February 14, 2024

Tycoon Birla’s Hindalco bids for Indian critical minerals leases

The government will sell rights to about 20 blocks of land to explore for critical metals.

February 14, 2024

Column: LME back in the dock, this time over ‘dirty metals’

The metal in question is copper produced at the giant Grasberg mine in Indonesia.

February 14, 2024

Vizsla expands British Columbia-focused portfolio with Universal Copper takeover

Vizsla will buy Universal's shares on the basis of a 0.23:1 share exchange ratio.

February 14, 2024

Canada’s ambitious EV targets can’t be met without more support for mine supply

The gap in production for energy transition metals provides an opportunity for Canada.

February 14, 2024

Barrick CEO not interested in ‘piecemeal’ talks over First Quantum assets

First Quantum is exploring options to "manage its balance sheet," including selling smaller mines.

February 13, 2024

Canada to accelerate critical mineral mining – energy minister

Canada plans to reduce the time to approve mining permits by better funding the regulatory agency to get rid of paperwork backlogs.

February 13, 2024

IEA to launch security program for minerals critical to energy sector

The IEA's move comes as countries escalate efforts to cut emissions.

February 13, 2024

First Quantum CEO: Panama’s next government cannot ignore mining sector

Tristan Pascall sees an opportunity to discuss the company's contribution to Panama's economy ahead of the May election.

February 13, 2024

Gecamines offers to buy some of Khazakh miner ERG’s copper assets

Congo state miner has made a firm proposal to buy some of Eurasian Resources Group's copper and cobalt assets in the country.

February 13, 2024

Hillgrove Resources starts producing copper in South Australia

Milestone positions the company as one of the few pure-play copper producers on the ASX, with first revenue from sales coming this week.