US recycles over billion dollars in gold from electronics
The United States led all nations in terms of gold recycled from discarded electronics, according a new study by London-based metals trader The Gold Bullion Company. Using waste data from…
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Space rock miner lands first US permit
AstroForge, a Los Angeles-based startup with plans to mine asteroids, received on Monday the United States Federal Communications Commission’s first-ever commercial license to operate in deep space. The move sets…
Atlas Lithium soars on Neves permit in Brazil
Once operational, annual lithium production at Neves is projected to reach 300,000 tonnes.
Gold Fields completes Osisko buy for ownership of Windfall
South Africa’s Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI; JSE: GFI) said on Monday it had completed the $2.2-billion acquisition of Osisko Mining, which makes it the sole owner of the Windfall project…
Li-FT secures mystery lithium investor
Li-FT Power (TSXV: LIFT; US-OTC: LIFFF), which claims to have Canada’s third-largest maiden hard rock lithium resource, said this week that an unnamed investor is buying 9.99% of the company…
Adriatic Metals gets green light for new dry-stack tailings facility
Europe-focused Adriatic Metals (ASX: ADT; LSE: ADT1) has received government approval to begin building a mining waste storage facility for its Vares silver mine at the Veovaca site in Bosnia…
Arkansas lithium projects heat up with royalty battle, huge underground resource
As Arkansas contends with booming lithium discoveries and investments by ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) and Standard Lithium (TSXV: SLI) among others, the state faces a battle over the amount of…
Liability trial for BHP in Samarco dam collapse begins in London
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) faces a potential US$47-billion payout in damages over the 2015 Mariana Dam disaster in Brazil, believed to be the country’s most catastrophic environmental…
Left and right ‘unite’ against Rio lithium project in Serbia
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) faces a crucial test this month in Serbia as leaders of a small town vote on whether to allow Europe’s largest lithium project,…
How resource ‘classification debt’ chips away at miners’ growth and investor trust
Over the past decade, resource misclassification has saddled the mining industry with a costly problem. It’s one Guy Desharnais, Osisko Gold Royalties’ (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR) vice-president for project evaluation,…
Uranium Energy shares rise on US approval for Wyoming plant boost
The company received approval to raise the licensed production capacity at its Irigaray plant to 4 million lbs of U3O8 per year.
Critical Metals gets licence extension for Greenland rare earths deposit
Europe-focused Critical Metals Corp. (NASDAQ: CRML) said on Tuesday the Greenland government has extended the exploitation licence of its majority-owned Tanbreez project in Greenland, the world’s largest rare earth deposit….