December 31, 2020

MINING.COM’s most popular stories of 2020

Even setting aside the disruptions and uncertainty created by the pandemic, 2020 was a tumultuous year on mining and metals markets.

December 31, 2020

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

First gold poured at Canada’s newest gold mine; Turkish farmers eye $3 billion profit from gold find; Iron ore outperformed all commodities in 2020

December 31, 2020

After golden year for precious metals, silver set to shine in 2021

Analysts say silver's dual role and its greater volatility mean it could fare better than gold.

December 31, 2020

McEwen completes feasibility for Fenix

Feasibility study has outlined a nine and a half year mine life for gold project in Sinaloa state, Mexico.

December 30, 2020

Precious metals and the fight against covid

Precious metals have broad applications in the medical field, well beyond the dental uses most people associate with them.

December 23, 2020

Equinox begins staged restart at Los Filos

The blockade by members of the Carrizalillo community in Mexico has been removed.

December 21, 2020

Kuya to acquire First Cobalt’s exploration assets in Ontario

Kuya Silver entered into a letter of intent with First Cobalt to purchase a portion of the Kerr assets.

December 21, 2020

Almaden denied environmental permit for Mexico project

Reasons cited include insufficient information regarding the impacts of open pit mining on local environment.

December 21, 2020

Researchers develop method to recover palladium, silver from industrial waste

A team at Kanazawa University discovered how to selectively adsorb silver and palladium ions from aqueous acidic waste.

December 18, 2020

Wheaton Precious Metals’ silver linings playbook

Wheaton is something of a hybrid between a mining company and an investment bank.