September 5, 2019

10-year moratorium on deep sea mining in PNG not enough – activists

Nautilus Minerals has been trying for decades to get its proposed Solwara I project up (or down) and running in the Bismarck Sea.

September 5, 2019

Benchmark Metals gets injection from Eric Sprott

The Canadian billionaire investor has splashed over C$145 million on gold, silver, and nickel explorers since May.

September 5, 2019

Norway’s CO2 seabed storage project gets boost from industry, EU

Norway's Equinor has signed preliminary agreements with seven potential industrial customers for its project to develop carbon dioxide storage under the North Sea.

September 5, 2019

CHART: Gold price suffers biggest fall in six years

Gold price bears attack in a series of 1 million ounce sell orders, dropping the gold price by 3% on Thursday.

September 5, 2019

Alrosa to consider withdrawal from subsidiary Alrosa-Nyurba

The voluntary liquidation, following board approval, would be completed by the end of 2020.

September 5, 2019

Chile economic activity growth up 3.2%, mining continues sluggish

Mining activity in July grew 1.1 percent compared with the same month in 2018.

September 5, 2019

Valuation gaps create M&A necessities, says advisor

The firm's principal said that survival will now depend on getting bigger through acquisition.

September 5, 2019

Black Rock ready to develop world’s fourth-largest graphite deposit

The Australian company is “construction ready” to build the first $116-million stage of the Mahenge mine.

September 5, 2019

Eldorado finds new Canadian mine may be richer than thought

Exploration carried out at Quebec's Lamaque project has revealed high grade mineralization beyond the 2018 resource model as well as more ore clusters.

September 5, 2019

Demand for battery metals, renewables fuelling rights violations — report

An international watchdog's report shows that most of the world’s top battery metals and renewable energy firms have faced allegations of abuse including land rights infringements, corruption and violence over…