December 6, 2024 Canada Nickel hits high grades at Bannockburn site south of main Crawford project Bannockburn, located about 20 km west of Matachewan in Ontario, is just north of Canada Nickel’s Midlothian and Sothman properties.
December 5, 2024 Vale Base Metals to make dozens of job cuts in management cull The move marks the first major overhaul since Shaun Usmar joined Vale Base Metals as chief executive officer.
December 5, 2024 Nornickel’s largest investor Interros objects to Rusal lawsuit over dividends Rusal first filed the lawsuit in 2022, alleging that Nornickel CEO Vladimir Potanin had violated their shareholder agreement.
December 3, 2024 Vale Base Metals completes Voisey’s Bay underground mine in Labrador What began life as open pit in 2005 is now two underground mines – Reid Brook and Eastern Deeps.
December 3, 2024 Steel industry will take more time to decarbonize, says Vale CEO The miner reported an output of about 328 million tonnes this year.
December 2, 2024 Norway forced to pause Arctic seabed mining plans A small left-wing environmentalist party secured an agreement to delay the initiative in exchange for supporting the national budget.
December 1, 2024 Global mineral exploration activity in October was highest in a year, S&P data shows According to S&P, funds raised by junior and intermediate miners nearly quadrupled to $1.61 billion in October, the highest since March 2022.
November 29, 2024 Indonesia to review compliance in move that could affect mine output Indonesia said it will check miners' compliance with environmental rules and "re-examine" production quotas for those found to be in breach.
November 29, 2024 Column: US targets scrap to close the critical minerals gap As the US government is discovering, investing in new scrap processing capacity is far cheaper and greener than building new mines.
November 28, 2024 Platinum Group partners with Saudi firm for smelter amid South African export hurdles The partnership with Ajlan & Bros includes a $4 million feasibility study split 50/50.
Russia says stake in gold producer UGC to be put up for public auction soon In July 2025, a Russian court ruled that the majority stake in UGC should be seized and transferred to the state. December 30, 2025 | 08:24 am