November 2, 2023 Appian acquires mineral sands land package in Virginia Firm plans plans to de-risk and restart the mining operations, with the refurbishment of two existing mineral concentrator plants.
November 2, 2023 Panama Congress decides fate of First Quantum mine contract Vote on bill revoking the 20-year contract with First Quantum and halting all future mining concessions in Panama happening today.
November 2, 2023 Sibanye-Stillwater eyes cuts at US mines on weak palladium prices It warned of further changes at its palladium mines in the US as prices for the main PGMs have fallen faster than it anticipated.
November 1, 2023 Taseko secures final permit for Florence copper project in Arizona Florence has total proven and probable reserves of 290.2 million tonnes grading 0.36% copper.
November 1, 2023 First Quantum shares down 50% as Panama Congress committee OKs referendum Bill has cleared the first hurdle to becoming a law that allows national referendum on the contract covering Cobre Panama copper mine.
November 1, 2023 Lucapa finds Lulo mine’s third-largest diamond The 208 carat, Type IIa diamond is also the second 100-carat-plus stone found in October at the Angola mine.
October 31, 2023 New graphite-based material can be ‘everything all at once’ A new material can be tuned to exhibit three important properties never before seen in natural graphite.
October 31, 2023 BHP to inject $4.9 billion into Jansen to double potash output BHP is going ahead with Jansen stage two expansion, even before the first phase of the Canadian potash mine is in production.
October 30, 2023 Gem Diamonds finds 117-carat diamond at Letseng The discovery of the white Type IIa rough diamond is a much-needed positive news for the miner, which reported last month a $1 million loss.
October 30, 2023 Appian invests in US graphite-focused firm Urbix Appian has also inked a deal with Urbix to develop a commercial-scale downstream graphite processing facility in the US.
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