Lithium Americas to buy Arena Minerals in US$227M all-share deal
Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC) is buying all the shares it does not already own of fellow Canadian Arena Minerals (TSXV: AN) in a deal that gives the Vancouver-based…
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Teck sells closed Quintette coal mine for US$120 million
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A | TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, has reached a deal to sell its closed Quintette steelmaking coal mine to Conuma Resources for US$120 million…
Ioneer’s lithium-boron project in Nevada moves into final permitting stage
Australia-based ioneer (NASDAQ: IONR; ASX: INR) said on Monday its flagship Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada has advanced into the final stage of federal permitting. The company said the…
Trevali sells stake in Namibia’s Rosh Pinah mine to Appian
Trevali Mining will sell its 90% interest in the Rosh Pinah zinc-lead-silver mine, in Namibia, to Appian Natural Resources Fund III. The embattled miner has had a difficult financial and…
Newcrest CEO Biswas leaves Australia’s top gold miner
Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM) announced on Monday that its chief executive officer Sandeep Biswas is retiring from the role effective immediately, after eight years at the helm of Australia’s top gold…
Transparency International denounces lack of clarity in Cobre Panamá’s negotiations
The Panamanian chapter of Transparency International (TI) issued a communiqué denouncing what the organization deems as a lack of clarity in the negotiations between the government of President Laurentino Cortizo…
Rio Tinto secures direct ownership of Oyu Tolgoi
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LON: RIO; ASX: RIO) is now the majority owner of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia, as it has completed its US$3.3 billion buyout…
Panama orders suspension of First Quantum’s giant copper mine
Panama’s government has ordered First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to halt operations at its Cobre Panama copper mine after it failed to agree terms for a new contract with the…
Barrick Gold to go ahead with US$7B Reko Diq project
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) is going ahead with construction of its Reko Diq copper and gold project in Pakistan after the country’s top court cleared the path for…
Fortescue ups stake in Candente Copper with $4M investment
Australian miner Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) is investing a further $4 million (US$2.9 million) in Candente Copper (TSX: DNT), which will increase its stake in the Canadian junior from 19.4% to 25.4%….
Albemarle to build US$180M lithium research centre in North Carolina
The world’s top lithium supplier Albemarle (NYSE: ALB) will invest at least US$180 million to build a new technology park in North Carolina, where it expects to advance its research in…
Rio Tinto hunts for lithium deals, eyes Jadar revival
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) said on Tuesday it is actively searching for lithium assets as its expects prices for the metal used in the making of…