Colombia to tender gold, coal assets by end of June
Colombia plans to hold two bidding rounds — one for gold and one for coal exploration contracts — before the end of June, as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen…
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Ambler Metals’ suspended access road permits in legal limbo
A judge of the Federal District of Alaska is expected to render a decision soon in a dispute regarding the development of a 340-km, east-west-running controlled industrial access road that…
Vale to build US$345M ‘green’ pig iron plant in Brazil
Mining giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) has signed an agreement with the government of the northern Brazilian state of Pará to build a “green” pig iron plant in the city of…
Glencore to buy recycled nickel and cobalt products from Electra in 2023
Glencore (LSE: GLEN) has agreed to purchase nickel and cobalt products for a year from a battery recycling plant that’s poised to go online in 2023 – Electra Battery Materials’…
Black Iron won’t publish Shymanivske feasibility until there’s peace in Ukraine
Ukraine-focused iron ore developer Black Iron Inc (TSX: BKI; US-OTC: BKIRF) will not publish the highly anticipated feasibility study for the Shymanivske project until peace has returned to the Dnipropetrovsk region…
Westhaven drills highest ever intercept (37 g/t Au and 215 g/t Ag) at Shovelnose
Westhaven Gold (TSXV: WHN) has released new results from ongoing drilling at its wholly owned Shovelnose gold project. Covering 76.2 sq. km, Shovelnose is the largest of the company’s four properties…
Kinross Gold explores sale of Ghana assets to Asante Gold
A day after announcing the sale of its Russian assets, Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has entered into an agreement with Asante Gold (US-OTC: ASGOF; CSE: ASE) to potentially…
Graphite One signs MoU with Lab 4 to develop battery recycling facility
Graphite One (GPH: TSXV; US-OTC: GPHOF) has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with battery materials recycler Lab 4 to build a recycling facility for end-of-life electric vehicle (EV)…
BHP’s Nickel West to be fully powered by renewables
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LON: BHP; ASX: BHP) has secured enough renewable energy to cover 100% of the power requirements of three of its major nickel operations in Western Australia, following…
Researchers look into extracting critical metals from mine waste to boost Australia’s, India’s supply
New research from the University of South Australia could transform the way rare earth elements and other vital battery metals are recovered from the earth, enabling safer extraction with fewer…
China’s Chengxin Lithium increases stake in Canadian junior Lithium Chile to 19.9%
Chengxin Lithium, a Chinese public company, will increase its stake in Lithium Chile (TSXV: LITH; US-OTC: LTMCF) to 19.86%, up from 5%, as the Calgary-based miner plans to complete a…
Grid Metals shares rise on lithium intercepts from Donner Lake, near Tanco Mine
Shares of Grid Metals (TSXV: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) witnessed a 16% increase after the company released results from two out of 11 holes it has drilled on the Northwest Dyke…