Battery metal price plunge is closing mines and stalling deals
Junior producers have been particularly hard hit.
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Calibre posts record annual gold production, exceeding 2023 guidance
Looking ahead, the company is expecting its gold production to fall between 275,000 and 300,000 oz. in 2024.
New material efficiently extracts uranium from seawater
Using electrochemical extraction, a new material attracts hard-to-get uranium ions from seawater more efficiently than existing methods.
Avino gets community ok to develop La Preciosa
La Preciosa hosts one of Mexico's largest undeveloped primary silver resources and is located about 19km from the company's Avino mine.
Alcoa to cut Kwinana refinery production in phased-out shutdown
It will begin curtailment of the Western Australia refinery in the second quarter, and cease all output of alumina by the third.
New critical mineral mines in British Columbia could generate nearly $600 billion, study says
Mansfield Consulting examined 14 potential critical mineral mines and two mine extensions, and found the long-term economic impact of operations over several decades could be nearly C$800 billion ($599bn).
2023 commodities report: winners and losers in the global market
Commodities as a whole had a challenging year, with the group finishing down 12.55% due to a number of factors.
QC Copper says Opemiska resource tops 1.88 billion lb. copper, 915,000 oz. gold
The Opemiska project includes the former Springer and Perry copper-gold mines, operated by Falconbridge from 1953 to 1991.
US Supreme Court dismisses Alaska’s bid to keep Pebble project alive
The proposed mine in the Bristol Bay area would have become the largest copper, gold and molybdenum extraction site in North America.
