April 20, 2021 Vale buys Mitsui’s stake in Moatize amid plan to exit coal Vale is buying the 15% interest in the Mozambican mine held by Japanese trading company for a token fee of $1.
April 20, 2021 Alamos Gold seeks $1bn from Turkey over stalled Kirazli project Its Kirazli gold project has been halted since 2019 following protests and the expiration of the mining permit.
April 19, 2021 Vale production disappoints again, adding fuel to iron ore price rally Vale’s iron ore output totaled 68 million tonnes in 1Q21, 14.2% higher than in 1Q20, but down 5.5% compared to the 72 million tonnes average analyst estimate.
April 19, 2021 Largo Resources shares up on Nasdaq debut Company also reported total production of 1,986 tonnes of vanadium oxide in Q1 2021, a decrease of 30% over same period last year.
April 19, 2021 Australian lithium miners Orocobre and Galaxy to merge in $3bn deal Business combination creates world’s fifth-biggest producer of lithium chemicals, used to make EV batteries.
April 19, 2021 Equinox sells Brazil mine, focuses on Canadian growth Privately-owned Pilar Gold Inc. is paying $38 million in cash for the Pilar gold complex of producing underground mines.
April 18, 2021 Arctic Star discovers Birch Kimberlite at Diagras project The Vancouver-based miner said the discovery was made by drilling a vertical hole into an EM and gravity anomaly.
April 18, 2021 Nuclear scanning allows for better detection of precious metals in drill cores, scientists say Researchers from ANSTO and Macquarie University proved that using neutrons from the OPAL reactor provides new clarity for mineralogical assessments.
April 16, 2021 Greenland’s left wing party forms new government, vows to block rare earth mine IA's victory sent a strong signal to international mining companies interested in mineral-rich Greenland.
April 16, 2021 BC First Nation, Skeena Resources reach mining partnership peak Tahltan Nation takes equity stake in Eskay Creek gold project, Skeena returns Spectrum mineral claims for nature conservancy.
Copper price heads toward $12,000 a ton as banks predict further gains With year-end approaching, copper on the London Metal Exchange is up nearly 40%, marking its biggest annual gain since 2009. December 22, 2025 | 07:00 am
