January 11, 2022 Galantas Gold to kick off operations at Northern Ireland mine Company is about to pour first gold at its Omagh mine, with production set to start at the end of the current quarter.
January 10, 2022 Tesla signs $1.5 billion deal for nickel from Talon Metals’ Minnesota project Tesla agrees to buy 75,000 tonnes of nickel with a nominal value of $1.5 billion from Talon Metals-Rio Tinto JV starting in 2026.
January 10, 2022 Canada Silver Cobalt Works releases new drill results from Castle project in Ontario The 61 zone’s drill highlights included 0.50 metres grading 2571.53 grams silver per tonne and 0.01% cobalt.
January 10, 2022 Copper-based artificial photosynthesis device advances research into solar fuels The device is known as a photoelectrochemical cell and it is made of copper oxide, or cuprous oxide, a promising artificial photosynthesis material.
January 10, 2022 Ivanhoe to produce up to 340,000 tonnes of copper at DRC mine in 2022 The Canadian miner said its Kamoa-Kakula complex produced 105,884 tonnes of copper concentrate last year, topping guidance.
January 10, 2022 Nickel price hits highest in a month with inventories close to record lows Refined nickel inventories in ShFE warehouses were last at 4,859 tonnes, close to a record low of 4,455 tonnes in August 2021.
January 9, 2022 Peru sees 60% increase in mining tax revenues Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said regional and local governments saw a 60% increase in mining tax revenues in 2021.
January 9, 2022 Gold catalyst helps transform methane into methanol, acetic acid Researchers produced methanol and acetic acid by reacting methane with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst made from gold and the zeolite ZSM-5.
January 7, 2022 Osino to acquire B2Gold’s Ondundu property in Namibia in $15m deal B2 Gold spent $10 million on exploration at Ondundu between 2015 and 2021.
January 7, 2022 Pembridge to boost copper output at Minto mine It expects to produce between 28 million and 31 million pounds of copper at the Yukon Territories mine in 2022.
Gabon to audit mining deals as reforms start amid IMF talks As part of discussions with the multilateral lender, President Brice Oligui Nguema “has demanded the full publication of all mining agreements". December 19, 2025 | 10:51 am