RANKED: World’s top producing copper companies in 2022
Copper is a highly conductive metal used in wiring in transport, construction and manufacturing — and it is also vital to the green energy transition as a component in electric…
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Fortuna crosses the finish line at its Côte d’Ivoire Séguéla mine
Fortuna Silver Mines (NYSE: FSM; TSX: FVI) has poured the first gold pour at its Séguéla mine in Côte d’Ivoire. Séguéla now enters the ramp-up phase, during which management aims…
Pending approval of First Quantum deal with Panama haunts miner
Analysts say First Quantum’s credit ratings will improve once the agreement over Cobre panama copper mine is formalized.
JV Article: Graphite tonnage gains spur Lomiko Metals along prefeasibility pathway
Battery material explorer and developer Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR; US-OTC: LMRMF) has posted a major increase in resources at its La Loutre natural flake graphite property in southern Quebec. The…
Volt Lithium stock leaps as company claims breakthrough on oil brine recoveries
Volt Lithium (TSXV: VLT) shares jumped by almost 20% Wednesday morning after it announced lithium recoveries of 90% and at relatively low costs from testing at its Rainbow Lake lithium…
Banyan Gold posts 50% rise in inferred ounces at AurMac
Banyan Gold (TSXV: BYN; US-OTC: BYAGF) has updated resources at its Aurex and McQuesten projects, together known as the AurMac property, located in the Yukon. The new resource outlines a total…
US indexes gather pace during May 15-19 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 126.01 points or 0.4% to 33,426.63 and the S&P 500 added 67.9 points or 1.6 % over the week to 4,191.98. Among the week’s…
Nemaska lands Ford as lithium hydroxide customer for Bécancour plant
Quebec’s Nemaska Lithium has signed a contract with Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) for delivery of lithium products including lithium hydroxide over an 11-year period. That makes Ford the first…
Alpha Lithium rejects buyout bid by Spanish firm
Tecpetrol said it was prepared to engage with Alpha “immediately” and improve its $178 million (C$241m) all-cash offer.
Hudbay holds firm on Peru, even as focus turns to North America
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) says it wants to maintain its long-term exposure to politically volatile Peru as its short-term focus turns, for the time being, to completing an…
Marimaca Copper’s resource revamp lobs it into the ‘globally significant’ arena, says CEO
Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI) has reported a 44% lift in measured and indicated resources at its Marimaca Oxide Deposit (MOD) in Chile that will underpin an expanded operation in an…
TNM Symposiums return with industry leaders’ insights on geopolitical shifts in mining
TNM Symposiums are back in North America for the first time since before the pandemic, and they couldn’t come at a better time for investors. Geopolitics are now shaping…