Aya doubles Boumadine value to $3.5B
Aya Gold & Silver (TSX, Nasdaq: AYA) has more than doubled the after-tax net present value of its Boumadine project in Morocco to $3.5 billion (C$4.8 billion) while raising initial…
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Copper price, miners slide on Trump tariff doubts
Copper prices and U.S. miners plunged Thursday after Reuters reported the White House still hasn’t decided whether to impose tariffs on refined copper as officials weigh support for domestic production…
BHP faces 7,000-worker class action over holiday shifts
An Australian mining union is funding a class action against two BHP (LSE, NYSE, ASX: BHP) subsidiaries that could cover as many as 7,000 workers, alleging employees were unlawfully required…
Swiss gold ban squeezes Sudan’s war economy
Switzerland has begun banning purchases and imports of Sudanese gold and restricting mining supplies in an effort to choke off a source of financing for the country’s three-year war. The…
MMG faces EU antitrust warning over Anglo nickel deal
MMG’s $500-million purchase of Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) Brazilian nickel assets is facing another hurdle, with European regulators expected to formally spell out competition concerns about the Chinese-controlled miner’s proposed…
Rio Tinto wins Aboriginal consent for Winu copper mine
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has secured Aboriginal consent for its Winu copper-gold project in Western Australia, advancing one of the miner’s most important near-term growth projects. The agreement…
Troilus triples value to $3.2B, closes in on funding
A new study for Troilus Mining’s (TSX: TLG; US-OTC: CHXMF) namesake copper-gold project in Quebec has more than tripled the mine’s estimated value thanks to detailed engineering, an expanded reserve and…
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 it lacks U.S.-style metal price…
Mining stocks claim record 60% of 2026 TSX30
Miners captured a record 60% of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s annual list of its 30 top-performing companies, as strong precious and critical minerals stocks propelled the sector to its largest showing yet. Eighteen…
Agnico takes 22% of Vizsla in $32M Alaska deal
Vizsla Copper (TSXV: VCU; US-OTC: VCUFF) agreed to buy Agnico Eagle Mines’ (TSX, NYSE: AEM) Delta and Helm Bay projects in Alaska for shares valued at $32 million (US$23.3 million),…
Collective slides on Apollo’s 4.1M-oz gold resource
Collective Mining (TSX, Nasdaq: CNL) shares fell 9% Wednesday after the company outlined a first resource containing 4.1 million oz. of gold at its Apollo deposit in Colombia, even as…
Chile mines 1/4 of world’s copper, but smelts just 4%
Chile, the world’s largest copper producer, is mining nearly a quarter of global concentrate while smelting just 4.2% of the world’s copper, exposing a widening gap in a supply chain…