Chile struggles to maintain copper production as coronavirus spreads
Workers at Chile’s giant copper mines are caught between the urge to protect themselves and pressure to keep the country’s economy moving. Since declaring a…
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Porgera mine dispute escalates for Barrick, Zijin
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) has served a dispute notice to the Papua New Guinea (PNG) government over the country’s refusal to renew a…
Technology Metals Snapshot: Eight juniors developing next generation metals
While mining is best known for supplying the world with precious and base metals, technology metals – such as lithium, cobalt and transition metals –…
Endeavour Silver output drops on coronavirus closures
Endeavour Silver (TSX: EDR; NYSE: EXK) took a significant hit to production in the three months to the end of June, as operations were halted…
US government to assess Twin Metals mine proposal
Antofagasta’s (LSE: ANTO) Twin Metals Minnesota has received formal notice that its planned copper-nickel-cobalt-platinum metals mine will be assessed through a federal environmental review. The…
Barrick, Japan Gold step up exploration
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and Japan Gold (TSX-V: JG) have kicked off geophysical-gravity surveys in the Asian country’s Hokusatsu Region, as part of…
MINING.COM’s top 50 mining companies
MINING.COM’s ranking of the world’s 50 largest mining companies based on market value shows an industry clawing back most of the Covid-19 related losses by…
79North taps into Suriname’s Guiana Shield
Exploration geologist Jon North was attending Mille Miglia – the annual re-enactment of the classic car race from Brescia in the foothills of the Italian…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 194: CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian on the coronavirus, computer modelling and electric vehicles, part 1
This week’s episode features the first of a two-part interview with CPM Group managing partner Jeffrey M. Christian at the Canadian Mining Symposium, held on…
Coronavirus hits Peru’s mining sector
Mining companies operating in Peru are being forced to keep operations suspended and halt new ones as confirmed coronavirus cases in the country jumped past…
KoBold Metals employs big data, geoscientists in pursuit of battery metals
KoBold Metals is investing in battery metal projects using big data and scientific computing with capital from billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos. The…
Kincora Copper hits mineralization at Trundle in Australia
Kincora Copper (TSXV: KCC) has reported assay results from the first drill hole at its Trundle copper-gold project in Australia. Drill hole TRDD001 intersected several intervals of gold…