Lynas Rare Earths produces first samarium
Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC) has produced its first samarium oxide from its plant in Malaysia, becoming the only non-Chinese producer of the mineral. This expands Lynas’ range of separated…
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Sponsored: Orix mines historical data to support mines of the future
The exploration and mining industry is known for having warehouses and office storerooms packed with old geological data in paper boxes and map tubes, or digital files buried in hard…
Sponsored: Dundee Sustainable Technologies offers cyanide-free alternative as processing pressures mount
Gold miners are facing mounting pressure to improve recoveries and reduce processing risk, yet many still rely on methods that can take days to extract metal and leave contaminants in…
Tudor drops one wrangle over BC’s biggest gold project, but other hurdles remain for Seabridge’s KSM
Tudor Gold (TSXV: TUD) has abandoned its appeal of a British Columbia regulator’s ruling, removing one legal challenge to Seabridge Gold’s (TSX: SEA; NYSE: SA) KSM project in the Golden…
Guardian taps NYSE American for Nevada tungsten
Guardian Metal Resources (LSE: GMET; NYSE-A: GMTL) started trading on NYSE American on Friday, using a U.S. listing to widen its investor base and push two Nevada tungsten projects toward…
Opinion: Copper rally masks smelting power shift
Copper has rarely looked stronger. Prices are hovering near record levels, buoyed by electrification, artificial intelligence-driven demand expectations and a constrained pipeline of new mine supply. For producers and financial…
‘Critical minerals corridor’ seen linking mines, markets
Canadian property developer BMI Group says the clutch of industrial buildings it’s amassed in Ontario and Quebec could help strengthen Canada’s role in the battery supply chain by linking mines…
BHP starts $5B upgrade at world’s largest copper mine
BHP (ASX, NYSE, LSE: BHP) has kicked off the environmental permitting process for a new concentrator at its giant Escondida copper mine in Chile, a project valued around $5 billion…
Rainbow Rare Earths, Mosaic advance Uberaba tailings reprocessing plant
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE: RBW) has signed a development agreement with Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) to advance the Uberaba rare earths project in Brazil. An economic assessment released along with the…
Silver X raises C$69M in private placement
Silver X Mining (TSXV: AGX) has closed a convertible debenture financing of C$69 million to support its projects based in Peru. Under a brokered private placement, the Canadian silver miner…
Lucara finds rare blue diamond in Botswana
Canada’s Lucara Diamond (TSX: LUC) has recovered a high-quality 36.92-carat blue diamond from stockpiled ore at its Karowe mine in Botswana. The Type IIb stone was recovered using X-ray transmission…
PDAC Video: Gold price reset preps ‘Mother of all junior bull markets’
John Kaiser says junior resource stocks face their best setup in more than a decade as gold resets higher and the West scrambles to secure supplies of critical minerals. A…