Guinea squeezes Emirati-owned bauxite miner
Guinea, the world’s top exporter of bauxite, has revoked the mining title of Emirates Global Aluminium’s GAC subsidiary and awarded it instead to a new local entity – a move…
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Glencore says DRC cobalt stockpile has ‘no impact’
Glencore (LSE: GLEN), the world’s second-largest cobalt producer, says its growing stockpile of unsold cobalt won’t materially affect the company as it contends with export restrictions in the Democratic Republic…
Site visit: PLS now runs world’s biggest hard-rock lithium resource
Australia’s PLS (ASX: PLS), formerly Pilbara Minerals, has increased the resource at its Pilgangoora lithium operation in Western Australia by nearly a quarter through gains in tonnage and grade, overtaking…
Century Lithium joins US fast track
Century Lithium’s (TSXV: LCE; US-OTC: CYDVF) estimated $3.1-billion (C$4.26 billion) Angel Island project in Nevada has been given transparency status by the U.S. Federal Permitting Council on its fast-track approval…
SSR Mining soars on strong earnings beat
SSR Mining (Nasdaq, TSX: SSRM), the third-largest U.S.-based gold miner by output, soared to its highest share price in nearly two years on Wednesday after reporting second-quarter results that incorporated…
Top 10: Down Under giants adapt to global shifts
In The Northern Miner’s annual look at the world’s largest miners, Australia always figures prominently. This is third in a series after Canada and the United States. The southern continent’s…
NexGen doubles uranium sales ahead of Rook I OK
NexGen Energy (TSX, NYSE: NXE; ASX: NXG), advancing the largest development-stage uranium deposit in Canada, said Wednesday it has secured a major new offtake contract with a large U.S.-based utility. …
US courts Cook Islands for deep-sea mining
The United States has begun talks with the Cook Islands for research on seabed mineral exploration and development, just months after the South Pacific nation inked cooperation pacts with China that…
The Metals Co. posts first deep-sea resource
The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) has released a prefeasibility study and a resource — the first of its kind — for its seabed mining plans that show a potential return…
Denison shares rise on key Saskatchewan approval
Canada’s first potential in-situ recovery (ISR) uranium project has moved one step closer to reality with Denison Mines (TSX: DML; NYSE: DNN) receiving its environmental assessment (EA) approval from Saskatchewan….
Fresnillo lifts gold forecast on first-half surge
Shares in Fresnillo (LSE: FRES) jumped 6% on Tuesday after the Mexican precious metals miner raised its gold production forecast for the year, driven by a strong first-half performance of…
Infographic: Antimony spheres of control
Antimony is a critical mineral—vital for military applications and ammunition, as well as in batteries and semiconductors —yet its global supply is overwhelmingly controlled by China and Russia. In today’s geopolitically charged world, access to antimony is as…