UK to meet 30% of critical mineral needs by 2035
Britain plans to lift the share of critical minerals it gets from domestic mines and recycling to 30% by 2035, up from about 6% today, under a new 10-year strategy…
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Barrick paid $430M to settle Mali dispute: Bloomberg
Barrick Mining (NYSE: B; TSX: ABX) paid nearly the same amount as the back taxes Mali’s junta claimed it owed, ending a long dispute that had shuttered a mine once…
Site visit: Minaurum eyes first resource at Alamos in Mexico within weeks
On a plateau high up in the Alamos mountain ranges of Mexico’s Sonora state, Stephen Maynard casts a sweeping gesture across the valley, indicating where the two main shoots of…
Canada, India eye nuclear export deal: report
Canada and India are close to announcing a new $2.8 billion (C$3.9 billion) uranium export deal that would see Cameco (TSX: CCO; NYSE: CCJ) supply the energy metal as part…
BHP exits latest approach to buy Anglo, adding twist to merger saga
BHP (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) has made another approach to buy Anglo American (LSE: AAL) despite the London-listed miner’s proposed merger with Canada’s Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A/TECK.B). On Sunday, BHP,…
Copper Giant also huge in molybdenum at Mocoa
An update for Copper Giant Resources’ (TSXV: CGNT; US-OTC: LBCMF) Mocoa project in Colombia boosts contained tonnage by at least two-third for copper and molybdenum and marks it as one of the…
Harmony bets big on copper with $1.6B Eva build
South Africa’s Harmony Gold (JSE: HAR, NYSE: HMY) has approved construction of its $1.6 billion Eva copper project in Australia, setting a three-year build that begins in the third quarter of…
United States to reissue cobalt stockpile tender
The United States is preparing to revive a major cobalt procurement effort after cancelling an earlier bid round this autumn, as Washington accelerates long-term plans to rebuild strategic mineral inventories…
US EXIM to invest $100B in mining, energy
The U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) plans to invest $100 billion in support of the Trump administration’s strategy of striving for global energy dominance, according to the London-based Financial Times. Newly…
Anglo’s Quellaveco copper output hits 1M tonnes
Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) Quellaveco copper mine in southern Peru has produced 1 million tonnes of copper since operations began in 2022, marking a major milestone for one of South…
Aris pays $80M for full ownership of Soto Norte
Aris Mining (TSX: ARIS; NYSE-A: ARMN) has gained full ownership of the Soto Norte gold project in Colombia after reaching an $80-million deal to buy out the remaining 49% joint…
Larvotto greets antimony demand crunch as output nears
Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) is preparing for first production of antimony next year at its Hillgrove project in New South Wales, believed to be the largest deposit of the critical…