May 11, 2018 Chile’s Caserones copper mine a pain in the neck for Japanese owners The mine, behind schedule ever since it began producing in May 2014, has been affected by a series of technical problems in its ramp-up phase, costing its owners hefty impairment…
May 11, 2018 Ethiopia suspends MIDROC Gold mining license after weeks of protests Decision follow relentless protests in a town near the mine, where locals accuse the company of polluting their source water and the air, causing humans and animals respiratory illnesses, miscarriages,…
May 10, 2018 Canada / U.S. big players announce world’s first carbon-free aluminum smelting process Alcoa and Rio Tinto announced the launching of Elysis, a joint venture company whose goal is to push towards commercial production a newly discovered, carbon-free aluminum smelting process.
May 10, 2018 Canadian junior to acquire gold-silver project in Mexico Megastar Development wants to buy the Rama de Oro project located in the state of Oaxaca.
May 10, 2018 Dalradian up on resource update for Curraghinalt gold deposit Document shows a 46% increase in gold ounces at the Northern Ireland project.
May 10, 2018 Erdene soars as Altan Nar project in Mongolia proves larger than predicted Indicated and inferred gold equivalent resources increased by whooping 208% and 172% respectively, when compared to the project’s maiden mineral resource estimate of 2015.
May 10, 2018 De Beers tracks first 100 diamonds through supply chain using blockchain The world’s largest rough diamond producer by value will launch the tracking platform later this year, making it available to the whole industry.
May 9, 2018 Copper hotspots identified in northern Australia Recent data released by the Northern Australian Geochemical Survey reveal that there are potential copper hotspots on the Queensland-Northern Territory border.
May 9, 2018 Expansion of Canada’s first surface and underground diamond mine delayed Construction of a new open pit at the mine has been delayed until further notice.
May 9, 2018 Mexico greenlights First Majestic’s $320 million-acquisition of Primero The approval was the final government agency’s permission the parties required to close the deal.
Ioneer eyes bid for Rio Tinto’s US boron unit Boron, an element mineral with few producers, was added to the US list of critical minerals last month. December 12, 2025 | 02:49 pm
