How South Africa botched its first coal power-plant transition
Key ministers in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s government have attacked the switch to renewable energy.
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Venezuela, Jindal Steel to sign deal on iron ore mill
Venezuela’s government and Jindal Steel have signed an agreement for the Indian company to run the country’s largest iron-ore-producing plant.
Copper and silver: The electrical metals
Copper and silver are often skipped over in discussions of metals needed for the green economy, with battery metals like lithium, graphite, cobalt and nickel hogging the limelight.
Iamgold reports fatality at Cote gold project in Ontario
The person, who was employed by a contractor at the project, was not engaged in mining or construction activities.
Argentina mulls charging lithium miners contribution to boost infrastructure
The governors of the country's lithium-producing provinces are drawing up plans for lithium miners to make a "special contribution" so state coffers can benefit from extraordinary profits.
With bulked up resource base, Wicheeda REE project ready to advance to prefeasiblity
The Vancouver-based miner aims to produce an average of 25,000 tonnes of rare earth oxides per year, approximately 10% of the world’s current production.
Victoria Gold pleads guilty to violating water licence in Yukon
The case stemmed from an incident that occurred in July 2021, when 17,000 litres of a cyanide solution spilled from a pipeline at the Eagle mine site.
Processing unit of Canada’s only rare earths miner goes bankrupt
MNP will sell the assets and distribute proceeds to creditors
Argonaut Gold mulls Mexican asset sale to sharpen focus on flagship Magino mine in Ontario
The company is targeting commercial production at Magino by the end of the quarter.
