Timeline: The Oyu Tolgoi saga
From discovery to blockade: the twists, deals and disputes behind Mongolia’s Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine.
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China blacklists US firms in rare earths war
China has imposed export controls on two American rare earth companies central to U.S. efforts to build alternative supply chains for critical minerals used in advanced manufacturing and defence. MP…
Guinea halts raw gold exports, seeks local refining
Guinea has banned the export of raw gold in an effort to raise domestic processing of metals, Africa-focused business news site Ecofin Agency reported Monday. President Mamadi Doumbouya announced the…
Gladiator raises $35M from BlackRock-led placement to fund Yukon drilling
Copper explorer Gladiator Metals (TSXV: GLAD; US-OTC: GDTRF) has raised more than $35 million (US$24.7 million) through a private placement led by BlackRock to fund drilling at the Whitehorse project….
China lithium price slides over CATL restart chatter
Lithium prices in China slid by nearly 10% over the past two trading sessions amid speculation that one of the country’s biggest mines may be returning to production. Bloomberg reported…
Sponsored: Fortune Bay targets Goldfields PFS milestone
Fortune Bay CEO Dale Verran in conversation with The Northern Miner video host Devan Murugan. This sponsored video is PROMOTED CONTENT paid for by Fortune Bay and produced in co-operation…
Sponsored: Exyn targets safer underground scans
Exyn Technologies Director of Commercial Sales Douglas Minke in conversation with Canadian Mining Journal’s Editor in Chief Dr. Tamer Elbokl during the May 2-5 CIM Connect event in Vancouver. This…
Site visit: Blue Lagoon uses Dome cash to chase 1Moz
SMITHERS, B.C. – At Blue Lagoon Resources’ (CSE: BLLG; US-OTC: BLAGF) Dome Mountain mine, the morning meeting starts with safety and discussions about connection with the Yintah, or land. The…
Pirate Gold harpoons copper-gold hit at Moby Dick
Pirate Gold (TSXV: YARR; US-OTC: YARRF) has uncovered broad zones of copper-gold mineralization in its first holes at the Moby Dick target in central Newfoundland, pointing to a regional system,…
Quakes, storms knock Alamos Gold output
Alamos Gold (TSX, NYSE: AGI) says it’s expecting lower production in the second quarter following a series of disruptions at the Young-Davidson mine in northern Ontario. In an update on Thursday,…
EnCore OK’d to build South Dakota’s first uranium mine tapping underground brine
After more than a decade of local opposition, enCore Energy (Nasdaq: EU; TSXV: EU) has received federal approval to start building its Dewey Burdock project in southwest South Dakota, advancing…
Major Newmont mine Cadia halted after quake: report
Underground operations at Newmont’s (NYSE, ASX: NEM) Cadia gold mine in Australia -– one of the country’s largest mining operations — have been suspended for the second time in nine…