January 26, 2023

US blocks mining in parts of Minnesota, dealing blow to Antofagasta’s Twin Metals copper project

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order on Thursday withdrawing 225,504 acres in the Superior National Forest from leasing.

January 26, 2023

Receiver named for assets of Trevali’s Caribou zinc mine in New Brunswick

The underground operation provided 3,000 t/d of ore to the processing plant, which used sulphide flotation recovery.

January 26, 2023

Teck pledges $1.5 million toward southeast BC conservation effort

The initiative is part of the company’s goal to be a “nature positive company” by 2030.

January 26, 2023

Glencore joins world’s first battery passport pilot

The miner spearheaded the first pilot passport leveraging the ReSource platform in collaboration with its Kamoto Copper subsidiary LG Energy Solution and Tesla.

January 26, 2023

Mongolia calls on Rio Tinto to keep budget for giant copper mine in check

The two partners have only just ended a long-running tussle over the underground expansion of the mine.

January 26, 2023

South Africa’s blackouts threaten platinum supply in top miner

Output curbs could widen a global platinum shortage that Metals Focus forecasts to be the biggest in two decades in 2023.

January 26, 2023

Mali industrial gold production rises 4.4% to 66.2 tonnes in 2022

Barrick Gold remains the country's biggest producer with output reaching 23 tonnes last year.

January 26, 2023

South Africa’s RBCT coal exports hit 29-year low in 2022

The terminal saw an average of 18 trains a day in 2022, against a capacity of 32 a day.

January 26, 2023

Eramet targets 10,000 tonnes of lithium per year from French project

Eramet is also planning to develop recycling of electric vehicle batteries in France with Suez.

January 26, 2023

Panama won’t allow First Quantum to expand copper mine operations

"The company has asked for more surface to operate and we have said no," said the deputy environment minister Diana Laguna.