Ten years after Mount Polley dam breach in British Columbia, 15 charges laid
On August 4, 2014 a breach at Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley mine sent the equivalent of 2,000 Olympic swimming pools of mining waste into a creek.
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Robex shifts focus to Guinea, aims to pour first gold in 2025
The company has been producing gold at the Nampala mine in Mali since 2017.
US offers six companies contracts to make uranium fuel for nuclear plants
The US is investigating uranium imports to see if China is helping Russia circumvent the ban.
Biden plans to finally kill Nippon Steel bid for US Steel
Nippon Steel and US Steel are poised to pursue litigation over the process if Biden decides to block the merger, Bloomberg sources say.
Newmont cuts two dozen middle manager jobs in corporate overhaul
The cuts are in addition to the previously reported reduction of at least 10 senior managers and an executive.
Barrick said to seek buyer for Ivory Coast mine as bullion soars
Barrick plans to stop production at the 24-year-old Tongon open-pit mine by 2027.
Fortuna boosts mineral resource at Séguéla gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire
Exploration programs grew inferred resources to 677,000 gold ounces, including the contribution of four new mineral deposits, CEO says.
Copper output from Codelco flat in October, BHP’s Escondida rises
Codelco, the world's largest copper producer that is struggling to boost declining output, posted total production of 127,900 metric tons.
El Salvador sitting on $3 trillion worth of unmined gold, president says
The country has "potentially" the largest gold deposits per square kilometer in the world, Nayib Bukele said on his X account.
