Top investors seek damages from Glencore over prospectus claims
Swiss trader and miner giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has been accused by a group formed by some of the world’s biggest asset managers of hiding its corrupt activities through misleading…
Copper
Robots enhance prospectors’ role as GeologicAI and peers scan drill core assays
GeologicAI, a Canadian tech company with Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX: AEM; NYSE: AEM) as a client and the backing of the Bill Gates-funded Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is part of a…
China zooms in on Latin America, Africa in critical minerals race, says report
Facing more restrictive foreign investment policies in developed markets, China is expected to continue building its influence over key minerals such as lithium and cobalt across the developing world, according…
Taseko’s Florence copper project inks preservation deal with U.S. EPA
Taseko Mines (TSX: TKO; NYSE: TGB; LSE: TKO) has signed a programmatic agreement under the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) section 106 process outlining the protocols for the treatment, handling,…
Codelco woes mount with potential rating cut by Moody’s
Chile’s Codelco, the world’s largest copper producer, has just added a new item to its already long list of challenges as Moody’s Investors Service has placed the state-owned miner under review…
BHP mulls taking Escondida underground as it moves to unveil its own leach technology
BHP (ASX: BHP; LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP) has kicked off a series of studies to carry out over the next 18 months at its operations in Chile, as the company…
TNM Drill Down: Mapping the top drill holes YTD
We’ve compiled a map of the top gold, silver, copper, nickel, lithium and uranium assays year-to-date. Click here to see the visualization.
Ecuador court confirms DPM concessions; permits delayed by 12 months
Dundee Precious Metals (TSX: DPM) announced Tuesday the Provincial Court of Azuay in Ecuador delivered a decision reaffirming the company’s mining concessions for the Loma Larga copper-gold project. While the…
Rio Tinto-First Quantum JV to develop massive copper project in Peru
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) and First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) have formed a joint venture to advance the La Granja copper project in Peru to development….
Zijin mulls multi-billion expansion of Serbian copper mine
China’s Zijin Mining Group is said to be planning an expansion of its Cukaru Peki mine in eastern Serbia, as demand for copper is expected to surpass supply. According to…
Nickel Creek Platinum shares drop as prefeasibility puts Shaw project capex at $1.7B
Nickel Creek Platinum (TSX: NCP; US-OTC: NCPCF) shares fell by 16.7% to 2.5¢ each on Friday after the company released a prefeasibility study giving its Nickel Shaw project in southwest…
Upcoming elections in near-bankrupt Argentina could finally unlock the country’s huge mineral projects
Food, energy and now minerals. In a world where competition for raw materials is only increasing, Argentina is blessed with an abundance of natural resources. But the country’s nationalist politics…