Australian gold production declines as miners adapt to record prices
Australia, the largest gold producer after China, produced slightly less of the yellow metal in the 12 months to June 30 as miners adjusted strategies for record high prices even…
News
Teck restructures, promotes staff after coal exit
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK) says its new company structure will revolve around two regional business units, North America and Latin America, as it shifts to produce…
G Mining declares commercial production at Tocantinzinho gold mine in Brazil
G Mining Ventures (TSX: GMIN; US-OTC: GMINF) is Brazil’s newest gold producer after declaring commercial production at its Tocantinzinho mine in Pará state on time and on budget in less…
Kodal Minerals to be first lithium producer in West Africa listed in London
Kodal Minerals (LSE: KOD) is set to become West Africa’s first London-listed lithium producer when its Bougouni project in southern Mali begins production, planned for this year’s fourth quarter. The…
Mineral Resources tightens belt after lithium, iron ore prices fall
Australia’s Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) is slashing costs to ride out the weak lithium price but founder and chief executive Chris Ellison said the company wasn’t panicking. The iron ore…
Editorial: Mining-powered rockets vs dockets
As we look in the waning days of summer to the United States’ Southwest in this edition, it strikes us that there’s been a staggering number of days that only…
Kodak never saw it coming either. How lab-grown diamonds rocked the industry
Since early 2022, the price of polished natural diamonds has fallen roughly 40%. The industry is being buffeted by negative economic headwinds, an excess of mine supply and too much…
GM delays $330M Thacker Pass funding in latest sign of lithium slowdown
General Motors (NYSE: GM) has postponed a $330-million investment in Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC; NYSE: LAC), pushing the second tranche of their $650-million deal, announced in early 2023, to the…
Australia at risk of losing its ‘shine,’ miners warn
BHP the latest to issue warning over Australia’s competitiveness
following Regis gold mine rejection.
Latest permit for Hudbay project in Arizona paves way for major U.S. copper boost
Hudbay Minerals (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) now has in hand the second-last permit it needs to start construction at its 85,000-tonne-per year Copper World project in Arizona. The permit granted…
Northern Graphite boosts production 59% despite financial challenges
Northern Graphite (TSXV: NGC; US-OTC: NGPHF), the continent’s only graphite producer, reported a 59% increase in production from the first to second quarter this year at its Lac des Iles…
Betty Jean Hall: the lawyer who broke down barriers for women in mining
Betty Jean Hall, a pioneering lawyer who dedicated her life to advocating for women in the mining industry, passed away on Aug. 16, at the age of 78. Her work…