May 26, 2016

Kincora consolidates the Mongolian southern Gobi copper-gold belt

The transaction will result in a consolidated landholding of over 1,500km2 between and along a strike from the Oyu Tolgoi and Tsagaan Suvarga copper mines.

May 26, 2016

Planetary Resources now has $21 million to help miners find resources… on Earth

Funds will be used to deploy and operate the firm's Earth observation program, known as Ceres.

May 26, 2016

BHP to boost copper output, lower costs at vast Olympic Dam

BHP wants find a way to up output for the industrial metal from its Olympic Dam by 40% even before a proposed and long-awaited mega-expansion of the operation takes place.

May 26, 2016

Nautilus underwater project in Eastern Pacific richer than thought

Inferred mineral resources for Nautilus' CCZ project went up to 685 million tonnes from 410 million tonnes.

May 25, 2016

Boom in private debt financing for mining

Australia's Taurus raised $683m to invest in mining company debt last year, while two funds currently in the market are targeting investor capital of $800m.

May 25, 2016

Seabridge Gold’s 2016 drill program targets further Deep Kerr expansion

The program calls for 10,000 meters of core drilling designed to expand by as much as 800 meters the block cave shapes that confine the current resource estimate

May 25, 2016

IntelliSense.io to deliver efficiencies for AngloAmerican through water & energy optimisation as part of the Newton-Picarte Resource Efficiency for Sustainable Extraction of Raw Materials Program

Cambridge, UK-based IntelliSense.io and AngloAmerican announce that they have initiated a joint project for IntelliSense.io to optimise the energy and water utilisation of the pipeline, which supplies recovered tailings water…

May 25, 2016

How big is big?

In an industry that is renowned for stupendous extremes, what is considered big among the big?

May 25, 2016

Gold price rally boosts Canada’s mining sector growth

Strong performance also came on the back of strategic initiatives, such as non-core asset sales, aggressive cost control measures and a disciplined approach in reducing debt.

May 24, 2016

Idaho silver mine shaft sunk to final depth of 9,587 feet

Project to extend life of Hecla Mining's Lucky Friday silver mine beyond 2040.