Peru community rejects ‘joke’ offer to end Las Bambas copper mine protest

The blockade, in place since Nov. 20, threatens to halt output at the Chinese-owned mine in southern Peru, which produces some 2% of the world's supply of copper.

Reuters | December 13, 2021 | 6:49 am

Junior miners Strandline, Black Rock, OreCorp sign agreements with Tanzania

Tanzania's new government, under President Samia Suluhu Hassan, has pledged to grow the mining sector.

Reuters | December 13, 2021 | 6:33 am

Mineral ores may help prevent sand sustainability crisis

Researchers at the University of Queensland and the University of Geneva are looking into a material produced from mineral ores as a sustainable source of sand.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 13, 2021 | 6:06 am

Petra Diamonds’ stake in Williamson to shrink as part of deal with Tanzania

The company will also grant Tanzania a 16% free-carried interest in its subsidiary Williamson Diamonds Limited.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2021 | 5:53 am

Rio Tinto to write off $2.4bn Oyu Tolgoi loan to Mongolia

Writing off Mongolia's debt would speed up the timeline for when the country can start receiving dividends from the project.

Cecilia Jamasmie | December 13, 2021 | 3:35 am

How a less-than six-month-old fund shook the nuclear fuel market

The Sprott Physical Uranium Trust holds almost a third of the world’s annual supply -- and it’s getting bigger.

Bloomberg News | December 12, 2021 | 1:42 pm

USA Rare Earth to produce nearly half of critical minerals in USGS’ updated list

USA Rare Earth said it wants to develop the Round Top project to support a domestic mine-to-magnet supply chain.

MINING.COM Staff Writer | December 12, 2021 | 1:23 pm

New tool monitors countries’ raw materials consumption

Countries' material footprints are comprised of the raw materials they consume domestically, showing where those resources come from globally.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 12, 2021 | 11:59 am

Geothermal brines in California’s Salton Sea could be future source of lithium in the US

A paper by Berkeley Lab scientists states that geothermal brines in the Salton Sea are expected to be a major source of domestic lithium for the United States.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | December 12, 2021 | 10:35 am

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