ACG starts copper concentrate output in Turkey
ACG Metals (LSE: ACG) produced the first copper concentrate from its Gediktepe mine in Turkey, marking its transition from precious metals as it targets full…
Zinc
Collective extends Colombia’s Apollo on 15-g/t gold hit
Collective Mining (TSX, Nasdaq: CNL) has extended its Apollo system in Colombia 100 metres north after two drill holes targeting the deeper Ramp zone unexpectedly…
Zinc price jumps to 4-year high
Zinc climbed to its highest level since June 2022 on the London Metal Exchange (LME) as warehouse stockpiles drained to multi-year lows and mine supply…
Boliden’s $1.3B Nexa buy adds S-American zinc, silver
Sweden’s Boliden (STO: BOL) has agreed to buy Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim’s controlling stake in Nexa Resources (NYSE: NEXA) for $1.3 billion (C$1.8 billion) in shares,…
Artemis drilling points to Blackwater resource growth
Artemis Gold’s (TSXV: ARTG; US-OTC: ARGTF) first two holes in a 25,000-metre expansion program at its Blackwater mine in British Columbia have encountered substantial mineralization…
US opens vast Pacific seabed to mining
Washington is planning to auction off deep-sea mining leases near the Northern Mariana Islands later this year, advancing the Trump administration’s push to develop domestic…
Editorial: Industrial power returns
For much of the past three decades, mining executives struggled to convince governments that minerals were strategic assets. They no longer have to make that case because…
Podcast: South32’s Pat Risner on FAST-41, social licence and mining in the USA
This week’s episode features Pat Risner, President of South32 Hermosa, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli about the company’s Hermosa project in Arizona. Risner discusses…
Interactive infographic: Far North projects
Canada’s vast northern region hosts numerous large and high-grade mineral projects but they’re out of reach to miners until they’re connected to reliable roads. Our…
Editorial: Develop it or cede it
There is a paradox at the heart of Canada’s relationship with its own territory. The country sits atop some of the most valuable mineral deposits…
China question clouds Nunavut road-to-port plan
A Chinese state-backed miner owns the remote Izok Corridor in Nunavut, one of the richest zinc deposits in the world, and the Canadian government has…
Ottawa eyes special status for Far North resource roads
The federal government is considering granting national interest status to the $2.67-billion Mackenzie Valley Highway and Grays Bay Road and Port initiative (GBRP), two northern…