August 26, 2019

Lydian’s gold project in Armenia faces yet another environmental review

The country’s prime minister has asked the environment authority to study the conclusions of a third-party audit suggesting the Amulsar project should get the green light.

August 25, 2019

Worker buried alive at open-cut manganese mine in Australia

A wall at the open-cut Bootu Creek manganese mine failed on Saturday afternoon.

August 23, 2019

Radisson closes $4.5m deal to develop historic Quebec gold mine

Rob McEwen, owner of McEwen Mining and founder and former CEO of Goldcorp is among the investors.

August 23, 2019

California rare earths miner races to refine amid US-China trade row

The owner of the only US rare earths mine is going on a hiring spree.

August 23, 2019

Stornoway Diamond dealt another blow

The Canadian miner is facing a delisting review from the Toronto Stock Exchange.

August 23, 2019

Gold price surges to new 6-year high

US-China trade war, return to ultra-loose monetary policy lights fire under gold.

August 23, 2019

Russian businessman eyes Gazprombank’s stake in Elga coal project

Elga is one of the world's largest coking coal deposits with reserves of 2.2 billion tonnes.

August 23, 2019

South African court denies Zambia leave to appeal in Vedanta case

Vedanta has been locked in a dispute with the Zambian government since May, when Lusaka appointed a liquidator to run KCM.

August 22, 2019

Copper price bears “overlooking decent fundamentals”

A new report forecasts recovery in price on the back of a fall in global copper production, a thin project pipeline and misreading of inventory build-up.

August 22, 2019

Teck’s Quebrada Blanca copper mine fined for environmental violations

Chile's SMA environmental regulator said it had fined Quebrada Blanca $1.2 million for the violations.