Category: Latest Mining News

Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE) is collaborating with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to study the potential for geologic hydrogen production at its flagship nickel-PGE-copper-cobalt project in Montana.

The government of a Canadian territory is seeking to place Victoria Gold Corp. into receivership after a major landslide and cyanide spill at the company’s flagship bullion mine earlier this summer.

Zambia has temporarily shut its borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said at the weekend, in a move that could delay exports from Africa’s biggest copper producer.

The United States on Thursday banned imports from five more Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses involving the Uyghurs, according to a government posting, as part of its effort to eliminate goods made with forced labor from the US supply chain.

This year is shaping up to be another tough one for the world’s lithium producers, but the Australian sector is taking new price lows in its stride.

A First Nation group has asked the Yukon government to initiate steps to remove the management of Victoria Gold Corp, citing failure of the top executives to contain the environmental damage caused by the company’s Eagle gold mine.

The Yukon government is taking over more tasks in the cleanup effort at Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: VGCX) Eagle mine, as the company has missed more conditions of the remediation plan.

Europe-focused Metals One (AIM: MET1) announced Thursday that Kingsrose Mining (ASX: KRM), partner and operator of its Råna nickel-copper-cobalt project in Norway, has entered into a contract to begin core drilling at the Rånbogen prospect in August.

Zambia has asked mining companies in Africa’s second-biggest copper producer to double their power-saving efforts to 40% of normal demand, as the worst drought in decades saps hydroelectric generation.

Indonesia’s nickel production surge is crushing competitors and challenging the West’s ambitions of diversifying its critical metals supply chains.

A preliminary economic assessment of Gold Rim Exploration Inc.'s Cotogchoa project in Quito, Ecuador has identified an open-pit zone capable of producing an average of more than 3,000 ounces of gold a year over a four-to-six-year period for a potential mine production of nearly 20,000 ounces of gold, making the project the company's most successful project in the country.

The danger of cyanide contamination following the accident at Victoria Gold’s (TSXV: GCX) Eagle mine in Yukon might be fading after the latest test results show low levels of the chemical in water bodies.