March 29, 2021

McEwen resumes operations at El Gallo mine in Mexico

The Canadian miner has reached a new 10-year agreement with locals, who had blocked access to the mine two weeks ago.

March 29, 2021

Nornickel stops water inflows at two Arctic mines

The Oktyabrsky and Taymirskiy mines account for 36% of ore mined by the company in Russia.

March 28, 2021

Eleven miners trapped inside flooded gold mine in Colombia

The emergency at an illegal gold mine in Caldas was reported on Friday, March 26, 2021.

March 28, 2021

German steelworkers reach pay deal with union

Workers will receive lump-sum payments of 250 euros each on December 28 this year and February 28, 2022.

March 28, 2021

Uber or Skip? Bronze Age miners had their own food delivery service

New research shows that Bronze Age mining sites relied on outside sources to deliver pre-processed food.

March 26, 2021

Teck guilty of Fisheries violations in BC, fined $47m

Teck Coal fined over charges relating to 2012 discharges of selenium and calcite to a mine settling pond and to the Fording River from its Fording River and Greenhills steelmaking…

March 26, 2021

Piedmont Lithium closes $122 million public offering

The proceeds will be used to continue the development of Piedmont’s fully-integrated spodumene-to-hydroxide project in North Carolina.

March 26, 2021

Gold hub UAE toughens fight against financial crime

The United Arab Emirates is strengthening its defences against financial crime, including new restrictions on the movement of cash and precious metals.

March 26, 2021

Vital Metals to become Canada’s first rare earths miner

The Australian miner said the mining fleet was mobilized to the site this week and operations will begin before the end of March.

March 26, 2021

Alrosa fetches $23.9m in three diamond auctions

The world’s top diamond miner by output held three “special-size diamonds” auctions to celebrate its Jubilee Auction #100.