Guardian bets on Nevada tungsten revival
Company is carrying out a pre-feasibility study at its Pilot Mountain project that’s slated for completion in the first half next year.
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Power cuts hit Lynas; Canaccord flags fiscal-2026 earnings risk
The company linked the outages to Western Power’s Eastern Goldfields load permissive scheme.
UK to meet 30% of critical mineral needs at home by 2035
A new 10-year strategy mirrors US, Canadian and EU efforts to cut dependence on China-dominated supply chains.
NGOs urge DPM Metals to exit Loma Larga in Ecuador
Ecuadorian courts first ordered a provisional halt to Loma Larga in early 2022 after local Indigenous and farmer groups filed a constitutional protection action.
Friedland opens $2B Platreef mine in South Africa
The opening caps a 37-year effort at what Friedland calls “the world’s largest undeveloped precious-metals mine.”
Indigenous group says ‘no’ to Pan American’s Escobal mine in Guatemala
The Xinka cited risks to water, culture and territory and called for Escobal’s permanent closure.
Glencore, Chilean Cobalt sign offtake for Americas supply
The parties expect most intermediate products to be shipped to privately held US Strategic Metals’ hydrometallurgical battery metals processing facility.
I-80 Gold resource positions Nevada’s FAD project for sale
I-80 Gold has released a new high-grade polymetallic resource at its FAD project to help sell the non-core asset.
Sweden lifts uranium mining ban
A municipal veto for handling small quantities of uranium locally was also narrowed.
Texas Smackover sets grade high for lithium brine
The Standard Lithium-Equinor JV says it has North America’s highest lithium-in-brine grades in the first inferred resource for the Franklin project.
McEwen drills thick oxides at Windfall in Nevada
A new hole returned 74.7 metres of Carlin-type, sediment-hosted oxides, grading 2.4 grams gold per tonne from 30.5 metres downhole.
K92 Mining’s Kainantu expansion pours first gold
The third-stage expansion targets producing about 300,000 oz. gold-equivalent per year.
