Kinross sells Chirano gold mine in Ghana to Asante in $225M deal
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) is selling its 90% interest in the Chirano mine in Ghana to fellow Canadian Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) in a cash and shares deal…
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Vital Metals blazing path to commercial production with Canada’s first rare earth mine
It’s a year of many firsts for Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML; US-OTC: VTMXF) and its rare earth elements operation in the Northwest Territories. Following the establishment in 2021 of…
Chile constitution drafters reject mining-adverse proposal
Chile’s constitutional assembly has rejected a proposal from the environmental committee seeking to tighten up rules related to the protection of the country’s natural resources, which would have hit the…
The view from England: Miners suffering from unintended consequences
As mining booms, the industry is suffering from the employment consequences of earlier bear-market bites. Most of us are aware from an early age that every action has consequences. Adults…
As demand for critical minerals rises, Canada’s North hopes to be a clean player
This week, Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, travelled nearly 5,000 km away from his base in Ontario to Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories, not to make a new announcement,…
Codelco to create mining carbon footprint calculator
Chile’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, is developing a free-to-use platform for suppliers to calculate their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), a service the company said is not currently available in…
UPDATED: Eight workers missing at Trevali’s Perkoa mine as flooding suspends operations
Eight workers from Trevali Mining’s (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) Perkoa zinc mine in Burkina Faso have been missing for five days as flooding caused by heavy rainfall in Burkina Faso…
Development of NWT key to Canada’s critical mineral growth: Transport minister
Development of the Northwest Territories will be essential for Canada to produce batteries and tackle climate change, Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, said during his first visit to Yellowknife. …
Mexico passes mining reform nationalizing lithium
Mexico has officially nationalized its lithium industry after the Senate approved by 87 votes in favour, 20 against and 16 abstentions the mining reform proposed by President Andrés Manuel López…
Nevada Sunrise shares jump on lengthy lithium intercepts at Gemini
Shares of Nevada Sunrise Gold (TSXV: NEV) reached a new 52-week high as the company reported intersecting lithium mineralization “over significant widths” in its inaugural two-hole drilling program at its…
FPX Nickel scoping nickel sulphate production options at Baptiste
FPX Nickel (TSXV: FPX; OTC: FPOCF) is in the process of completing an internal scoping study to further evaluate the option to produce nickel sulphate for the electric vehicle battery…
Los Pelambres expansion to cost Antofagasta US$900M more than planned
Chilean miner Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) said on Thursday the ongoing expansion of its flagship Los Pelambres copper operation in the home country would cost US$2.2 billion, up from the previous…