Fatal accident forces WCS to halt iron site at Simandou
Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS), the company that’s developing Blocks 1 and 2 of the massive Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, has halted operations after a fatal accident killed three…
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Critical Metals lifts Greenland rare earth stake to 92%
European Lithium retains its 7.5% minority interest in the Tanbreez project, alongside a 60% stake in Critical Metals.
Video: Newcore eyes PFS as Enchi packs high value
Newcore Gold (TSX-V: NCAU; US-OTC: NCAUF) is advancing its 100%-owned Enchi project in Ghana toward a prefeasibility study after last year’s preliminary economic assessment (PEA) outlined a simple, low-capex open-pit…
Editorial: Quebec’s mining crossroads
Quebec’s mining sector is at once thriving and uncertain, a duality that reflects the global forces reshaping commodities and the local policies that aim to manage them. The province has…
TNM’s International Metals Symposium
The Northern Miner’s International Metals Symposium will return to London, England on Sunday, Nov. 30 and Monday, Dec. 1, marking its seventh year as one of the premier global investor conferences dedicated to…
Video: Maple Gold gains Douay, to update resource
Maple Gold Mines (TSXV: MGM) has transitioned from a joint venture partner to an owner-operator of the Douay project in Quebec’s Abitibi region. The team is preparing for a 10,000-metre…
Platinum Group’s matte move could unlock Waterberg
Platinum Group Metals (TSX: PTM; NYSE-A: PLG) is seeking South African approval to export converter matte from its Waterberg project rather than bagged concentrate, CEO Frank Hallam says. Converter matte…
DOE agrees to buy 5% stake in Lithium Americas
The United States’ Department of Energy (DOE) agreed to buy minority stakes in Lithium Americas (TSX, NYSE: LAC) and its Thacker Pass project in Nevada in exchange for authorizing funding…
DPM halts Ecuador gold project drilling amid protests
Drilling at DPM Metals’ (TSX, ASX: DPM) Loma Larga project in Ecuador has been put on hold following widespread protests, the Canadian miner said as it released a new study…
BHP sinks $555M into Olympic Dam amid expansion bid
BHP is considering doubling copper output in South Australia to 650,000 tonnes by the mid-2030s
Aclara soars on Carina rare earths project upgrade
An update for Aclara Resources’ (TSX: ARA) Carina project in Brazil has lifted most of the deposit to the indicated category and raised grades for its four rare earths compared…
Agnico’s Boyd links gold’s allure with contest goals
Agnico Eagle Mines (TSX, NYSE: AEM) chairman and Canadian Mining Hall of Fame member Sean Boyd and Anthony Vaccaro, president of the Northern Miner Group, recently sat down with The Northern…