Petra Diamonds mulls sale of loss-making Koffiefontein mine
South Africa’s Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) is exploring options to offload its loss-making Koffiefontein diamond mine in the home country, which is scheduled to reach the end of its life…
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Apple, Tesla, Intel could be using conflict minerals due to faulty scheme
Several of the world’s largest companies including Apple, Tesla and Intel may be using conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in their products as they rely on…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 288: A brief history of aluminum and Alcoa conference call highlights, ft CEO Roy Harvey and CFO Bill Oplinger
In this week’s episode we take a closer look at Alcoa’s earnings call and the subsequent stock price reaction downward. The call features Alcoa president and CEO Roy Harvey and…
Fission Uranium updates PLS progress, arranges $50M ATM program
Fission Uranium (TSX: FCU; OTC: FCUUF) has provided an update on the feasibility study slated to be completed later this year for its 100%-owned Patterson Lake South (PLS) project in…
Teck strikes deal to earn into Chile copper project
Australia’s Golden Rim Resources (ASX: GMR) has executed an option and joint venture agreement with Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, to develop the Loreto copper…
As cyber threats rise, how vulnerable are mining companies?
Rising geopolitical risks ever since Russia launched its attack on Ukraine, combined with a massive digital transformation in the mining sector in recent years to boost efficiency, has vastly increased…
Rosatom, Nornickel to develop lithium project in Russia
Russia’s state-owned nuclear power supplier Rosatom and Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of refined nickel, are fine-tuning details of a plan to develop a lithium deposit in the country’s northwest,…
Palladium One reports near 250% increase in indicated resource at LK in Finland
Palladium One Mining (TSXV: PDM; OTC: NKORF) has released a resource update on its 100% owned Läntinen Koillismaa (LK) PGE-copper-nickel project in north-central Finland that increases tonnage in the indicated…
Kinross sells Chirano gold mine in Ghana to Asante in $225M deal
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is selling its 90% interest in the Chirano mine in Ghana to fellow Canadian Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) in a cash and shares deal…
Vital Metals blazing path to commercial production with Canada’s first rare earth mine
It’s a year of many firsts for Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTC: VTMXF) and its rare earth elements operation in the Northwest Territories. Following the establishment in 2021 of…
As demand for critical minerals rises, Canada’s North hopes to be a clean player
This week, Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, travelled nearly 5,000 km away from his base in Ontario to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, not to make a new announcement,…
Codelco to create mining carbon footprint calculator
Chile’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, is developing a free-to-use platform for suppliers to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), a service the company said is not currently available in…