Pan American locks $2.1B takeover of MAG Silver
Pan American Silver (TSX, NYSE: PAAS) has secured final regulatory approval to complete its $2.1-billion (C$2.9-billion) acquisition of MAG Silver (TSX, NYSE: MAG), cementing control…
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Peabody nixes $3.8B Anglo coal deal
Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) efforts to streamline its business have hit a major roadblock after Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU) scrapped a $3.8-billion (C$5.27-billion) deal to…
China’s rare earth exports jump
China’s exports of rare earth products surged in July to levels not seen since January, underscoring Beijing’s easing of export restrictions and tensions with the…
Dubai firm offers $10M lifeline to Lucapa Diamond
Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM), which holds the Lulo alluvial mine in Angola and the Merlin project in Australia, has struck a rescue deal with a…
Gold Fields’ $2.4B Gold Road takeover vote nears
South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE, JSE: GFI) is closing in on its A$3.7 billion ($2.4 billion) takeover of Australia’s Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR), with…
US commits $1B to critical minerals technology
The United States Department of Energy says it will unlock just under US$1 billion (C$1.38 billion) to fund mining, processing and manufacturing technologies used to…
Jaguar receives federal permit for Brazil mine restart
Jaguar Mining (TSX: JAG) has received federal authorization to begin preparatory work for the restart of its Turmalina underground gold mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil,…
ASX seeks answers after Greatland cuts gold output
Greatland Resources (ASX: GGP) is facing questions from the Australian Securities Exchange over why it slashed production and cost targets just weeks after its debut…
Podcast: The geopolitical race to mine the deep-sea floor, ft Ilya Epikhin
This week’s episode features Ilya Epikhin, Senior Principal at consultants Arthur D. Little and Global Lead for Metals and Mining, in conversation with host Adrian…
Guinea squeezes Emirati-owned bauxite miner
Guinea, the world’s top exporter of bauxite, has revoked the mining title of Emirates Global Aluminium’s GAC subsidiary and awarded it instead to a new…
Glencore says DRC cobalt stockpile has ‘no impact’
Glencore (LSE: GLEN), the world’s second-largest cobalt producer, says its growing stockpile of unsold cobalt won’t materially affect the company as it contends with export…
Century Lithium joins US fast track
Century Lithium’s (TSXV: LCE; US-OTC: CYDVF) estimated $3.1-billion (C$4.26 billion) Angel Island project in Nevada has been given transparency status by the U.S. Federal Permitting…