Copper Mountain, Gahcho Kué receive MAC’s 2022 TSM Excellence Awards
The Mining Association of Canada’s (MAC) Community of Interest Advisory Panel has selected the Gahcho Kué mine, owned as a joint venture between De Beers Group and…
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Ivanhoe eyes Phase 3 expansion at Kamoa-Kakula in the DRC
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has said that the Phase 3 expansion at its Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Deconstructing Ross Beaty: Exclusive interview at the Mining Legends Speaker Series
The Mining Legends Speaker Series kicked off with an inaugural in-person event in Vancouver featuring mining entrepreneur and Canadian Mining Hall of Fame inductee Ross…
ESG standards’ Indigenous blind spot could threaten critical metals push
The Global Reporting Initiative is an ESG standard used by the vast majority of the world’s largest public companies to disclose their environmental, social and…
Europe’s Green Deal requires massive amounts of battery metals – study
A recent study by KU Leuven University in Belgium shows that meeting the European Union’s Green Deal goal of climate neutrality by 2050 will require…
Australian court okays MMG’s Tasmania tailings dam study to proceed
In what has been labelled a ‘pro-mining judgment against the environment’ by a non-governmental organization, Chinese-owned base metals producer MMG Inc. has won the right…
Sandstorm Gold buys two royalty firms for US$1.1B
Canada’s Sandstorm Gold (TSX: SAND; NYSE: SAND) is growing in scale and size with the acquisitions of one royalty company and an extensive package from…
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…
Far North Snapshot: Eight companies venturing into the remote north for minerals
Although there are many examples of fabulously rich gold, diamond and base metals mines that have been developed in the Far North, the mineral potential…
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…
Osisko Metals reports inferred resource for Gaspé Copper in Quebec
Just one month after announcing a deal to acquire the Gaspé Copper project, near Murdochville, Que., Osisko Metals (TSX-V: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) has announced an…
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…