BHP mulls taking Escondida underground as it moves to unveil its own leach technology
BHP (ASX: BHP; LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) has kicked off a series of studies to carry out over the next 18 months at its operations in Chile, as the company…
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TNM Drill Down: Mapping the top drill holes YTD
We’ve compiled a map of the top gold, silver, copper, nickel, lithium and uranium assays year-to-date. Click here to see the visualization.
Ecuador court confirms DPM concessions; permits delayed by 12 months
Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) announced Tuesday the Provincial Court of Azuay in Ecuador delivered a decision reaffirming the company’s mining concessions for the Loma Larga copper-gold project. While the…
Rio Tinto-First Quantum JV to develop massive copper project in Peru
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) and First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) have formed a joint venture to advance the La Granja copper project in Peru to development….
Pan American Silver sees a 10% resource decline despite Yamana additions
Pan American Silver (TSX: PAAS; NASDAQ: PAAS) has recorded a 10% year-on-year decrease in its gold-equivalent reserves and resources, an analysis by Canaccord Genuity mining analyst Carey MacRury has found….
Upcoming elections in near-bankrupt Argentina could finally unlock the country’s huge mineral projects
Food, energy and now minerals. In a world where competition for raw materials is only increasing, Argentina is blessed with an abundance of natural resources. But the country’s nationalist politics…
What the ascent of hydrogen as a renewable resource means for platinum demand
The emerging global hydrogen supply chain is essentially “made of platinum,” declares Bank of America Global Research commodities strategist Michael Widmer, coauthor of the bank’s Global Metals Weekly report. If…
Headwinds mount in quest for stable copper supplies
In an era of energy transitions and economic shifts, global metal markets are at a juncture, influenced by volatility, surprise deficits, and geopolitical pressures. The copper market, often considered a…
TNM Drill Down: Year’s best nickel results YTD found in Australia, Canada
Building on our popular weekly TNM Drill Down feature ranking the best gold assays of the week, The Northern Miner has compiled the top 10 drill results for major metals year to…
TNM Drill Down: South America dominates Top 10 copper assays YTD
Building on our popular weekly TNM Drill Down feature ranking the best gold assays of the week, The Northern Miner presents the top 10 drill results for major metals year…
Luminex reaches ‘historic’ agreement with informal miners around Ecuador gold project
Luminex Resources (TSXV: LR; US-OTC: LUMIF) says it has reached “a historic and unprecedented” mediated agreement with informal miners in the Condor North portion of its Condor gold project in…
‘Unexpected’ mineralization hints at an even bigger Filo del Sol system
Filo Corp. (TSX: FIL; NASDAQ: FIL) has released assay results from its recent work at the Filo del Sol project’s Aurora zone, confirming the continuity of high-grade copper-gold mineralization and…