Mining Forum Americas: B2Gold open to M&A in 2026
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-A: BTG) is open to mergers and acquisitions but may hold off until next year, when management expects the market to assign greater value to its fully…
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Congo strategy nearly doubles cobalt price
The price of cobalt sulphate entering the electric vehicle battery supply chain in China has soared more than 90% since the start of the year after top producer the Democratic…
Osisko drilling hints at high-grade copper for Gaspé
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) said assays from six new drill holes at its Gaspé copper project in Quebec show the presence of a high-grade zone that bodes well for the…
Minera Alamos raises $135M to pay for Equinox assets
Minera Alamos (TSXV: MAI) said it closed a C$135 million (US$98 million) equity financing that will help the company pay for three Nevada assets it’s in the process of buying…
Podcast: How biotechnology is disrupting mining, ft Allonnia CEO Nicole Richards
This week’s episode features Nicole Richards, CEO of Allonnia, a biotechnology company developing innovative solutions for mining waste. Richards discusses how recent advances in biotech in the last five years…
Leo Lithium ends with $220M for shareholders
Australia’s Leo Lithium will sell its remaining assets and return at least A$330 million (US$220 million) to shareholders, with the terms of the capital return to be finalized in coming…
Anglo American to cut hundreds of coal jobs
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) will shed more than 200 jobs from its Queensland coal division as weak prices and high state royalties hit profits. The company confirmed the cuts would…
Friedland sells 4% of Ivanhoe to Qatar for $500M
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN; US-OTC: IVPAF) has agreed to a $500-million investment from Qatar that gives its sovereign wealth fund 4% of the Canadian copper miner founded by billionaire Robert Friedland….
Deutsche Bank lifts gold price forecast to $4,000
Deutsche Bank has raised its 2026 gold price forecast to $4,000 per oz., citing continued central bank demand, especially from China, a falling U.S. dollar, and rising uncertainty over Fed…
BHP to shutter Australia coal mine, lay off 750 workers
BHP (ASX, NYSE LSE: BHP) plans to close its Saraji South joint venture coal mine in Australia and lay off about 750 workers amid weak coal prices and high royalties…
Brazil arrests mining agency head in corruption probe
Authorities in Brazil arrested the head of the country’s mining agency (Agência Nacional de Mineração, or ANM) as part of a wide-ranging federal operation targeting corruption, environmental crimes and illegal…
EnCore wins EPA backing for Burdock uranium project
EnCore Energy’s (Nasdaq, TSXV: EU) Dewey Burdock uranium project in South Dakota cleared a roadblock after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency waived a petition by local communities challenging permitting decisions….