BHP to cut emissions by 30% with first LNG-powered bulk carrier
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has taken a key step towards its goal of reaching net-zero by 2050 after receiving the first of five LNG-powered carriers to transport…
Copper
MMG to halt Las Bambas copper mine by Feb 20 amid fresh blockade
MMG (HKG: 1208) said today that it will have to halt production at its Las Bambas copper mine in Peru by February 20, following a new blockade of the road…
Peru copper output up almost 7% despite social unrest
Copper output in Peru, the world’s second-largest producer after Chile, increased almost 7% to 2.3 million tonnes in 2021 despite several protests that paralyzed some of the country’s key operations. …
Colombia to open gold, coal assets up for bids
Colombia will begin taking offers in its first bidding round for gold and copper exploration contracts before the end of March, the government said this week, as part of ongoing…
Video: Gold Royalty Corp poised to accelerate growth in 2022, says CEO
Gold-mining executive David Garofalo says the copper and gold deal-making environment has never been better. He looks to kick Gold Royalty Corp (NYSE American: GROY) growth into high gear in…
AME Roundup: Patricia Mohr sees a copper supercycle emerging in the medium term
Copper could be heading towards supercycle territory in the medium term, with price levels expected to reach above US$5 per pound, economist and commodity market specialist Patricia Mohr told a…
Rockcliff Metals PEA foresees underground mines at its Tower and Rail projects in Manitoba
Rockcliff Metals (CSE: RCLF; US-OTC: RKCLF) has released a preliminary economic assessment for its 100% owned Tower and Rail projects located in central Manitoba’s Flin Flon-Snow Lake Greenstone belt. The…
Enduro completes option for 100% of Newmont Lake in BC
Enduro Metals (TSXV: ENDR; US-OTC: ENDMF) has completed the option requirements to earn a 100% interest in the Newmont Lake copper-gold project in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle. The property is…
Coast Copper releases assay results from Empire mine property
Coast Copper (TSX-V: COCO) has intersected high grade copper and gold at its Raven Bluff and Raven pit targets, 200 metres north of the past-producing Merry Widow open pit mine…
American mining output rises 12% y/y to US$90.4B
Operating mines in the United States generated US$90.4 billion in mineral commodities in 2021, a 12% increase year-over-year, the US Geological Survey said in the 27th annual Mineral Commodity Summaries report…
AME Roundup: B.C. mining production achieves record in 2021
The Association of Mineral Exploration’s annual Roundup event kicked off this week, providing the first opportunity for industry delegates to mingle in person at an industry event following the start…
Magna posts feasibility for $233M Shakespeare nickel project; plans JV with Mitsui
Magna Mining (TSXV: NICU) has released a feasibility study outlining a capex of $232.9 million for its Shakespeare nickel project, 60 km southwest of Sudbury, Ont. To help advance the…