Tungsten prices hit 12-year high on China’s limits
European tungsten prices have surged to their highest level since 2013, driven by China’s tightening grip on critical mineral exports and rising demand from sectors…
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Kazakhstan to build on $1B in investments
Kazakhstan, the world’s largest uranium producer, wants to diversify its mining sector and build on $1 billion (C$1.4 billion) in private investment over the past…
Valley tonnage balloons in Snowline Gold update
A resource update for Snowline Gold’s (TSX-V: SGD; US-OTC: SNWGF) Valley project in east-central Yukon adds more than 3 million contained oz. in the measured…
Agnico lifts Foran stake but copper project costs jump
Canada’s Agnico Eagle (TSX, NYSE: AEM) is increasing its stake in Foran Mining (TSX: FOM) which is coping with increased capital costs for its McIlvenna…
First Quantum mine closure sucks $1.7B from Panama
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) says its shuttered copper mine in Panama would have contributed more than $1.7 billion (C$2.38 billion) to the Latin American…
Saudis enter rare earths with MP Materials deal
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has signed a deal with Saudi Arabia’s state miner Ma’aden to develop a rare earths supply chain in the kingdom, covering…
US signs tin deal with Rwanda
The United States has established a new supply of tin, which it hasn’t mined in more than three decades, after Rwanda’s Trinity Metals agreed to…
Vizsla to buy Mexican silver-gold project near Panuco
Vizsla Silver (TSX, NYSE: VZLA) said it agreed to buy the Santa Fe project in western Mexico, south of its Panuco silver-gold property, from a…
Podcast: Silver poised to break records, ft CPM Group’s Jeffrey Christian on precious metals
This week’s episode features Jeffrey Christian, managing partner at CPM Group, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli about the dynamics of the precious metals market….
Ivanhoe almost doubles Makoko copper resource in DRC
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; OTCQX: IVPAF) said a new preliminary estimate for its Makoko district discoveries in the Democratic Republic of Congo shows that the…
Ausgold solves Katanning ‘puzzle’ with new intercepts
Ausgold (ASX: AUC) on Wednesday reported multi-kilometre gold intercepts along Western Australia’s Stanley Thrust. Step-out drilling at the Katanning gold project (KGP) produced results that…
Mine rescue teams compete for Ontario title
Eight provincial districts are advancing to the Ontario Mine Rescue competition next month where only one team will return home with the coveted gold hard…