US Geological Survey reports 2020 mine production in the US
Mines in the United States produced about US$82.3 billion in minerals in 2020, according to figures from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Mineral Commodity Summaries report….
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Glencore inks “ethical cobalt” deal with Norway’s FREYR
Miner and commodities trader Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has inked a preliminary deal with Norwegian battery producer FREYR to supply 3,700 tonnes of “ethically sourced” cobalt…
Adriatic Metals receives exploitation permit for Veovaca
Adriatic Metals (LSE: ADT1; ASX: ADT) has received an exploitation permit for its Veovaca project near Vares in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 50 km north of the capital, Sarajevo. …
Turquoise Hill seeks interim order against Rio Tinto over Mongolia mine funding
Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ) is seeking an interim order in its arbitration against Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) in…
Turmalina Metals advances breccia projects in Argentina and Peru
San Francisco de Los Andes is one breccia pipe in a cluster of 67 that Turmalina Metals (TSXV: TBX; US-OTC: TBXXF) has mapped at its…
Eloro stock surges on high-grade drill results from Bolivia
Eloro Resources (TSXV: ELO) reported additional results from its diamond drilling program at the Iska Iska silver-polymetallic project in southern Bolivia. The new drill results…
US markets up, Jan. 18-22
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6% to finish the week at 30,996.98 and the S&P 500 climbed 0.02% to 3,841.47. Spot gold jumped US$26.90…
TSX up, Jan. 18-22
The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 0.35% to 17,845.91 during the Jan. 18-22 trading week. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 1% to 105.65, and the…
Gold Fields begins construction of Chilean project
South African miner Gold Fields (NYSE: GFI) has formally begun construction of the mining infrastructure for its Salares Norte project in northern Chile. The company expects to complete the US$860 million…
Outlook for base metals remains strong, analysts say
Haywood Securities is raising its price forecasts for copper this year from US$3.00 per lb. to US$3.50 per lb.; for zinc from US$1.10 per lb….
Lynas shares jump on deal for US rare earth plant
Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corp.’s (ASX: LYC) shares jumped on Friday after it announced a deal with the U.S. government to build a commercial light…
Remote Roundup discusses Canada’s role in the green economy
The second day of the Association for Mineral Exploration’s (AME) Remote Roundup 2021 opened with Stephen Piercey, professor of economic geology in the Department of…