SQM files project to cut water, brine extraction in Chile
Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM) has submitted to the country’s environmental evaluation service (SMA) a US$778,000 project to cut its use of freshwater and brine from the Atacama Desert to mitigate…
2022
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…
AME Roundup: Ian Telfer on how not to build a gold miner
The mining sector is notorious for not following proven business principles that ensure value creation for shareholders through the ups and downs of the commodity cycles, senior executive Ian Telfer…
Rock Tech, Bilfinger to build Europe’s first lithium refinery
Canada’s Rock Tech Lithium (TSXV: RCK) and Germany’s Bilfinger SE will work together on building Europe’s first lithium converter and refinery, in a push to meet the region’s increasing demand…
Mining companies give up claims in Peel Watershed Planning Region in Yukon
Seven mining companies, including Newmont Mining (TSX: NGT; NYSE: NEM) and Atac Resources (TSXV: ATC; US-OTC: ATADF), have agreed to give up their mining claims in the Peel Watershed Planning…
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…
Iamgold responds to US firm pushing for board reshuffle
Iamgold (TSX: IMG; NYSE: IAG) is firing back at a U.S. investment fund pushing for a reshuffle of the miner’s board of directors over what it calls “massive value destruction…
Treasury Metals releases assays from 2021 exploration program at Goliath
Toronto-based Treasury Metals (TSX: TML; US-OTC: TSRMF) has released new assay results from its Goliath gold project in northwestern Ontario, as well exploration and development plans for the year ahead….
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…
Reconciliation: Action needed instead of symbolism, says Jody Wilson-Raybould
Former minister of Justice and attorney general of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould called on all levels of government and industry to stop merely pursuing symbolic gestures towards First Nation reconciliation but…
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…