Exclusive: Barrick CEO Bristow drives another U-turn in a remote land
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD), the second-biggest gold miner by market value, this month poured its first gold in Papua New Guinea in nearly four years as CEO Mark…
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PDAC: Faster permitting key to advancing critical mineral projects, panel warns
Governments must help cut permitting and production timelines if Canada is to produce enough minerals to reach net zero goals by 2050, says the CEO of Ring of Fire project…
Exclusive: Record gold price a product of global risks, Barrick CEO Bristow says
The price of gold hit new records this week as concerns mounted about slowing growth in China, Europe and the United States even as stock markets rebounded and bond yields…
PDAC 2024: Demand, energy transition tailwinds to elevate copper, say bankers
Copper is a good bet to outperform other major metals over the next year, based on strong market fundamentals, senior Canadian bankers told delegates this week at the world’s largest…
Macquarie flags nickel deficit as Indonesian permit delays drag growth
The global nickel market risks a surprise deficit this year amid slowing processing timelines for new Indonesian nickel mine permits, the Macquarie Group said in a report Thursday. This bottleneck…
Lithium on its way up, hopeful juniors say
Despite the 80% retreat in lithium prices over the past year, junior companies in the space are confident in the long-term view for the battery metal. Four executives in the…
Diamond producers warn of pitfalls in G7’s Russia gem ban
The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) issued an open letter on Wednesday calling on the G7 nations and the European Union to rethink the potentially “irreparable” market outcomes of…
BHP’s tech-inspired startup program closes in on first deals with tiny explorers
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) is using its giant heft to jumpstart small exploration companies with new ideas on how to find energy transition minerals. The company’s BHP…
Zijin to expand Tibet copper mine expected to be world’s largest
China’s Zijin Mining Group announced on Friday that is going ahead with the second phase of a major expansion at its Julong copper project in Tibet, after receiving government approval. The…
Rio Tinto OKs US$6.2B Simandou iron mine
“The board yesterday approved the largest mining project in the world,” CEO Stausholm told Financial Times.
Video: Mazumdar highlights sector’s challenges; need for sentiment shift
Of the many challenges facing the mining sector right now, the biggest one is investor sentiment, says Joe Mazumdar, mining analyst, editor and writer of the Exploration Insights Newsletter. Mazumdar,…
MP Materials and Lynas explore merger amid rare earth market woes: report
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) and Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), two leading producers of rare earth elements, could be considering a merger, the Australian Financial Review reported Friday. The Sydney-based publication suggests that…