May 19, 2023

Silver Lake ups bid for St Barbara’s Leonora gold complex by $29 million

This is the third time Silver Lake submitted an offer for St Barbara’s Leonora gold assets in Western Australia.

May 18, 2023

Hudbay’s reduced exposure belies its belief in Peru’s prospectivity

Violent protests in the country have killed at least 66, posing risks to the activity of other large mines like MMG’s Las Bambas and Freeport-McMoRan’s Cerro Verde.

May 18, 2023

Marimaca Copper’s resource revamp lobs it into the ‘globally significant’ arena, says CEO

Namesake project in the Antofagasta region now has measured and indicated oxide resources totalling 200 million tonnes grading 0.45% copper for 900,000 tonnes of metal.

May 18, 2023

Ultra-rare Bulgari Laguna Blu diamond sells for $25 million

The exceptional blue diamond found a buyer after a four-minute bidding battle between three telephone bidders and one bidder in the room.

May 18, 2023

Copper price down, hit by strong dollar, rising inventories

On-warrant copper stocks in LME registered warehouses climbed to a six-month peak.

May 18, 2023

Pembridge Resources in trading halt as it seeks liquidation

The miner, whose shares collapsed this week on the closure of its Minto copper-gold mine in Canada, has engaged insolvency advisers.

May 18, 2023

Scientists purify uranium-laden water using magnetic bacteria

Magnetotactic bacteria can accumulate dissolved heavy metal in their cell walls.

May 18, 2023

Miners in Chile to pay more taxes as long-awaited reform approved

The bill increasing the government's take only needs the signature of President Gabriel Boric, who has publicly backed it, to become law.

May 17, 2023

UK’s first centre for rare earth magnet recycling to open in Birmingham

Scale-up and roll-out of technology first piloted at the University of Birmingham forms the basis for the UK’s first full scale remanufacturing facility for rare earth magnets.

May 17, 2023

Pace of build speeds up at Artemis’ Blackwater gold mine

The first gold pour is planned for the second half of 2024.