Glencore urges Aus support to save Mount Isa smelter
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has declared its Mount Isa copper smelter unviable and is awaiting a response from Australia’s federal and Queensland’s governments regarding requests for…
Regulatory Issues
Video: First Cariboo gold ‘between third base and home plate’, Osisko’s Roosen says
Osisko Development’s (TSXV, NYSE: ODV) $650 million (C$893 million) Cariboo gold project in British Columbia will soon begin pre-construction activities, co-founder and CEO Sean Roosen…
Delays hit Gemfields ruby plant in Mozambique
Gemfields (LSE: GEM; JSE: GML) said on Friday that the commissioning of a second processing plant at its Montepuez ruby mine in Mozambique has been…
Teck lands permit to extend copper mine life in BC
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK) has secured an environmental assessment certificate to extend the life of its Highland Valley Copper (HVC) mine in…
Ecuador reopens mining registry after seven-year freeze
Ecuador has reopened its mining concessions registry for the first time since January 2018, aiming to attract investment, streamline licensing and crack down on illegal…
Vale gets initial license for Bacaba copper project
Vale (NYSE: VALE) says authorities have granted a preliminary environmental licence for its Bacaba copper project in Brazil. The miner expects to invest about $290…
Sea floor developer TMC lands $85M from Korea Zinc
Canada’s The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) said on Monday that South Korean refiner Korea Zinc will invest $85.2 million (C$116 million) in the company, a…
China takes strides in rubidium extraction
China has achieved a technological breakthrough in the production of rubidium, the South China Morning Post has reported, as Beijing looks to expand its dominance…
Dundee Precious Metals to buy Adriatic in $1.25B deal
Canada’s Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) is acquiring UK-based Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1) in a cash-and-stock deal worth $1.25 billion (C$1.7 billion), marking the latest…
Opinion: Why Canada must step up in mining
My family and I came to Canada from Romania when I was in Grade 9 – newcomers with suitcases in hand, no real plan, and…
Rio’s $2B mine keeps Aus iron ore relevant: CEO
Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) this month opened its new Western Range iron ore mine, the first part of the company’s $13.3-billion (C$18.1-billion) investment…
No takers for Nova Scotia uranium blocks post-ban
Nova Scotia, having recently lifted its decades-long ban on uranium exploration, says it has not received any bids for the request for proposals (RFPs) covering…