Precious Metals (TSX: TFPM; NYSE: TFPM) announced it was buying Maverix Metals (TSX: MMX) in a deal valued at $606 million, the…
Electra Battery Materials launches battery materials recycling demonstration plant in Ontario
Electra Battery Materials (TSXV: ELBM; NASDAQ: ELBM) announced the launch of a demonstration plant designed to recover and recycle high-value elements found in lithium-ion batteries, including nickel, cobalt, lithium, copper…
Chinese trucker aims to have 700 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles by end of 2023
Expanding the use of clean hydrogen in the transportation sector is a challenge China’s MingZhu Logistics Holdings (NASDAQ-CM: YGMZ) and its partners are tackling head on. MingZhu, which has a…
Vital Metals pivots to Nechalacho permitting as plant capex double
Australia-based Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTCQB: VTMXF) says it is pivoting from completing the rare earths separation plant in Saskatoon to better align with its Norwegian offtake partner while the…