Glencore eyes adding lithium to its trading business
Mining and commodities giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is said to be evaluating the addition of lithium to the suite of metals it trades, as the battery metal has become the…
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Power issues delay SilverCrest’s first metal sale from Las Chispas
SilverCrest Metals (TSX: SILV), which is in the midst of commissioning its Las Chispas gold-silver mine in Sonora state, Mexico, said reliability issues with electricity supplies have caused unspecified delays…
Tertiary, First Quantum Minerals team up to boost Zambian exploration
Shares in Tertiary Minerals (LSE: TYM) jumped on Thursday after the junior said it had inked a technical cooperation agreement with First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM), which would “turbo-charge” its…
AngloGold earmarks US$143M to convert Brazil tailings to dry-stack
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG; JSE: ANG) has earmarked US$143 million to finish migrating its upstream mine waste storage facilities in Brazil, where two major tailings tragedies occurred in…
Trevali GM found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Burkina Faso
A court in Burkina Faso has found two managers of Canada’s Trevali Mining (TSX: TV; US-OTC: TREVF) guilty of involuntary manslaughter after a flash flood trapped and killed eight miners in…
Petra Diamonds to resume dividend payouts after three-year turnaround
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) said on Tuesday it would resume paying a dividend and launch a US$150-million debt-cutting plan after stronger prices fuelled by sanctions on Russia’s Alrosa, the world’s…
Equinox Gold resumes operations at Los Filos
Equinox Gold (TSX: EQX; NYSE-AM: EQX) has resumed operations at its Los Filos mine in Mexico, which were halted last week as the result of a blockade by members of…
Ivanhoe, Gecamines kick off construction at Kipushi zinc mine in DRC
Canada’s Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) and Congo’s state mining company Gécamines have begun construction activities at the historic Kipushi underground zinc-copper mine, which they plan returning to production…
Fatal accident at Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula mine in Congo
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) announced on Friday the death of an employee at its Kamoa-Kakula mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to a ground fall….
Talon Metals’ Tamarack nickel project continues to grow
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF) and Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LON: RIO; ASX: RIO) Tamarack nickel project in central Minnesota, continues to grow, with the miners finding thicker, higher-grade…
Equinox Gold’s Los Filos mine hit by blockade
Operations at Equinox Gold’s (TSX: EQX; NYSE: EQX) Los Filos mine in Mexico have been suspended as the result of a blockade by members of the nearby Mezcala community, the company…
Rio2 appeals rejection of EIA for Chile gold project
Canada’s Rio2 (TSXV: RIO; US-OTC: RIOFF) is appealing the rejection of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for its Fenix gold project in Chile’s northern Maricunga region, arguing the dismissal is…