Chile copper, lithium mines rattled by 7.4 quake
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile on Thursday night, 45 km outside San Pedro de Atacama, where the majority of the country’s vast copper and lithium mines are located. The…
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USGS issues first earthquake risk study on commodities
Scientists with the United States Geographical Survey, a government research agency, have developed a new scientific assessment of how earthquakes threaten worldwide mineral commodity supplies. The methodology was developed…
Vale restarts Salobo 3 copper plant Brazil after fire
Vale reiterates that the 2024 copper production guidance remains at 320-355 kt.
Zambia, US, and Canada slowest for mine development: S&P Global
According to a new report by S&P Global, the United States has the second-longest lead times in the world for developing a new mine. Mines in the U.S. go from…
ACG opts for US$290M copper mine in Turkey after dead US$1B nickel deal
ACG Acquisition (LSE: ACG), founded by a mining executive who helped create aluminum giant Rusal, is taking another stab at green metals after a US$1 billion deal last year failed to…
Video: Junior market dominated by ‘the lame, the halt and the blind,’ says Rule
Over two-thirds of today’s junior miners are essentially worthless, says resource speculator Rick Rule. The problem is the market has trouble spotting the gems with high-quality assets, which often end…
JV Video: Callinex Mines moves Pine Bay ahead in tough junior market
Callinex Mines (TSXV: CNX; US-OTC: CLLXF) released an initial resource last year for the Rainbow deposit at its Pine Bay volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) project in Manitoba. It then followed that…
Boyd, Roosen, Quartermain: It takes grit, invention, luck to make the big time
Perseverance, a focus on geology and financial discipline and some good breaks are what’s needed to make a mining titan, some of the industry’s leaders told a conference put on…
Arizona Sonoran expands Cactus copper resource
Arizona Sonoran (TSX: ASCU; US-OTC: ASCUF) increased its measured and indicated resource tonnage for the Cactus copper project in Arizona by more than a quarter after a seven-month drilling program. …
Video: Seabridge Gold seeks BC OK to keep KSM permits
Seabridge Gold expects to receive the “substantial start’ designation under British Columbia laws for permits allowing KSM, the world’s largest undeveloped gold project, CEO Rudi Fronk said in an interview….
Rio Tinto names Shell’s Katie Jackson as new copper chief
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has appointed Katie Jackson, a former Shell executive, as the new head of the company’s copper division, based in London, U.K. Jackson,…
Video: LSE-listed uranium junior Power Metals lands in North America
Power Metals Resources (LSE: POW; US-OTC: POWMF) CEO Sean Wade says there are plenty of catalysts for the London-listed prospect generator which just listed on the OTC. The company, which…