Lucapa finds Mothae mine’s “best” diamond yet
The diamond received a D color rating, meaning it’s colourless and extremely rare.
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Alamos Gold says ‘political agenda’ behind massive protest against its Turkish project
Opposition has grown on news that the miner allegedly exceeded the number of trees cut allowed by the government.
M3 Metals takes a second look at Block 103
Block 103 has an inferred resource of 7.2 billion tonnes grading 29.2% total iron in the Greenbush zone.
Hecla finds more high-grade lenses at Casa Berardi
The company has up to six underground drills turning at its Casa Berardi gold project 95 km north of La Sarre.
Spodumene supply surge sinks lithium prices
Australian producers hit as 33% year-to-date spodumene price decline accelerates with little prospect of short term relief.
Orocobre, Toyota partner to build hydroxide plant in Japan
The plant will convert lithium carbonate feedstock sourced from the Olaroz project in Argentina into battery grade lithium hydroxide.
INFOGRAPHIC: What is a commodity super cycle?
As more people and wealth translate into the demand for global goods, the prices of commodities—such as energy, agriculture, livestock, and metals—have often followed in sync.
Met tests of Baptiste yield better recovery rates, says FPX Nickel
The company says recent testing puts the nickel recovery rate from its Decar nickel-iron project at 94%.
The rocky road to achieving fully autonomous mines
A new Clareo report argues that systems of the major OEMs are a barrier to implementation, and unless something changes, achieving a fully autonomous mine will remain a distant vision.
