Fremont Gold options Vardenis project in Armenia
Fremont Gold (TSXV: FRE; US-OTC: FRERF) will earn up to a 100% stake in Mendia Resources, an Armenian company that holds the exploration licence over the Vardenis copper-gold project in…
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Video: Dundee’s process innovations help miners get greener
The mining and smelting industry has faced environmental risks for decades, but now new mineral extraction and metallurgical technologies are helping to mitigate them. Dundee Sustainable Technologies has developed two…
Teck’s bid to gain China wealth fund’s backing for coal split hits wall, report says
Teck Resources (TSX: TECK.A, TECK.B; NYSE: TECK), Canada’s largest diversified miner, is reportedly struggling to secure the support of top shareholder China Investment Corporation (CIC) for a plan to exit…
Renewable energy capacity to hit record growth in 2023 – IEA
Renewable power capacity will grow by a record number this year as more robust government policies around fossil fuels and energy security concerns drive more clean energy deployment, the International…
Hochschild CEO Bustamante to leave after 13 years with miner
Hochschild Mining (LSE: HOCM) announced on Tuesday its chief executive, Ignacio Bustamante, will leave in late August after 13 years in various top positions in the company. Bustamante, 52, will…
TNM Drill Down: Heliostar Metals’ Ana Paula project tops week’s gold assays
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the top gold assays of the past week (May 19-26). Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our…
RANKED: World’s top producing copper companies in 2022
Copper is a highly conductive metal used in wiring in transport, construction and manufacturing — and it is also vital to the green energy transition as a component in electric…
Adriatic Metals gears up for Bosnia-Herzegovina mine opening
The Vares silver project is more than 70% completed and ready to kick off production in November this year.
The View from England: Win their hearts, and minds will follow
I shed tears within 30 pages. I expect you would too and, if you’re a miner, so you should. In a recently-published novel we are taken back to a small…
Pembridge Resources in trading halt as it seeks liquidation
The trading of Pembridge Resources’ shares (LSE: PERE) came to a halt on Thursday after the embattled miner said the board had decided to place the firm into creditors’ voluntary…
Neo Performance Materials preps to drill at Greenland rare earths project as CEO steps down
Canadian-based permanent magnet manufacturer Neo Performance Materials (TSX: NEO) is preparing for its first exploration program at its Sarfartoq rare earths project in Greenland, just as its CEO and founder…
De Beers merges two auctions as diamond sales disappoint
It sold $480 million worth of rough diamonds in the period between May 1 and May 16, 21% less than in the same period of 2022.