May 4, 2021

Benchmark signs deal with three First Nations for Lawyers project in BC

Company signed a definitive agreement with the Tsay Key Dene Nation, Kwadcha Nation and Takla Nation to advance its flagship project in British Columbia.

May 4, 2021

Denison moves to lock down 100% of Wheeler River project

Company delivered an offer to acquire a 100% interest in JCU Exploration Company for $32.5 million in cash.

May 4, 2021

Gem Diamonds finds 254-carat diamond at Letseng

The company has found more than 60 white gem quality diamonds over 100 carats each, with 16 of them recovered last year.

May 4, 2021

Mongolia threatens to cancel Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement

The dispute relates to taxes paid by Oyu Tolgoi LLC, Rio Tinto’s unit, between 2013 and 2015.

May 4, 2021

Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter certified for responsible aluminium production

The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative granted Rio Tinto a provisional responsible aluminium production certification for ISAL.

May 4, 2021

Centamin to start building solar plant at Sukari

The $37 million project also includes 7.5 MW battery–energy storage system and is expected to be commissioned in the first half of 2022.

May 4, 2021

World’s top jewellery maker Pandora to use only lab-made diamonds

The Danish jewellery maker will stop selling mined diamonds and focus on more affordable, sustainable, lab-grown gems.

May 3, 2021

Anglo American CEO: “45% of the world’s economic activity is driven by the mining sector”

There remains a gulf between the public perception of mining and the reality of mining.

May 3, 2021

Proposed new royalty unsettles miners in Chile

Deputies in Chile’s lower house gave their general backing to a constitutional reform that would impose a flat 3% royalty on the production of copper and lithium to finance environmental…

May 3, 2021

Antam Q1 nickel ore output up more than four-fold y/y

Antam's nickel ore output stood at 2.64 million wet metric tonnes (WMT) in the first quarter, up from 629,000 WMT in the same period in 2020.