December 12, 2018 Power Ore buys former Falconbridge Opemiska complex The complex produced more than 1.0 billion lb. of copper and almost 206,000 oz. of gold.
December 12, 2018 Casa discovers new zone at Pitman in BC Prospecting, rock and soil geochemical sampling graded as high as 231 grams per tonne silver, 2.83% copper and 6.15% zinc at the Dragon Tale zone over an area measuring 1.4…
December 12, 2018 Canadian universities not keeping up with mining industry demands—report Undergraduate mining engineering program enrollment dropped 12% between 2015 and 2016.
December 12, 2018 Anti-mine stance eases in second-largest copper producer Cajamarca could attract as much as $18.2 billion investment in new projects, according to the Mines and Energy Ministry.
December 12, 2018 Greece seeks to avert nickel producer Larco shutdown Larco, which is 55% owned by the Greek state, owes about 280 million euros in unpaid electricity bills to state-controlled power utility Public Power Corp.
December 12, 2018 Vale buys innovator New Steel for $500m Vale has focused on sales of better quality iron ore, mostly from its S11D project in Pará state, as demand for the cleaner and less polluting product rises in China,…
December 12, 2018 Australia plans deal with US on ‘critical minerals’, hopes to boost its exports This will mean Geoscience Australia and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) will work closely on exploration, extraction, processing and research and development.
December 12, 2018 BHP calls off sale of Cerro Colorado copper mine as buyer backs out The world’s No.1 miner had decided to offload Cerro Colorado mine in May last year, as part of chief executive Andrew Mackenzie’s bid to focus on large assets in commodities such…
December 11, 2018 Zambia’s chamber of mines sees 21,000 job cuts due to higher taxes Africa's No.2 copper producer plans to introduce new mining duties, replace Value Added Tax with sales tax and increase royalties to help bring down mounting debt.
December 11, 2018 Amarc to drill Joy copper-gold project in BC The company also identified three new targets that it says it can make drill ready through induced polarization and geological surveys in early 2019.
US raises Graphite One loan to $2.1B Graphite Creek is described by the US Geological Survey as the largest graphite deposit in the country. December 19, 2025 | 07:43 am
