BHP to shutter Australia coal mine, lay off 750 workers
BHP (ASX, NYSE LSE: BHP) plans to close its Saraji South joint venture coal mine in Australia and lay off about 750 workers amid weak…
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Brazil arrests mining agency head in corruption probe
Authorities in Brazil arrested the head of the country’s mining agency (Agência Nacional de Mineração, or ANM) as part of a wide-ranging federal operation targeting…
EnCore wins EPA backing for Burdock uranium project
EnCore Energy’s (Nasdaq, TSXV: EU) Dewey Burdock uranium project in South Dakota cleared a roadblock after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waived a petition by…
Ecuador casts doubt on Dundee’s Loma Larga
Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has requested further information on DPM Metals’ (TSX: DPM) Loma Larga gold project, handing responsibility for its approval or rejection to…
BHP, Lundin bet $400M on Argentina copper hub
BHP (ASX, NYSE: BHP) and Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN) joint venture in Argentina is investing more than $400 million near the Chilean border, aiming to…
Lithium Ionic boosts projected returns for Brazil project
Lithium Ionic (TSX-V: LTH; US-OTC: LTHCF) said a definitive feasibility study for its Bandeira project in eastern Brazil shows higher returns, lower capital costs and…
Feds may offer Highland Copper $250M loan
Highland Copper (TSXV: HI) has received a significant boost for its Copperwood project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, with the US Export-Import Bank issuing a non-binding…
Friedland-backed Sunrise soars on US loan interest
Sunrise Energy Metals (ASX: SRL), which wants to mine Australia scandium in a project backed by billionaire Robert Friedland, is being lined up for a…
Barrick’s Fourmile targets 750,000 oz gold a year
Barrick (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) says its Fourmile project in Nevada has the potential to produce as much as 750,000 oz. of gold per year,…
Artemis Gold hits new high on Blackwater plan
Artemis Gold (TSXV: ARTG) has announced plans to upgrade the existing stage one processing plant at its Blackwater mine in central British Columbia, a move…
Arizona Sonoran bumps copper at Cactus by half
Arizona Sonoran Copper (TSX: ASCU; US-OTC: ASCUF) has increased its Cactus project’s contained metal by 51% ahead of a prefeasibility study (PFS) due this year….
Titan starts work to commission U.S. graphite facility
Titan Mining (TSX: TI; US-OTC: TIMCF) said it will start commissioning a new graphite demonstration facility in upstate New York – a key step toward…