Industry council strives to cut emissions with new guidelines
Mining’s top industry group with BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) and Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) among its members has published a framework for companies…
Articles by Cecilia Jamasmie
Hochschild cuts production targets after pre-tax loss
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOC) lowered on Wednesday its full-year production guidance after swinging to pre-tax losses of US$66.1 million ($90.3 million) in the half-year compared with a profit of US$5.4…
Northern Dynasty updates Pebble PEA, adds southern access route
Northern Dynasty Minerals (TSX: NDM; NYSE: NAK) has published an updated preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Pebble copper project, which includes an infrastructure plan for a “southern route” access…
Protests cast doubt on approval of First Quantum’s contract in Panama
Panamanian social and environmentalist organizations called for a national march on Tuesday afternoon towards the Parliament to demand legislators reject a deal between First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) and the…
Trident Royalties invests $10M in Utah lithium project
Trident Royalties (LSE: TRR) has inked a deal to acquire an existing lithium royalty from Atherton Resources covering Anson Resources’ (ASX: ASN) flagship Paradox lithium project in Utah. The U.K.-based…
Talga keeps permit for graphite mine in Sweden
Talga Group (ASX: TLG) has scored a key victory after a Swedish court rejected on Thursday appeals from lobby groups opposed to the development of the Nunasvaara natural graphite mine in the…
Anglo American receives ok for US$40M plan to extend El Soldado life
Chile’s environmental agency has approved Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) environmental impact statement (EIS) for its US$40-million operational continuity plan at its El Soldado copper mine, 125 km north of the…
Top investors seek damages from Glencore over prospectus claims
Swiss trader and miner giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has been accused by a group formed by some of the world’s biggest asset managers of hiding its corrupt activities through misleading…
Fortescue CFO leaves three days after CEO’s departure
Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) added a new name to its list of fleeting top executives on Thursday with the exit of the chief financial officer of its metals division, Christine Morris,…
Codelco woes mount with potential rating cut by Moody’s
Chile’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, has just added a new item to its already long list of challenges as Moody’s Investors Service has placed the state-owned miner under review…
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…
E3 Lithium shares hit two-year high after it opens Alberta’s first DLE pilot plant
Shares in E3 Lithium (TSXV: ETL) rose 8.7% Tuesday after E3 said it started operations at its Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) plant in Alberta, the province’s first facility focused on…