Hudbay pauses Snow Lake mine due to wildfire
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) has temporarily suspended operations at its Snow Lake gold-zinc-copper mine in Manitoba due to surging wildfires and pledged $1 million in financial relief for its…
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Abu Dhabi’s IRH spends $500M to control Alphamin tin
Abu Dhabi’s International Resources Holding (IRH) is acquiring a majority stake in Alphamin Resources (TSXV: AFM) to access the Bisie tin mine, one of the world’s largest and highest-grade deposits…
Defense Metals eyes $250M loan for BC rare earths
Defense Metals (TSXV: DEFN) said Export Development Canada could lend up to $250 million (C$342 million) to help the company develop and build its main Wicheeda rare earth project in British Columbia. The…
Interview: Barrick CEO talks slimming gold portfolio
When Barrick Gold took over Randgold in 2019, its marketing dropped Gold from the name to reflect wider interests like copper and appeal to new investors. But it didn’t bother…
Infographic: Gold and silver producers vs reserves
The ranks of the world’s top precious metal producing countries are subject to change over time, one factor being economically mineable reserves. South Africa, for example, was the world’s top…
XXIX refocuses Opemiska copper resource in Quebec
XXIX Metal (TSXV: XXIX; US-OTC: QCCUF) downgraded its Opemiska project resource in northern Quebec and said the deposit covers less ground than previously thought. The indicated pit-constrained resource is 62.7…
First Quantum faces $20M monthly bill in Panama
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) will spend about $20 million a month to maintain its idled Cobre Panamá copper mine under a recently approved care and maintenance plan. Roderick Gutiérrez,…
SolGold to quit Toronto exchange, eyes ASX
Ecuador-focused SolGold (LSE, TSX: SOLG) has applied to voluntarily delist its ordinary shares from the Toronto Stock Exchange on June 18 because the amount of trading doesn’t warrant the cost….
Teck halts Chile copper mine for one month
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A; NYSE: TECK) said a mechanical issue at its Carmen de Andacollo open-pit mine in Chile will force production to be halted for about a month. The…
Ontario First Nations slam mining-focused Bill 5
Environmental groups and some First Nations oppose Ontario’s Bill 5 to boost mining despite changes by Premier Doug Ford who calls it an opportunity of a lifetime. The proposed law,…
Infographic: Rare earth spheres of control
MINING.COM and The Northern Miner mapped global rare earth production through a geopolitical lens, dividing the world into five “spheres of control”: Chinese, American, Russian, Coalition of the Willing, and Undrafted….
Opinion: Use elements bingo to explain mining
For those of us that work and live in this great global mining industry we all “get it”. We get the benefits of mining to the economy and at a…