September 11, 2020

First Majestic gets $59 million investment from Sprott

Billionaire Eric Sprott has now become a shareholder in the Mexico-focused silver producer.

September 11, 2020

Rio Tinto heads roll over sacred Aboriginal site destruction

CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques, iron ore boss Chris Salisbury, and corporate affairs head Simone Niven will have to step down.

September 10, 2020

Freeport’s Grasberg go-go days back as gold, copper prices rally

Freeport's iconic open cut mine in Indonesia is going underground – nearly doubling copper and gold production and earning $8 billion per year in the process.

September 10, 2020

Group Eleven begins drilling at Ireland zinc project

The company is also nearing plans for follow-up drilling at the PG West project.

September 9, 2020

Short seller says Northern Dynasty is “gaslighting investors”

In a scathing report, JCap says Vancouver promotors of giant Pebble copper-gold mine in Alaska are lobbying for bonuses, not producing minerals.

September 9, 2020

Gold price gets boost on vaccine trial delay

Spot gold was up 0.5% at $1,941.66 per ounce by noon EDT, shaking off initial declines.

September 8, 2020

Zinc price to enter long term structural decline in 2021 – report

Fitch predicts prices will rise to around $2,600/tonne by the end of the year.

September 8, 2020

Definitive feasibility study for Kakula confirms giant mine

Latest studies on Ivanhoe and Zijin’s Kamoa-Kakula project in the DRC show the asset could become the world’s second largest copper mine.

September 8, 2020

Helium is soaring on red-hot demand, shrinking supply

Like gold, helium is an important but finite resource, and new large helium deposits are becoming fewer and farther between.

September 8, 2020

Copper price drops despite 65% surge in China imports

Copper price dips below $3.00 as Shanghai–London arbitrage window shuts.