Petra Diamonds sells half its stake in Williamson mine
Petra Diamonds (LSE: PDL) said on Wednesday it had inked a definitive deal to sell 50% of its stake in the Williamson diamond mine in Tanzania to local technical services contractor…
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Hochschild CEO Bustamante to leave after 13 years with miner
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOCM) announced on Tuesday its chief executive, Ignacio Bustamante, will leave in late August after 13 years in various top positions in the company. Bustamante, 52, will…
Greatland Gold inks deal with Rio Tinto for Western Australia expansion
Greatland Gold (LSE: GGP) said Tuesday that it has entered a farm-in and joint-venture agreement with Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO; LSE: RIO) to speed up exploration across a tenure near…
SQM and Codelco kick off talks over lithium partnership
SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-largest lithium miner, and Chile’s state-owned copper miner Codelco have formally begun talks aimed at setting up a public-private partnership to extract the battery metal…
Sigma Lithium sells first “green tailings” to China’s Yahua
Sigma Lithium (TSX-V; Nasdaq: SGML) has received payment on its first shipment under a three-year environmental offtake agreement for its green tailings to China’s Yahua International Investment and Development. Yahua…
Deep-sea mining may affect thousands of new species found in hotspot
Scientists have identified more than 5,500 entirely new species in the CCZ of the Pacific Ocean, an area targeted by deep sea miners.
Pending approval of First Quantum deal with Panama haunts miner
Analysts say First Quantum’s credit ratings will improve once the agreement over Cobre panama copper mine is formalized.
Sandfire Resources produces first copper at new Botswana mine
Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) announced on Thursday first copper concentrate production at its Motheo mine in Botswana, which has become the second producing mine in the Kalahari Copper Belt. Commissioning…
Oil giant ExxonMobil jumps on lithium wagon
Acquisition of lithium prospect reflects the company’s bet on the anticipated electric vehicles boom.
Ambler road decision in Alaska delayed again, this time to mid-2024
The U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) has once again delayed the release of the record of decision (RoD) for the Ambler road project, which will give access to untouched deposits of copper,…
Copper loses battle in fight for critical mineral status in the US
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has told congressmen and senators that copper has not reached the status of critical minerals needed to be added to the official list of commodities…
Adriatic Metals gears up for Bosnia-Herzegovina mine opening
The Vares silver project is more than 70% completed and ready to kick off production in November this year.