Rio Tinto picks outgoing Canadian ambassador to China as chairman
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) has picked outgoing Canadian ambassador to China and veteran management consultant Dominic Barton to lead its board as the miner tries to…
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Jervois up despite inflation pressuring Idaho Cobalt Operations capex higher
Shares in Australian battery metals company Jervois Global (ASX: JRV; TSXV JRV) were trending more than 5% higher on December 16 despite an overnight announcement that the expected capital expenditure…
IGO to buy Western Areas for A$1.1B amid soaring nickel demand
Australian nickel and lithium miner IGO (ASX: IGO) is buying rival Western Areas (ASX: WSA) in an all-cash deal valued at A$1.1 billion (about US$793 million), marking what could be…
Stronger metal prices lift NPV of Copper Mountain’s Eva project in Australia to US$622M
Copper Mountain Mining (TSX: CMMC; ASX: C6C) has updated the economics for its Eva copper project, finding healthier economics thanks to higher metals prices, but also a higher capital commitment….
Altus in the red on Newcrest royalty buy
The London-quoted equity in Altus Strategies (AIM: ALS; TSXV: ALTS; US-OTC: ALTUF) traded more than 14% in the red on Tuesday following the overnight announcement that it and a privately-held…
Noront to negotiate with Wyloo on sweetened offer
Noront Resources (TSXV: NOT) said on Tuesday it plans to negotiate directly with Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals on the company’s sweetened acquisition bid, which has reignited a long-dragge-out…
Rio Tinto and Star Diamond make peace
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO; ASX: RIO) and Canadian junior Star Diamond (TSX: DIAM) have reached an agreement to end a long drawn out dispute over the development of…
ICMM members paid US$23.7B in taxes in 2020
The 28-members of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) reported total tax payments of US$23.7 billion in 2020, an effective tax rate of 39.7%, and an increase of…
Harte Gold seeks creditor protection as Silver Lake closes in
Troubled Canadian miner Harte Gold (TSX: HRT) has been granted creditor protection after putting its Sugar Zone gold mine into production without a feasibility study two years ago and later failing…
Global shift to ‘green steel’ will require US$278B investment by 2050: report
The global steel industry could be almost completely decarbonized by 2050 with an investment of US$278 billion in clean capacity and retrofits to existing production, according to BloombergNEF’s new report, Decarbonizing Steel: A Net-Zero Pathway. A move…
Renewables adoption speed still too slow to limit climate crisis — IEA
Growth in renewable energy is set to hit an all-time record this year, but is still falling “well short” of what is necessary to reach net zero emissions by 2050,…
Inflation anxiety — what’s in store
The Q4 edition of The Northern Miner’s Global Mining Symposium on November 17 and 18 was another resounding success. The conference featured a top notch roster of guests from the…