Barrick fined for excess cobalt in BC river
Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD; TSX: ABX) has been hit with a $114,750 fine for its repeated, excessive discharge of toxic materials from the now-decommissioned Nickel Plate gold mine near Hedley,…
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Trump, Zelenskyy nix minerals deal
United States President Donald Trump and his Ukraine counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy cancelled a mineral rights and security agreement at the White House on Friday after a news conference degenerated into…
DRC export ban fails to rocket cobalt
The cobalt market was mixed this week after the Democratic Republic of Congo, the world’s top producer, banned exports for four months to spur the battery metal’s price from historical…
Middlemen siphon billions from war-ravaged DRC’s cobalt, coltan trade
Middlemen and local militias steal billions from the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) cobalt and coltan trade, fuelling conflict and leaving the nation poor, according to a political analyst. The…
Mining Indaba: ESG costs could derail African projects, study finds
Some African mining projects could be shelved by the high cost of meeting Western environmental, social and governance criteria, according to a recent study from South African bank Absa. African…
Mining Indaba: From crime to catalyst – artisanal miners demand reform
More can be done to transform artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM) into a safe, transparent, investment-ready sector, according to an industry conference in Cape Town. But experts warn that curbing…
Chile orders Lundin mine near sinkhole shut for good
Chile’s environmental authority SMA ordered on Thursday the “total and definitive” closure of Lundin Mining’s (TSX: LUN) Alcaparrosa mine after an almost three-year probe into a massive sinkhole near the operation. The…
Opinion: Trump drops a bomb on green energy
President Donald Trump has long been a supporter of traditional energy. During his campaign, he spoke negatively about electric vehicles, wind and other renewable energy sources. But in his first…
NGOs expose global surge in met coal mines
German non-profit Urgewald, in collaboration with 10 partner organizations, launched on Thursday the first-ever Metallurgical Coal Exit List (MCEL), which identifies the main companies driving hundreds of new metallurgical coal…
Mining’s top 10 ESG trends for 2025
As we enter 2025, the mining industry grapples with a rapidly evolving and polarizing environmental, social and governance (ESG) landscape shaped by regulatory shifts, geopolitical pressures, technological advancements and societal…
SSR’s Turkey mine deaths blamed on design
SSR Mining (Nasdaq, TSX: SSRM; ASX: SSR), the third-largest U.S.-based gold miner, says an independent review shows a heap leach design flaw mostly likely killed nine workers at the Çöpler…
Will Indonesia shut the nickel spigot to spur prices?
Indonesia’s clout in the global nickel market rivals OPEC’s in oil. The Southeast Asian nation — an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands straddling the Indian and Pacific oceans —…