Vedanta to sell zinc assets for US$2.98 billion in cash
Multinational Indian miner Vedanta Ltd. (NSE: VEDL) is selling its zinc assets to a unit of the company, Hindustan Zinc, in a US$2.98 billion all-cash deal. Vedanta Ltd. and Hindustan…
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B2Gold meets production guidance for seventh year running
B2Gold (TSX: BTO; NYSE-AM: BTG) produced 1.03 million oz. gold last year with 367,870 oz. or about 36% of the total coming from the fourth quarter. Annual production, which included…
GoviEx sells Falea uranium project in Mali
GoviEx Uranium (TSXV: GXU; US-OTC: GVXXF) is selling its uranium-silver-copper Falea project in Mali to African Energy Metals (TSXV: CUCO; US-OTC: NDENF) in a $5.5 million cash and share deal….
Barrick on the backfoot as FY22 output misses guidance
Despite a strong finish in the fourth quarter of 2022, Canada-domiciled Barrick Gold’s (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) production fell to the lowest level in decades after missing full-year guidance on…
Push tech jobs to attract women to industry, forum panel says
The industry needs to encourage mentors, adjust mindsets and offer technology jobs to boost the level of women from just 8% of the global mining workforce, according to a panel…
Eurasian Resources expands search for EV minerals in Saudi Arabia
Eurasian Resources Group has signed deals to explore in Saudi Arabia with a Mars rover-like sampler as it helps prepare a passport for electric vehicles showing their battery mineral sources….
Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2023
To say 2022 was tumultuous is an understatement. War, inflation, climate disasters, market volatility: the past year was anything but business as usual for most. ESG, which had seemed firmly…
Ivanhoe hits upper end of 2022 guidance at Kamoa-Kakula in DRC
Ivanhoe Mines‘ (TSX: IVN; OTC: IVPAF) flagship Kamoa-Kakula mining complex in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) produced a total of 333,497 tonnes of copper concentrate during the past…
Take The Northern Miner’s 2022 news quiz
From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to stubbornly high inflation, and an unrelenting focus on reshoring critical minerals supply chains, last year was full of twists and turns for miners. Were…
Caledonia closes deal for one of Zimbabwe’s largest gold projects
Caledonia Mining (LSE: CMCL) has added to its portfolio one of Zimbabwe’s biggest gold mining projects after completing the acquisition of Bilboes Gold, owner of the namesake asset, the U.K.-based…
Space rock yields mysterious minerals
A team of researchers has discovered at least two minerals never before seen on earth in a 15-tonne meteorite found in Somalia – the ninth-largest meteorite ever found. The two…
Two B2Gold workers dead after robbery in Mali
Two employees of B2Gold (TSX: BTO) in Mali were killed Thursday when their bus was attacked in an armed robbery, the miner says. The incident occurred when the bus under police…