Ivanhoe keeps DRC copper mine expansion ahead of schedule
Kamoa-Kakula Phase 2’s concentrator plant is now expected to begin full operations in Q2 2022.
News
Newcrest PFS for Red Chris block cave mine confirms potential, pegs cost at $2.6B
Newcrest Mining (TSX: NCM; ASX: NCM), operator of the Red Chris gold-copper mine, says a just-completed prefeasibility study for underground block caving at the operation confirms its potential to become…
Antofagasta to test use of hydrogen in mining equipment
Antofagasta (LSE: ANTO) has become the first mining company in Chile to set-up a pilot project to advance the use of hydrogen in large mining equipment, especially haulage trucks. The pilot, set up at the company’s Centinela copper…
The Northern Miner Podcast – episode 260: Data for the mining industry and beyond, ft Mining Intelligence director Katja Freitag at the Global Mining Symposium
This week’s episode features Mining Intelligence managing director Katja Freitag in conversation with Northern Miner Group publisher Anthony Vaccaro at the Global Mining Symposium. Katja explains the different ways that…
Bristow, Marape to meet on potential fast-track of Porgera restart
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) CEO Mark Bristow is set to meet with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape this week, with the aim of speeding up the…
JV Article: Baroyeca Gold and Silver dives into Colombia
This year has been transformative for Baroyeca Gold and Silver (TSX: BGS; US-OTC: BRYGF), the company says. The junior explorer has raised over $3 million in two private placements and…
Barrick’s Tanzania ops on track
Barrick Gold‘s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) Tanzanian mines, North Mara and Bulyanhulu, are said to be on track to achieve their respective 2021 production targets and to replace depleted reserves…
BHP to expand into “tougher jurisdictions” in search of battery metals
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) CEO Mike Henry says the company is ready for a strategic shift out of its geographical, advanced-economies comfort zone into “tougher jurisdictions” as…
US narrows gap with China in race to dominate battery supply chain, report says
The United States is narrowing the gap with China when it comes to the race to dominate the battery value chain, according to BloombergNEF’s second annual Global Lithium-Ion Battery Supply…
Lumina issued $24M in shares for Cangrejos gold-copper project, debt repayment
Lumina Gold (TSXV: LUM) has raised $19 million to advance its Cangrejos gold-copper project in Ecuador, where work is under way on a prefeasibility study. In addition to closing a…
Reflections on truth and reconciliation in Canada
Following Canada’s first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on September 30, I’d like to share my thoughts on residential schools, education, and healing. Over the last few months, as…
International Nickel Study Group forecasts rising nickel demand in 2022
Global primary nickel demand will rise to 2.8 million tonnes this year and to 3 million tonnes next year, up from 2020’s 2.4 million tonnes, according to the International Nickel…