Glencore eyes adding lithium to its trading business
Mining and commodities giant Glencore (LSE: GLEN) is said to be evaluating the addition of lithium to the suite of metals it trades, as the battery metal has become the…
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Beaver Creek: Industry heavyweights weigh in on gold’s role in a changing world order
The Precious Metals Summit currently underway in Beaver Creek, CO has heard how gold is poised to play an increasingly important role in a changing global geopolitical landscape. During a…
Beaver Creek: Miners should hedge future carbon offset costs
As the energy revolution gathers momentum, so too intensifies the pressure from the investment community on miners to create net-zero emissions operations that produce sustainable upstream products feeding the new…
AngloGold earmarks US$143M to convert Brazil tailings to dry-stack
AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE: AU; ASX: AGG; JSE: ANG) has earmarked US$143 million to finish migrating its upstream mine waste storage facilities in Brazil, where two major tailings tragedies occurred in…
TSX Venture gains over holiday-shortened Sept. 6-9 trading week
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index rose over the Labour Day-shortened Sept. 6-9 trading session by 2.1% or 13.55 points to end the week at 645.57. C3 Metals boasted the highest…
G Mining to build US$458M Tocantinzinho gold project in Brazil
G Mining Ventures (TSXV: GMIN; US-OTC: GMINF) has made a formal decision to proceed with the construction of the Tocantinzinho gold project located in the state of Pará, Brazil. The…
Osisko Gold acquires NSR royalty on Marimaca copper project in Chile
Osisko Gold Royalties (TSX: OR; NYSE: OR:US) has acquired a 1% net smelter return (NSR) royalty covering the currently known mineralization and prospective exploration areas that constitute the Marimaca copper…
Rio2 appeals rejection of EIA for Chile gold project
Canada’s Rio2 (TSXV: RIO; US-OTC: RIOFF) is appealing the rejection of the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for its Fenix gold project in Chile’s northern Maricunga region, arguing the dismissal is…
Reunion Gold steps up drilling at Oko West in Guyana; aims for early 2023 resource
Based on positive drill results to date, South America-focused Reunion Gold (TSXV: RGD; US-OTC: RGDFF) is planning to accelerate drilling at its Oko West gold project in Guyana, and postpone the…
Great Panther to delist from TSX, NYSE as it seeks creditor protection
Great Panther Mining (TSX: GPR; NYSE: GPL) has stopped trading in Toronto, and is subject to delisting both at home and in New York, after announcing it had filed for creditor…
Analysis: No reduction in tailings dam failures over the past two decades
A newly released assessment of global tailings management facilities (TMFs) data paints a jarring picture showing that relative to global mine production, there has been no improvement in the rate…
Chile to redraw constitution following voter defeat
Chile’s national mining association SONAMI has welcomed the weekend rejection of the proposed new constitution for the world’s number-one copper producer, sending lawmakers back to the drawing board to create…