Chairman offers to take Kazakhstan’s Kaz Minerals private
Oleg Novachuk and Vladimir Kim, the current and past chairman of Kaz Minerals (LSE: KAZ), are proposing a buyout offer of the pure-play copper company. Their company, Nova Resources, in…
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Pilbara reveals plan to buy Altura for US$175M
Australian lithium producer Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) has signed a conditional agreement with a group of lenders to buy embattled rival Altura Mining for US$175 million. The West Perth-based miner…
Brixton teams up with Friedland’s HPX on polymetallic project in Montana
Brixton Metals (TSXV: BBB) has entered a joint venture agreement on its wholly owned Hog Heaven project with High Power Exploration (HPX), a privately owned mining company led by billionaire…
Nouveau Monde signs agreement to develop high-purity graphite products
As part of its plan to become a vertically integrated graphite company, Nouveau Monde Graphite (TSXV: NOU; US-OTC: NMGRF) has signed an agreement with a leading chemical company that will…
China’s new infrastructure plan to boost metal demand: Fitch
China’s acceleration of its ‘new infrastructure’ plan will support the government’s beneficiation ambition in the metals industry, boosting production of high-end metals as opposed to primary metals, industry analyst Fitch…
New Found Gold drills long intervals of high-grade gold in Newfoundland
Drilling around last year’s discovery hole at the Keats zone within New Found Gold’s (TSXV: NFG; US-OTC: NFGFF) wholly owned Queensway gold project in Newfoundland has returned long intervals of…
Teck profit drops 67% on weak coal prices
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B; NYSE: TCK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, saw its third-quarter adjusted profit fall by 66.6% as steelmaking coal prices collapsed in the period and Covid-19-related restrictions continued…
The View from England: US elections are unnerving for global investors
An already catastrophic year for the global economy is suddenly even more uncertain as investors everywhere grapple with the likely impact of the U.S. presidential election. With very few exceptions…
Galway Metals CEO says Clarence Stream ‘an important new gold district in North America’
Drilling at Galway Metals’ (TSXV GWM) Clarence Stream gold project in New Brunswick has more than doubled the strike of the Richard zone from 400 metres to over 900 metres….
Barrick, NovaGold drill large-scale Donlin project in Alaska
In what has been the largest drill campaign at the Donlin gold project in Alaska in 12 years, joint-venture partners Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) and NovaGold Resources (TSX:…
Nordgold-Shandong bidding war intensifies on ‘misleading’ statement from Cardinal
A long-running battle between Nordgold (LSE: NORD) and China’s Shandong Gold Mining over Cardinal Resources (ASX: CDV) has taken a legal turn after the Russian miner made a fresh application…
US presidential election will impact clean energy, EVs: report
Market analyst Wood Mackenzie has published a report outlining what the future of clean energy and electric vehicles may look like following the Nov. 3 election in the United States….