October 7, 2024 Lucara sells off Clara diamond sales platform The total consideration is $3 million on closing and the return of 10 million Lucara common shares initially issued as partial consideration when Lucara acquired Clara in 2018.
October 7, 2024 Military Metals acquires antimony, tin projects in Slovakia The new acquisition follows Military Metals' recent acquisition of the past-producing West Gore antimony project in Nova Scotia.
October 7, 2024 US rules on conflict minerals have not reduced violence in Congo, watchdog says Millions of people are displaced and fighting over minerals, particularly gold, has actually increased since the so-called conflict minerals law was passed in 2010.
October 7, 2024 Serbia’s parliament debates ban on lithium mining Environmental groups warned they would stage more protests if parliament blocked the opposition proposal.
October 7, 2024 Ghana’s wildcat gold mining booms, poisoning people and nature "It's risky but I just want to survive," said one of the men at the wildcat site in the Prestea-Huni Valley district in western Ghana.
October 5, 2024 World’s top uranium miner backs nuclear plant in referendum Voters in Kazakhstan will decide on Sunday whether to allow construction of a nuclear power plant amid worries over the environmental impact.
October 5, 2024 Burkina Faso plans to withdraw some mining permits, junta leader says Gold is the main export of the West African country.
October 4, 2024 Ghanaians call on government to shut down all illegal gold mines Gold is a mainstay of the Ghanaian economy, accounting for nearly half of exports in 2023.
October 4, 2024 Apache Tribe takes fight against Resolution Copper to US Supreme Court The Tribe has asked the top court to review a decision by the Arizona state court to allow Resolution discharge contaminants into Queen Creek.
October 4, 2024 Iron-rich volcanoes may hold vast rare earth reserves, study finds Rare earth element concentrations could be nearly 200 times higher than those found in silicate-rich melts.
Codelco, SQM seal lithium venture in Chile’s Atacama desert NovaAndino Litio, the venture, will control all lithium exploration, production and sales in the Atacama salar until 2060. December 27, 2025 | 09:38 am
