DRC to impose cobalt export quotas
The Democratic Republic of Congo will end a ban on cobalt exports next month and impose annual shipment quotas instead as the world’s biggest producer of the metal seeks to…
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Gold price hits new record high
Gold pushed to a record $3,728 per oz. on Monday before easing about $10 an oz. as investors piled into exchange-traded funds, extending a rally that resumed after last week’s…
La Caisse enters Aus renewables with $1.1B deal
La Caisse, Canada’s largest provincial pension fund, is acquiring Australian renewables developer Edify Energy for $1.1 billion (US$725 million), securing a foothold in a market it has long sought to…
Neo Performance opens Europe’s first REE magnet plant
Neo Performance Materials (TSX: NEO; US-OTC: NOPMF) has officially opened its $75-million facility in Estonia, becoming the first to mass produce rare earth magnets for Europe’s automotive and wind energy…
White Gold to raise $20M for exploration
White Gold (TSXV: WGO; US-OTC: WHGOF) is set to raise $20 million in a brokered private placement to fund its exploration activities in Yukon Territory. Clarus Securities, as lead agent…
Seabed miners face squeeze under oceans law
A newly ratified treaty to safeguard life at sea is expected to intensify opposition to deep-sea mining at a United Nations climate summit this week in New York, running alongside…
Elton John extols gold as price does a Rocket Man
Elton John has said goodbye to the yellow brick road – but not to the yellow metal, which is a big part of his life as the new short film…
Mining Forum Americas: Former Barrick CEO elevates Fourmile in Nevada plan
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Barrick Mining (TSX: ABX; NYSE: B) says its new Fourmile project in Nevada can be developed without new processing plants and fits within the company’s capital-returns…
Video: Gold hunt draws thousands as Yukon clue drops
More than 55,000 Canadians have joined The Northern Miner’s national treasure hunt, chasing around $1.3 million (US$940,000) in gold as the first regional prize lands in Dawson City, Yukon. Six…
Newmont sells entire Orla stake for $439M
Newmont (NYSE: NEM; TSX: NGT) has sold its 13% stake in Orla Mining (TSX: OLA) for $439 million (C$605 million), marking another step in its broader divestiture program aimed at…
Stibnite gold-antimony project OK’d for construction
Perpetua Resources (Nasdaq: PPTA; TSX: PPTA) can start building its $1.3-billion Stibnite gold-antimony project in Idaho next month after receiving a notice to proceed from the U.S. Forest Service on…
Ivanhoe defers Kamoa-Kakula copper forecast
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) (US-OTC: IVPAF) says it has begun the second stage of its Kakula mine dewatering plan, but will delay its copper production forecast for the next two…