October 11, 2023

Pan American Silver plans La Colorada mine restart after robbery

Last week the miner suspended all operating activities at La Colorada after reporting an armed robbery involving two trailers of concentrate.

October 11, 2023

“New” mineral discovered in abandoned gold mine dumps

A newly discovered mineral, named kanatzidisite, was recently unearthed in mining dumps of the abandoned Nagybörzsöny gold deposit in Hungary.

October 10, 2023

Torngat Metals hopes to revive Strange Lake rare earths project in Quebec

Privately owned Torngat says it has funding to complete a prefeasibility study for the project next year.

October 10, 2023

Key question: Which critical mineral will China ban next?

The tech products we take for granted in our modern lives remain highly vulnerable to disruption.

October 10, 2023

Defense Metals says Wicheeda will produce high-grade, high-recovery REE concentrate

The company has revealed the results of additional beneficiation testing conducted by SGS Canada.

October 10, 2023

How to turn mine tailings into healthy soil

Researchers have developed a new method that is expected to save miners billions of dollars by minimizing the cost and risk of tailings storage.

October 8, 2023

Loulo-Gounkoto to remain among world’s top 10 gold producers – Bristow

Mark Bristow said the Malian mine is on track to meet this year’s guidance.

October 8, 2023

Stone Age Ethiopians knew how to source their iron-rich rocks

Middle Stone Age Ethiopians progressively replaced exotic iron-rich high-quality rocks with lower quality, poorer in iron, but locally available ones. Researchers now have clues as to why this happened.

October 7, 2023

Mexican president exhorts American company to settle after mine closure

Andrés Manuel López Obrador repeated his accusations against Vulcan Materials for allegedly causing an environmental disaster in Quintana Roo.

October 6, 2023

US chemicals company develops portfolio of catalysts to solve materials challenge in hydrogen

Mattiq leveraged AI technology in the "world’s most comprehensive study of iridium alternatives".