Lucapa Diamond ups resources at Angola mine by 48%
Shares in Lucapa Diamond (ASX: LOM) jumped almost 5% on Monday after the Australian miner announced that inferred resources at its Lulo mine in Angola rose 48% last year. The Lulo mine, in…
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China’s clean-tech surge shakes markets and tests Western green resolve
Against China’s production boom, Western countries are trying to figure out how to build their clean-tech industries without being undercut by cheaper Chinese products. They’re stuck between wanting to secure…
Net-zero goal within reach, or is it, new surveys argue
Solar energy will dominate the mining industry by 2040, or it will take an additional 20 years, according to two new executive surveys from different sides of the globe. Mining…
Covert forms of sexual harassment persist in Western Australia mining – study
Female mining workers in Western Australia report it’s common to experience condescending attitudes because of their gender, and to be subject to offensive sexist remarks, the Mental Awareness, Respect and…
One dead in rockfall at Australia’s Ballarat gold mine, 28 survive
One person has died and another is seriously injured following a rockfall at Victory Minerals’ Ballarat gold mine in Australia’s state of Victoria. Twenty-eight other men were able to…
Pilbara seals another Chinese offtake deal
Australian lithium producer Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) has clinched a deal with Chinese company Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group for spodumene concentrate, essential for making lithium batteries. Under the agreement, Pilbara…
Core Lithium CEO quits on share, battery metal prices rout
Perth-based Core Lithium (ASX: CXO) faces a corporate shake up in response to a dramatic drop in lithium spodumene prices that spurred the immediate departures of its CEO and a…
Australian 2023 gold output slips as miners cut head grades on high price
Australia produced 9.8 million oz. gold last year, an almost 3% decrease from 2022, finds the Melbourne-based Surbiton Associates. Despite the slide, last year’s fourth quarter saw an increase of…
Vista Gold economics, capex edge higher in updated Mt Todd feasibility
Vista Gold (TSX: VGZ; NYSE-AM: VGZ) has released an updated feasibility study for its Mt Todd gold project in Australia that shows slightly better economics at a higher gold price…
Australia’s Southern Cross eyes Canada for dual listing
Australia-focused company Southern Cross Gold (ASX: SXG), which scored the best gold assay this week in The Northern Miner’s Drill Down top 10, plans to also list in Canada. The…
TNM Drill Down: Southern Cross hits best Sunday Creek gold yet
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the best gold assays from the March 1-8 period. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width as identified by data company Mining…
Lithium prices and equities to rise from bottom by July, Canaccord Genuity says
Prices for lithium and the stocks of companies trying to mine it are poised to rebound by July although they’re unlikely to resume the boom times of two years ago,…