Top investors face-off over Rio Tinto’s emissions cuts
Rio Tinto’s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) top investors are set to face off at the company’s upcoming annual meeting, with only some of them in favour of pushing the miner…
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Brixton Metals drills bonanza-grade silver at Langis in Ontario
Brixton Metals (TSXV: BBB; US-OTC: BBBXF) has announced bonanza-grade silver assays from its wholly-owned Langis silver-cobalt project, 500 km north of Toronto in the Cobalt Camp area of eastern Ontario….
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 185: The big picture on mining, metals and the economy, ft editor-in-chief Trish Saywell
This episode features an interview with Northern Miner editor-in-chief Trish Saywell on the latest news in the mining industry, including the impact of the coronavirus on commodities and the economy….
First Cobalt to produce battery grade cobalt by early 2021
First Cobalt (TSXV: FCC) expects to begin production of cobalt sulphate late this year or in early 2021, which would make it North America’s only primary producer of the key…
Africa Snapshot: Eight companies active on the continent
Africa offers pre-production and operating companies large areas of underexplored prospective terrain and, in many countries, established mining legislation. West Africa, in particular, has attracted many explorers, developers and producers…
PNG clashes with Barrick, Zijin over fate of Porgera mine
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) welcomed a court ruling on May 1 ordering the government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) to review a requested lease extension for the Porgera…
Balmoral makes high-grade gold discovery in Quebec
Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) has made a new high-grade gold discovery at its wholly-owned Fenelon property. The property forms part of the company’s district-scale Detour Gold Trend project,…
Perseus pushes ahead in West Africa, despite virus threat
Perseus Mining (TSX: PRU; ASX: PRU ) is building its second open-pit mine in Cote d’Ivoire and its third in West Africa, and expects to pour first gold in December…
Rockcliff makes nickel-PGE discovery at Tower property in Manitoba
Rockcliff Metals (CSE: RCLF) has announced a new high-grade nickel-PGE discovery at its wholly-owned Tower property, 600 metres south of the company’s high grade, copper-rich Tower deposit and 130 km…
Vale takes offers for New Caledonia nickel assets
Vale (NYSE: VALE), the world’s top producer of nickel and iron ore, has received non-binding offers for its operations on the Pacific island of New Caledonia, it said on a…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 184: Diamond troubles as the mining industry adjusts to COVID-19, ft Alisha Hiyate
This week’s episode features Canadian Mining Journal editor-in-chief Alisha Hiyate, who discusses her experience at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) conference, as well as how the mining…
US outlines strategy to support domestic nuclear energy sector
The U.S. Department of Energy recently released a roadmap for rebuilding the country’s nuclear energy sector, including commitments to bolster domestic production of uranium, increase its enrichment as a fuel…