June 22, 2021

Equinox Gold’s Los Filos mine suspends operations over blockade

Operations at the gold mine in Mexico have been suspended, owing to illegal blockades by a group of unionised employees and community members.

June 22, 2021

Ukraine to auction titanium and zirconium miner in August

The country plans to auction Europe's largest titanium and zirconium miner, United Mining and Chemical Company, on Aug. 31.

June 22, 2021

Kinross resumes mining at Tasiast, lowers 2021 guidance

Early estimates indicate the SAG mill affected by a fire would only restart by year-end.

June 21, 2021

Northern Dynasty taps markets for $14.5m to continue Pebble appeal

Company has entered into an at-the-market offering agreement with H.C. Wainwright & Co acting as agent.

June 21, 2021

British Columbia gets good marks for revised mine tailings regulations

The province tightened up Tailings Storage Facilities regulations after a tailings pond at the Mount Polley copper mine collapsed, flooding Hazeltine Creek and Quesnel Lake with slurry.

June 21, 2021

Morocco targets $1.7bn in non-phosphate mining revenue by 2030

With 72% of global reserves, Morocco is the world's largest phosphates exporter.

June 21, 2021

World’s first fossil-free steel plant fueled by hydrogen

Sweden’s Hybrit is developing a rock cavern storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen gas, which will be used in the pilot plant for direct reduction in Luleå.

June 20, 2021

S. African ‘diamond rush’ unearths only quartz crystals, officials say

Unidentified stones that lured thousands of fortune seekers to a rural South African village to mine the land with picks and shovels were not diamonds as hoped, officials said on…

June 18, 2021

A giant copper union joins push for bigger state role in Chile

The FTC, which brings together unions at Chile’s state-owned copper producer Codelco, wants privately-run mines to pay 75% of earnings in tax.

June 18, 2021

Copper price slumps as dollar touches two-month high

The most traded July copper contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange dropped to the lowest since April 15,