Explorer combs near ex-Rio copper mine in Pacific
A private Canadian junior is exploring on Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island that suffered a decade-long civil war and environmental damage linked to a former Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE:…
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BHP offers to buy Anglo American for US$39B
BHP (LSE: BHP; NYSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) has made a tentative all-share offer valued at £31.1 billion (US$38.8 billion) to take over Anglo American (LSE: AAL) and become the world’s…
Western Copper and Gold raises $40M for Casino project in Yukon
Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE: WRN) is increasing a stock offering by 60% for its Casino copper-gold-molybdenum project in the Yukon. The bought deal increased to $40 million from…
Video: American Pacific Mining’s Palmer project pivot pays off
Cashed-up American Pacific Mining (CSE: USGD; US-OTC: USGDF) is preparing for an active drilling season this year at its Palmer base metals project in Alaska and the Madison copper-gold project…
UK law firm backs Madagascar villagers against Rio Tinto in mine pollution claim
Residents say the QMM ilmenite mine has contaminated surrounding lakes and waterways with toxic metals.
Explaining the copper conundrum
Arguably, no one is more aware of the coming copper shortage than copper miners themselves. Glencore CEO Gary Nagle warned in late 2022 — just months before the company made…
JV Video: Temas Resources plans $1.2B titanium, iron ore mine in Quebec
Temas Resources’ (CSE: TMAS) La Blache titanium-vanadium-iron project in eastern Quebec benefits from being similar to Rio Tinto‘s (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) decades-old operations in the same region,…
Net-zero goal within reach, or is it, new surveys argue
Solar energy will dominate the mining industry by 2040, or it will take an additional 20 years, according to two new executive surveys from different sides of the globe. Mining…
Core Lithium CEO quits on share, battery metal prices rout
Perth-based Core Lithium (ASX: CXO) faces a corporate shake up in response to a dramatic drop in lithium spodumene prices that spurred the immediate departures of its CEO and a…
JV Article: Argentina Lithium targets first resource by September
Argentina Lithium & Energy (TSX-V: LIT; US-OTC: LILIF), backed by Chrysler automaker Stellantis, says it’s drilling the Rincon West lithium brine project, located beside a Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE:…
JV Article: Lode Gold to spin out Yukon and Atlantic assets
When Wendy Chan joined Stratabound Minerals’ board, she could not understand why the company, with gold projects in California, Yukon and New Brunswick was languishing with a market capitalization of…
Feds must force pensions to fund Canadian mining, Lassonde, Giustra say
Ottawa has to pressure pension funds to invest billions in Canadian mining, a radical change from their almost non-existent stakes, if the industry is ever going to produce enough metals…