June 28, 2022

USGS deploys satellite imagery in the global fight against illegal mining

Artisanal and small-scale mining can lead to commodities being mined, sold and purchased through unofficial channels and potentially financing criminal or terrorist organizations.

June 28, 2022

Western Copper feasibility on Casino outlines $1.8 billion after-tax NPV

Over the 27-year project life, annual production would reach 163 million lb. copper, 211,000 oz. gold, 1.28 million oz. silver and 15.1 million lb. molybdenum.

June 28, 2022

Ivanhoe Electric shares fall in debut after $169 million IPO

Robert Friedland's exploration and development company owns properties in Arizona, Utah and Montana. It also has a battery storage business.

June 28, 2022

Researchers now know why hackmanite changes colour

Hackmanite is considered a natural wonder material that is cheap and easy to synthesize and that has applications in personal UV monitoring and X-ray imaging.

June 28, 2022

Teck tests carbon capture use and storage at Canadian operations

Canada’s largest diversified miner has set the pilot project at its Trail Operations metallurgical complex in southern British Columbia.

June 27, 2022

Denison enters agreement with Kineepk Métis for Wheeler River uranium project

Wheeler River is considered to be the largest undeveloped uranium project in the eastern portion of the Athabasca Basin of Saskatchewan.

June 27, 2022

Kore Potash cuts Congo project costs by $520 million

Kore also reduced the construction period for its Kola potash project by six months to 40 months.

June 27, 2022

Evolution Mining drags Aussie gold peers down after downgrade

The Australian gold producer downgraded its forecast gold production for the year to June 30 and shelved a multi-million dollar expansion.

June 26, 2022

EU strengthens position against deep-sea mining

The new EU agenda on International Ocean Governance reiterates the idea of banning mineral extraction in the exclusive economic zones of EU countries.

June 24, 2022

Rio2 shares fall on EIA rejection of its Fenix Gold project in Chile  

While Fenix meets the environmental regulations and requirements, it didn’t provide enough information on how it aims to eliminate the “adverse impacts” that the project will have on the area’s…