Yukon court OKs rare Indigenous bid for mine ownership
There could be landmark new life in the abandoned Minto copper-gold mine in the Yukon. The territory’s Supreme Court has approved a private bid by the Selkirk First Nation to…
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Atlantic Mining faces $80M cleanup bond deadline amid court battle with Nova Scotia
A Nova Scotia subsidiary of Australia’s St Barbara (SBM:ASX) is scrambling to pay off a $79.9 million cleanup bill by next Tuesday for its closed Touquoy gold mine. The company,…
Teck Coal fined $221,000 for unauthorized waste disposals in BC
Teck Resources‘ (TSX: TECK.B) former coal unit has been handed fines totalling approximately $221,000 for nearly 30 cases of environmental breaches in southeastern British Columbia over a two-year period. On…
Australia’s ERA scores win in battle to keep uranium lease
Australia’s Federal Court has temporarily halted the government’s decision to not extend Rio Tinto-owned Energy Resources of Australia‘s (ASX: ERA) lease for a high-grade uranium deposit in the country’s Northern Territory….
Glencore to pay US$152M in bribery case
Commodities giant was fined by Swiss authorities for not preventing a business partner from bribing a Congolese official in 2011.
Adventus wins permit challenge, but Silvercorp deal still in jeopardy
Copper-gold developer Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) got a boost on Thursday after an Ecuador court knocked back a lawsuit challenging a key permit for the company’s flagship El Domo-Curipamba project….
Australia rejects Rio Tinto unit’s uranium mine lease renewal
Decision ends a decades-long dispute over Jabikula, one of the world’s largest untapped deposits of high-grade uranium.
Serbia inks lithium memos with EU amid Jadar’s revival
Serbia, the European Union and Germany inked a series of agreements on Friday that may grant EU members as well automakers Mercedes Benz and Stellantis exclusive access to Serbian lithium. …
Ontario First Nation seeks mining claims ban for now, and more consultation
A northern Ontario First Nations community, which opposes development of the Ring of Fire area and has fought pulp and paper mercury poisoning for decades, is taking the province to…
Serbian top court clears path for Rio Tinto’s Jadar lithium project
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) could be back in the running to develop Europe’s top lithium mine after a Serbian court ruled the government unlawfully revoked the…
Skeena court win overturns ‘incomprehensible’ 2022 tailings ruling
The miner has successfully appealed a prior decision regarding ownership of waste rock and tailings from the British Columbia mine.
Mexico to seek deal over disputed mining concession with Ganfeng
Less than a week after Ganfeng Lithium filed an arbitration case against Mexico over a cancelled lithium mining concession, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said his government would seek…