South32 boosts Brazil green aluminum supply with bauxite mine buy
Australia’s South32 (LSE: S32; ASX: S32) is on track to double its green aluminum production in Brazil by early 2023 with the acquisition of an 18.2% stake in the Mineração…
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Historic Tanco mine in Manitoba producing lithium again – but this time under China’s Sinomine
More than a decade after shutting down lithium production, the Tanco mine in Manitoba started producing lithium spodumene concentrate in December, the mine’s facility general manager Joey Champagne told The…
Antofagasta opens remote operations centre at Centinela mine
Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has opened a $66-million integrated remote operations centre (IROC) for its Centinela copper mine in the country’s north. The centre is expected to improve safety,…
Eldorado Gold to resume Skouries construction in H2
Canada’s Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) is aiming to resume construction at its Skouries gold-copper mine in northern Greece in the second half of the year, as it continues…
Escondida holds top spot on list of the world’s biggest copper mines
Copper is a metal essential to construction, manufacturing industrial machinery and to the green energy transition — and demand is increasing worldwide. The copper price broke an all-time record intraday…
Ontario seeks more time to deliver official apology to miners impacted by McIntyre Powder
A motion for an official apology from the Ontario Legislative Assembly to former Ontario miners who were forced to inhale an aluminum and aluminum oxide powder linked to the development…
Arizona Sonoran to deploy Rio Tinto’s Nuton, conducts non-brokered private placement
Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU; US-OTC: ASCUF) has entered into a partnership with Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) focused on the latter’s Nuton venture and a non-brokered…
U.S. regulator sues Vale for ‘false and misleading’ claims ahead of dam tragedy in 2019
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Vale S.A. (NYSE: VALE) with making “false and misleading claims” about the safety of its dams ahead of the January 2019…
Champion Iron Q4 production drops 7% due to lower head grade, throughput
Champion Iron (TSX: CIA; OTC: CIAFF) has provided operational results for its fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended Mar. 31. The company owns and operates the Bloom Lake mining…
Glencore hails trading unit outlook, cuts copper guidance
Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) touted on Thursday prospects for its trading unit, saying it faces another strong year as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to drive up…
Defense Metals reports best intercepts drilled to date at Wicheeda REE property in BC
Defense Metals (TSXV: DEFN; OTC: DFMTF) has received results for the final five holes totalling 1,079 metres from the 29-hole (5,349 metres) diamond drill program completed during fall 2021 at…
Fosterville hits ‘strong’ gold grades from its first drill program at Providence in Australia
Drill results from Fosterville South Exploration’s (TSXV: FSX; US-OTC: FSXLF) initial 10-hole drill program at the Thompson Reef and the Prince of Wales Reef within the Reedy Creek target of…