Neo Energy Metals falls in London debut despite strong uranium market
Uranium explorer and developer Neo Energy Metals (LSE: NEO) marked its first day on the London Stock Exchange on Thursday, with the stock down 18% in early morning trading. The…
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Rio Tinto, Codelco partner up to find more copper in Chile
Mining giant Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO; LSE: RIO) and Chilean state copper miner Codelco created on Wednesday the Nuevo Cobre (New Copper) joint venture to explore and potentially develop the…
Lucapa finds Angola mine’s second-largest diamond
Australia’s Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) has unearthed a 235-carat type IIa diamond from its prolific Lulo mine, the second-largest recovered at the Angola operation since it opened in 2015. The find comes barely a…
Embattled Scotgold Resources ready to go into administration
Struggling Scotgold Resources, which operates Scotland’s only gold mine, is planning to appoint administrators over the coming days as financing talks announced last month failed to attract investment. The gold miner went into…
Exclusive: Bristow eyes copper growth as Barrick invests in junior
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) is investing in junior Hercules Silver (TSXV: BIG) as part of a plan to find porphyry copper deposits, Barrick CEO Mark Bristow says. Of…
Savannah Resources courts partners for Barroso lithium project in Portugal
London-based Savannah Resources (LSE-AIM: SAV) says it has received proposals from several companies to partner on its Barroso lithium project in northern Portugal. Interest in the project has picked up…
Northern Graphite resumes processing at North America’s only producing mine
Northern Graphite (TSX-V: NGC) has resumed processing ore at its Lac des Iles (LDI) mine in Quebec, North America’s only producing mine of the commodity, the company said on Friday….
Mineral Resources ups stake in Azure as Australia lithium consolidation heats up
Australia’s Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) has acquired additional shares in Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS), raising its stake in the battery metals project developer to 12.3%. This comes a week after Australia’s richest…
First Quantum could seek arbitration over Cobre Panamá
First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) may want to send its on-again off-again battle with the Panama government over Cobre Panamá to international arbitration. That was the consensus from legal experts…
Sibanye-Stillwater eyes cuts at US mines on weak palladium prices
Precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater (JSE: SSW; NYSE: SBSW) warned on Thursday of further changes at its palladium operations in the United States to adjust to an ongoing decline in the…
First Quantum shares fall 50% since Friday as Panama seeks referendum
Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo has cleared the first hurdle to fast-track a bill that would allow the country to hold a referendum on the controversial 20-year contract with Canadian miner…
Lucapa finds Lulo mine’s third-largest diamond
The diamond is also the second 100-carat-plus stone Lucapa retrieved in October, following the recovery of a 123-carat, type IIa rough at the start of the month. The mine, which…