Copper price eases as LME inventories surge
London Metal Exchange on-warrant copper inventories have surged by more than 50% in three days, easing fears of an acute supply squeeze and sharply narrowing a key market spread. On-warrant…
United States
US opens vast Pacific seabed to mining
Washington is planning to auction off deep-sea mining leases near the Northern Mariana Islands later this year, advancing the Trump administration’s push to develop domestic sources of critical minerals from…
US awards $162M to turn mining waste into critical minerals
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has selected nine projects for $162 million (C$225 million) in potential funding to recover critical minerals from mine waste and industrial feedstocks, part…
Arizona Eagle buys three-past producing silver mines
Arizona Eagle Mining (TSXV: AZEM; US-OTC: AZEMF) said it’s acquired about 251,000 sq. metres of land hosting three past-producing high-grade silver mines in Yavapai County, Arizona. The newly acquired properties…
Equinox Gold gains key federal permit for South Railroad, kicks off early works
Equinox Gold (TSX, NYSE-A: EQX) is starting early works construction at its South Railroad project in Nevada after it completed an important stage of federal environmental permitting, putting it on…
American Rare Earths, Novex to boost US output
American Rare Earths (ASX: ARR) and metallurgy firm Novex plan to develop U.S. rare earth metal production using feedstock from the Halleck Creek project in Wyoming, said to be the…
CEO chat: Faraday sees 18B-lb Arizona copper district
Faraday Copper (TSX: FDY; US-OTC: CPPKF) expects confirmation drilling at BHP’s (NYSE, LSE, ASX: BHP) former San Manuel mine to support a combined Arizona resource containing more than 18 billion…
Blue Moon rejects short seller’s claims
Blue Moon Metals (TSXV: MOON; Nasdaq: BMM) is defending its main Nussir copper project after short-seller Viceroy Research questioned permits, financing and broader development strategy, while an analyst firm says…
CHART: Mining stocks enjoy a $210-billion fortnight
So far in August the combined U.S. dollar market capitalization of the MINING.COM TOP 50 rose from $2.17 trillion to $2.38 trillion. That is $210 billion in seven sessions, three…
Processing, not output, may decide metal shortages
Critical-mineral shortages through 2035 may depend as much on whether miners can reliably process and deliver usable material as on whether enough tonnes are mined, according to GEM Mining Consulting….
Newmont backs junior Headwater on 3rd Nevada project
Newmont (NYSE, ASX: NEM; TSX: NGT) has agreed to earn control of Headwater Gold’s (CSE: HWG; US-OTC: HWAUF) Jupiter gold project in Nevada by covering exploration costs and completing a…
Podcast: Wheaton Precious Metals CEO Haytham Hodaly on the evolution of the streaming model
This week’s episode features Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX, NYSE, LSE: WPM) CEO Haytham Hodaly in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli on how the streaming model is holding up in today’s…