February 21, 2023

Uganda to set up state mining firm, take equity in licences

Country has large deposits of a gold, cobalt, copper, iron ore, rare earths, vermiculite and phosphates.

February 20, 2023

Deep-sea mining would impact ecosystems beyond those in targeted areas – report

Researchers found that the destruction of key hydrothermal vents by deep-sea mining could have knock-on impacts on vent fields hundreds of kilometres away.

February 19, 2023

Rambler pauses copper-gold mine in Newfoundland amid financial restructuring talks

Earlier this month, the company also defaulted on its gold purchase and sale agreement with Elemental Altus Royalties.

February 17, 2023

Ecuador mining export revenues jump nearly 33% in 2022

The Andean nation has abundant mineral reserves, but has lagged regional neighbors like Peru and Chile in large-scale mining development.

February 17, 2023

Agnico Eagle shares sink despite posting record gold production in 2022

Agnico also managed to grow its mineral reserve base to a record level.

February 17, 2023

Caledonia Mining reports fatality at Zimbabwe gold mine

The accident took place at the Blanket mine in Gwanda.

February 16, 2023

Foran sees resource growth potential at Tesla discovery

Several intersections highlighted grades well above that contained in the McIlvenna Bay reserve estimate.

February 16, 2023

Newcrest CEO says ball in Newmont’s camp in takeover talks

“The company is not up for sale and this was unsolicited,” Sherry Duhe said in an interview with Bloomberg.

February 16, 2023

Newcrest to trial 4G LTE, 5G technologies underground at Cadia Valley

This announcement follows previous engagements with Ericsson and Telstra to trial private 4G LTE at the Lihir mine and more recently for surface operations at Cadia.

February 16, 2023

Barrick CEO calls recent takeover wave ‘over the top’

"We’re not shy on doing deals that create value for our stakeholders, but we are guided very clearly by our investment focus," Bristow said.