July 28, 2023 Newcrest interim CEO on Newmont merger, and why copper could soon outshine gold Newmont had to come back quite a few times before Newcrest’s board “felt we could not say no.”
July 18, 2023 Canada’s regulator clears Newmont’s acquisition of Newcrest The world’s largest gold miner is also progressing towards receiving regulatory approvals in other jurisdictions, with a transaction close expected in the fourth quarter of the year.
July 12, 2023 Appian ready to deploy $2bn in cash-starved mining sector, says CEO Appian plans to be “one of the most active investors in the metals and mining space over the next few years.”
July 12, 2023 Sweden’s Hexagon buys Canadian mine automation firm HARD-LINE The move will help the company strengthen its solution offering with remote control via electronic and hydraulic by-wire technologies.
July 6, 2023 SQM grows Aussie footprint on earn-in deal with Tambourah SQM will invest at least A$1.5 million ($1m) and up to A$3 million ($2m) to earn an initial 50% in all mineral rights at Julimar project.
July 4, 2023 Lucapa Diamond achieves debt-free status The diamond producer is now interest-bearing debt free, having repaid about $20 million over an 18-month period.
July 3, 2023 Develop Global to buy Essential Metals for $102 million Develop Global, an Australian base metals explorer backed by lithium miner Mineral Resources, said Essential’s board had ok'd the deal.
June 29, 2023 Stelar Metals secures 90% stake in Trident lithium project The asset hosted tin and tantalum mining for decades and is known to contain lithium-caesium-tantalum pegmatite formations.
June 20, 2023 Hudbay triples land holding in Manitoba with Rockcliff buy Rockcliff is the 49% joint venture partner on Hudbay’s Talbot copper-gold project and owns six other deposits in the Snow Lake region.
June 19, 2023 Lithium One Metals and Norris Lithium to merge Deal combines two parallel lithium exploration portfolios focused on the active and high-profile James Bay lithium belt in Quebec.
Uranium market gathers momentum in 2026: Sprott Sprott noted the gains in January reflect "an important shift in investor attention" from downstream nuclear themes back to the upstream supply chain. February 10, 2026 | 09:16 am
