Robex shifts focus to Guinea, aims for first gold in 2025
Robex Resources (TSXV: RBX), which has been producing gold at the Nampala mine in Mali since 2017, says the key to its goal of becoming a mid-tier West African producer…
Politics
Copper price jumps on China policy pivot, but market has seen it before
Copper jumped on Monday, rising by more than 2% overnight to a four-week high of US$4.30 per lb. (US$9,470 per tonne) on the CME in Chicago, after China’s politburo signalled…
GoviEx initiates arbitration against Niger in uranium permit dispute
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; USOTC: GVXXF) is going to arbitration with Niger for revoking its permit on the feasibility-stage Madaouéla project, one of the world’s largest uranium developments. Niger’s military…
London Symposium: Beaty, McEwen, O’Toole urge mining firms to lead climate crisis fight
Sustainable mining must be the new normal to boost earnings and convince a skeptical public about the industry’s importance to combat global warming as the world enters a metals trade…
Torex Gold plunges after gas leak kills three at Mexican underground mine
Torex Gold Resources (TSX: TXG) says a fatal carbon monoxide gas leak at its El Limón Guajes (ELG) underground mine in Guerrero state, Mexico has claimed the lives of three…
London Symposium: Quebec out in front of green energy transition with support for tech, miners
Transitioning away from fossil fuel usage calls for greater collaboration between government and industry to meet the huge demands on critical minerals mining for producing low-carbon technologies. In Canada, the…
Niger seizes Orano’s Somair uranium operation as juntas across Africa pressure Western miners
France-based uranium miner Orano has lost operational control of its Somair mine in Niger in the latest move against Western miners in West Africa’s volatile Sahel region. In neighbouring Mali,…
Madagascar lifts suspension on Energy Fuels’ critical minerals project
Madagascar has lifted its suspension on Energy Fuels‘ (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) Toliara critical minerals project, aiding the company’s diversification from uranium as it restarts development on what could be…
ArcelorMittal blames EU policy gaps for greening delay
ArcelorMittal (NYSE: MT), the world’s second-largest steelmaker, is delaying plans for transitioning to low-carbon steel production, blaming insufficient policy clarity and support from the European Union for its decision. The…
Aus billionaire Gina Rinehart closer to opening contentious coal mine in Alberta
Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart has moved closer to reviving a metallurgical coal mine in Canada’s Rocky Mountains after a local plebiscite showed strong support for the project. Nearly 72%…
Trump tariff plan would knock US-Canada-Mexico metals and mining
United States president-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to slap double-digit tariffs on America’s top trading partners will snarl metals supply chains and lower demand, analysts and industry leaders said. Trump said…
Four Barrick Gold employees detained in Mali
Employees of the Loulo-Gounkoto mine were detained amid the government’s push for higher mining taxes.