BHP’s Spence copper mine in Chile now fully autonomous
BHP’s (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) Spence copper mine in Chile has celebrated three months of being the company’s first fully autonomous operation, a status reached in April after…
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Big Oil seizes lithium opportunities
Mining companies could benefit in cash and technology as major fossil fuel companies such as ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) and Equinor (NYSE: EQNR) invest in lithium, a potential lifeline amid…
Video: AbraSilver focuses on Jack find in Argentina
AbraSilver Resource (TSXV: ABRA; US-OTC: ABBRF) is drilling to expand its Diablillos project in Argentina with a focus on the high-grade Jack deposit, CEO John Miniotis says in an interview….
Adventus wins permit challenge, but Silvercorp deal still in jeopardy
Copper-gold developer Adventus Mining (TSXV: ADZN) got a boost on Thursday after an Ecuador court knocked back a lawsuit challenging a key permit for the company’s flagship El Domo-Curipamba project….
Anglo American takes US$1.6B writedown on UK mine
Anglo American (LSE: AAL) swung to a loss in the first half of the year after taking a fresh US$1.6 billion writedown on its Woodsmith fertilizer project in the U.K.,…
Vale to develop low-carbon iron in Brazil, US and Middle East within a year
Three projects were already announced for Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
Vale Metals appoints mining veteran Shaun Usmar as CEO
Vale Base Metals, Vale‘s (NYSE: VALE) Canadian-based spinout of its metals business created last year, has appointed mining veteran Shaun Usmar as its new chief executive officer. Usmar brings over…
Solaris issues in-pit resource for ‘world class’ Warintza copper project in Ecuador
Solaris Resources (TSX: SLS; NYSE: SLSR) has provided a mineral resource estimate (MRE) for the in-pit portion of its Warintza project in southeastern Ecuador in support of an upcoming pre-feasibility…
Founders Metals hits new high on Antino results
Shares of Founders Metals (TSXV: FDR; US-OTC: FDMIF) surged to a record intra-day high Monday after the company announced promising assay results from its 2024 drill program at its flagship Antino…
CleanTech makes battery-grade lithium in DLE pilot
Shares in CleanTech Lithium (LSE: CTL) rallied on Monday after the Chile-focused explorer and developer announced it had completed the first phase of production at its Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE)…
Chile copper, lithium mines rattled by 7.4 quake
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile on Thursday night, 45 km outside San Pedro de Atacama, where the majority of the country’s vast copper and lithium mines are located. The…
USGS issues first earthquake risk study on commodities
Scientists with the United States Geographical Survey, a government research agency, have developed a new scientific assessment of how earthquakes threaten worldwide mineral commodity supplies. The methodology was developed…