December 13, 2017 Almaden rejects Mexican activists’ accusations surrounding Ixtaca project A protest action took place in Vancouver the same day Almaden Minerals announced the completion of a social impact assessment for its Ixtaca project in Mexico.
December 13, 2017 Vancouver-based miner to expand operations in Ethiopia East Africa Metals submitted two mining licence applications for sites located in the Tigray National Regional State, Ethiopia.
December 13, 2017 Electronic waste at new high, squandering gold, other metals-study Raw materials in 2016 scrap worth an estimated $64.61 billion, including metals such as gold, silver, copper, platinum and palladium, U.N.-backed study said.
December 11, 2017 Argentina’s Don Nicolás gold-silver project goes into production Initial work at the Santa Cruz site started back in 2009.
December 10, 2017 Bitcoin’s mania parabolic Bitcoin’s meteoric skyrocketing this year has been astonishing, captivating traders across the globe.
December 10, 2017 Wisconsin to lift sulphide mining ban In six months sulphide miners in Wisconsin could be back in business.
December 8, 2017 Mongolian Gov’t can’t nationalize Erdenet Copper Mine — court Erdenet, which produces 530,000 tons of ore annually, is one of Asia’s biggest copper and molybdenum mines and a top tax contributor to the country’s $12 billion economy.
December 7, 2017 Massive Oyu Tolgoi mine to more than double gold production in 2018 Rio Tinto-controlled Turquoise Hill is also predicting costs to fall about 2.8%.
December 7, 2017 Displaced by mining, Peru villagers spurn shiny new town The remote town of Nueva Fuerabamba was built to house around 1,600 people who gave up their village and farmland to make room for a massive, open-pit copper mine.
December 5, 2017 Glencore, Canadian teachers launch mining royalty firm BaseCore Metals will be independently operated and have its own board of directors.
Iamgold’s Lemelin thanks mentor for Africa option Bruno Lemelin recalls his first Iamgold boss urging him to join Essakane in Burkina Faso as regional politics began to unravel. December 26, 2025 | 05:00 am
