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.
December 4, 2017 Rio Tinto appoints one of its own as the company’s new chairman After a nine-month search, the miner has picked the current leader of the remuneration committee, Simon Thompson, to assume the post in March 2018.
December 1, 2017 EPA passes on rule covering U.S. hardrock miners’ cleanup costs The agency won't act on a proposal to require hardrock mining companies to show they can afford to clean up their sites.
December 1, 2017 First Cobalt merges with CobalTech The company is redeveloping the Keely-Frontier mine, a high-grade mine that produced over 3.3 million pounds of cobalt.
December 1, 2017 Castle Silver Resources exploration approach is leading it to high-grade cobalt CSR’s portfolio includes Castle Silver mine located 85km northwest of Town of Cobalt, which produced nearly 300m grams of silver and 376,000lbs of cobalt.
Critical Metals expects to close Greenland supply deals in Q1 2026, CEO says The company has already pre-sold 75% of planned output, split between the US and Europe. December 31, 2025 | 12:08 pm
