BHP opens Australia’s first nickel sulphate plant
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; LSE: BHP) announced that it has produced the first nickel sulphate crystals from its plant in Kwinana, outside Perth in Australia, part of the miner’s…
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Endeavour Mining outlines ambitious five-year exploration plan
Endeavour Mining (TSX: EDV; LSE: EDV), West Africa’s top gold producer, has unveiled an ambitious five-year plan to add between 15 and 20 million indicated ounces of gold through exploration over the next five years. The company, which began trading in London in June,…
Global Mining Symposium: Jeffrey Christian says capital formation constraints could ultimately stunt EV revolution
The rapid onset of the green energy revolution could be stunted by pervasive structural issues in the finance sector spilling over to mining. It hinders capital formation, especially for junior…
Ivanhoe’s Kamoa-Kakula concentrator beating design throughput target
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) says that after the first phase of concentrator construction, the facility is exceeding designed throughput rates, treating 320,000 tonnes of mineralized material in the…
Albemarle to buy Chinese lithium firm for US$200 million
Albemarle (NYSE: ALB), the world’s top lithium producer, says it will buy China-based Guangxi Tianyuan New Energy Materials for about US$200 million, as part of its plans to boost lithium conversion capacity. …
Rio Tinto disputes report saying mismanagement caused Oyu Tolgoi’s woes
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) is challenging the findings of an independent review into US$1.4 billion in cost overruns and delays at the Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia, restating the project’s…
McEwen Copper provides update on Los Azules in Argentina
The McEwen Copper division, 81% owned by McEwen Mining (TSX: MUX; NYSE: MUX) is advancing work on the Los Azules project in Argentina’s San Juan province, having closed the first…
Fortuna to add fifth mine to portfolio with construction of Seguela in Côte d’Ivoire
Fortuna Silver Mines (TSX: FVI; NYSE: FSM) says it will develop its Séguéla gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, which the company acquired in a merger with Roxgold earlier this year….
Rescue of 39 from Totten nickel mine succeeds
Early this morning Vale SA (NYSE: VALE) announced that all 39 miners had been brought safely to the surface from the Totten mine. “I’d like to congratulate our rescue team,” Vale…
Silver, PGM Snapshot: Eight companies with an eye for precious white metal
Not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes it’s silver, platinum and palladium. The Northern Miner takes a look at eight companies active in the space. BAYHORSE SILVER Bayhorse Silver (TSXV:…
Anglo Asian Mining grows copper footprint in Azerbaijan
Anglo Asian Mining (LSE: AAZ), Azerbaijan’s leading gold mining company, has been awarded three new copper concessions in the country, which the company thinks could turn it into a mid-tier copper-gold producer. The miner said it is evaluating how…
Peru minister says US$1.4B Tia Maria mine a “no go”
Peru’s economy and finance minister has cast further doubt about Southern Copper’s (NYSE: SCCO) long-delayed US$1.4 billion Tia Maria project by saying he believed the proposed mine in the southern Islay…