Agnico, Vale warn of Ontario mining labour squeeze
Ontario’s push to accelerate mine approvals risks running into a shortage of skilled workers that could inflate construction costs and stall investment, executives from Agnico…
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Brazil survey plan could give big miners first claims
Brazil’s geological survey is considering giving companies that help pay for airborne surveys temporary exclusive access to the results, raising concerns that large funders could…
Nickel shortage forecast flips to surplus
The global nickel market is heading for another surplus this year, reversing an earlier forecast for a shortage, the International Nickel Study Group says. Production…
Brazil mine licence system faces court test
Brazil is trying to speed up mine approvals just as its Supreme Court weighs challenges that could undo parts of the country’s new environmental licensing…
Vale buys Ligga iron ore stake for $190M
Vale (NYSE: VALE) confirmed it’s acquiring a 30% interest in Ligga to increase iron ore production, after the country’s stock exchange questioned why the deal…
Brazil needs price floors to back processing, miners say
Brazil is on the cusp of a new policy to fund domestic refining for lithium and the world’s second-largest rare earth reserves, but miners say…
Site visit: Saga races to define Labrador rare earths find
Northeast Labrador – In a small, treeless valley in remote Labrador, a camp of white tents is abuzz with activity as people scurry around to support…
Vale speeds Salobo copper expansion, cuts costs
Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Base Metals (VBM) unit is adding about 30,000 tonnes of annual production at its Salobo mine, Brazil’s largest copper operation, after cutting…
Top 10 global miners: Zijin’s expansion pays off
Zijin Mining’s (SSE: 601899; SEHK: 2899) expansion strategy paid dividends as the Chinese miner topped global peers located outside North America and Australia for market capitalization. Attributable net income for…
AI boom lifts mining while competing for power
Alberta’s data-centre rush is spilling onto mine development, with E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL; US-OTC: EEMMF) saying opposition to nearby proposals is tarnishing the goodwill it built for…
Equinox hands CEO job to Orla’s Simpson
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) will hand the CEO job to Orla Mining’s Jason Simpson on Nov. 1, reversing a leadership plan set when the…
Rule Summit: Lara drills Planalto toward $1B Brazil copper test
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lara Exploration (TSXV: LRA; US-OTC: LRAXF) has seven rigs turning at its Planalto copper-gold project in Brazil, a 14,000-metre test of…