Serabi Gold keeps mines running after deaths
Brazil-focused Serabi Gold (AIM: SRB; TSX: SBI) said mining and milling continue as usual at its Palito Complex and Coringa mine despite two fatal underground accidents last week. The company…
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West speeds up pursuit of China in supply chain race
Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC), Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR; NYSE: UUUU) and MP Materials (NYSE: MP) are among Western companies chipping away at China’s enormous lead in rare earths. Leading the charge is the Lynas Mt Weld mine in Western Australia and its…
Macro forces driving metals jump still intact: Jefferies
Gold’s sharp pullback last week may have handed investors a new entry point into mining equities because wider economic forces driving the recent “metals melt-up” remain intact, Jefferies argues in…
VRIC JV Video: Trinity One buys Ecuador’s Silver-1
Vancouver-based Trinity One Metals (TSXV: TOM; US-OTC: ARJNF) has agreed to acquire Ecuador’s past-producing Silver-1 mine, a deal CEO Thomas Wood said would give the roughly $9-million microcap a primary-silver…
Copper is key at Rio-Glencore deadline
With the time limit for a Rio Tinto (NYSE, LSE, ASX: RIO) bid to acquire Glencore (LSE: GLEN) expiring this Thursday, The Northern Miner offers another look at how the…
Capstone restarts a limited Mantoverde as strike lingers
Capstone Copper (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC; US-OTC: CSFFF) resumed operations at its Mantoverde mine in Chile this weekend despite failing to resolve a month-old strike that will cap output. Mantoverde…
Capstone strike at Mantoverde may end this weekend
Talks could end a four-week strike that has idled Capstone Copper’s (TSX: CS; ASX: CSC; US-OTC: CSFFF) Monteverde mine in Chile. Canaccord Genuity analyst Dalton Baretto says the strike could…
Bravo raises C$86M including Orion for Brazil nickel-PGMs project
Bravo Mining (TSXV: BRVO, US-OTC: BRVMF) closed an $86-million (US$63.5-million) public offering this month for ongoing preliminary work at its Luanga nickel-platinum project in Brazil as it prepares to bring…
Glencore’s copper drops 11% as Rio takeover looms
Glencore’s (LSE: GLEN) copper production fell 11% in 2025, hitting the low end of guidance as weaker ore grades and operational constraints weighed on output, amid intensified investor attention on…
Mining industry rates Chile’s critical mineral plan
Industry responses to Chile’s new National Critical Minerals Strategy ranged from supportive to skeptical as officials shift the country’s traditional reliance on copper towards a broader mix of resources aligned with…
AME: Faster, deeper discoveries needed, Anglo exec says
Anglo American’s (LSE: AAL) chief technical officer Tom McCulley used his first appearance at the Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup to deliver a clear message to the industry: the…
Bolivia’s lithium gamble tests new US alignment
Bolivia’s political trajectory shifted in November when President Rodrigo Paz took office, signalling a turn towards closer ties with the United States after two decades of Socialist Party rule. Paz’s…