Rio Tinto’s Q2 iron ore shipments miss after May train derailment
The world's largest producer of iron ore shipped 80.3 million tons of the steel-making commodity in the quarter.
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Tectonic Metals gets funding for gold exploration in Alaska
The company's Flat gold project is located 40 km north of the giant Donlin gold project.
Chile rejects Tianqi’s appeal for vote in SQM-Codelco lithium deal
Chile's financial regulator had allowed a planned lithium joint venture between SQM and Codelco to proceed without a vote by SQM shareholders.
Top uranium producer Kazakhstan hikes tax
The world’s largest producer of uranium is increasing its mining tax on the nuclear fuel by at least 50% next year.
Star Diamond acquires Buffalo Hills project in Alberta
Located approximately 400 kilometres northwest of Edmonton, the Buffalo Hills project includes 21 mineral leases covering 4,800 hectares.
Ontario First Nation seeks mining claims ban, for now at least
There are some 10,000 mining claims in Grassy Narrows’s interim area of interest for over more than 2,850 sq. km in the province’s far northwest.
Alamos boosts exposure to rising gold prices by clearing most of Argonaut’s hedge book
Alamos has entered into a gold sale prepayment agreement, securing $116 million in exchange for delivering 49,384 oz. of gold in 2025.
Champion Iron halts operational activities at Bloom Lake amid forest fires in Québec
The company said on Saturday that the forest fires were only a few kilometers from Bloom Lake.
Portugal’s mining strategy may favour copper over lithium
Portugal already has the largest copper mine in the European Union, operated by Lundin Mining.
