June 14, 2022

Gem Diamonds finds 245-carat diamond at Letseng

The white diamond, found over the weekend, is third one over 100 carats recovered this year at the company's mine in Lesotho.

June 14, 2022

Salazar, Adventus earmark $270m for Ecuador copper-gold project

Pre-construction work at the Curipamba-El Domo copper and gold project is expected to begin this year and construction in Q2 2023.

June 14, 2022

PDAC 2022: Colombia pushes diversification of mining sector as presidential vote looms

Colombia has been trying to diversify its mining sector away from thermal coal.

June 14, 2022

Flooding forces Sibanye-Stillwater to halt Montana mines 

The company said no injuries had been reported after the floods, but the road to its Stillwater mine is cut off.

June 13, 2022

Lynas awarded $120m DOD contract to build commercial heavy rare earths facility in US

The facility is expected to be located within an existing industrial area on the Gulf Coast of the state of Texas and targeted to be operational in financial year 2025.

June 13, 2022

EnergyX disqualified from Bolivian lithium race on technicality, company says

Six firms are still competing to secure a partnership, none of them have exploited lithium at a commercial scale before.

June 13, 2022

Gem Diamonds unearths 245-carat stone in Lesotho

It is the third diamond of over 100 carats recovered from the Letšeng mine within the past three weeks.

June 12, 2022

New working group to monitor truce between Las Bambas, Peruvian Indigenous communities

The new committee will keep track of the commitments agreed upon by MMG and the Indigenous communities protesting against its Las Bambas copper mine.

June 12, 2022

Ontario developer finds massive cache of pure synthetic graphite at planned housing site

King & Benton found more than it was bargaining for when it acquired the former Union Carbide synthetic graphite manufacturing facility in Welland, Ontario.

June 12, 2022

Copper more effective than silver in killing covid virus

Both copper and silver release bacteria-killing ions due to corrosion but only the red metal is effective against the covid-19 virus.