March 15, 2021

Blackrock Gold announces name change, silver focus

The junior is planning to drill 40,000 metres at the Tonopah West silver-gold project in Nevada this year.

March 15, 2021

Interview: Clean TeQ’s Sunrise battery materials complex in Australia is construction ready

Project in New South Wales is one of the largest nickel/cobalt deposits in the world and one of the largest and highest grade accumulations of scandium ever discovered.

March 15, 2021

Poland’s central bank wants to buy 100 tonnes of gold, governor says

Central banks have stepped up purchases of gold, often seeing it as a way to reduce reliance on the US dollar.

March 15, 2021

Evolution to acquire Battle North in $274m all-cash deal

The two companies have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement with Evolution agreeing to acquire all of the Battle North shares outstanding.

March 15, 2021

Mick Davis launches $300 million battery metals SPAC

Vision Blue has also invested in Ferro-Alloy Resources, which is developing a vanadium project in Kazakhstan.

March 15, 2021

China Jan-Feb aluminum output rises on new capacity increase

Primary aluminum output in the world's biggest aluminum producer, was 6.45 million tonnes in January and February combined.

March 15, 2021

Boliden warns profit to be hit by covid-19 outbreaks among staff

The negative effect is expected to be nearly 200 million crowns ($23.4 million).

March 15, 2021

Sudan to reopen gold mines once linked to warlord’s family

The North Darfur mines, which once produced a third of the nation’s gold, were handed over to the government in May 2020.

March 15, 2021

How copper, silver can make swimming pools safer

US-based researchers found that copper-silver ionization can decrease disinfection byproducts and cell toxicity of chlorinated swimming pool water.

March 15, 2021

Fortescue fast-tracks zero emissions target to 2030

The iron ore miner plans to become carbon neutral in nine years and also intends to start producing green hydrogen as soon as 2023.