How wildcat mining is behind the Yanomami crisis in Brazil
The Brazilian government has declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people.
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US blocks mining in parts of Minnesota, dealing blow to Antofagasta’s Twin Metals copper project
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland signed an order on Thursday withdrawing 225,504 acres in the Superior National Forest from leasing.
Receiver named for assets of Trevali’s Caribou zinc mine in New Brunswick
The underground operation provided 3,000 t/d of ore to the processing plant, which used sulphide flotation recovery.
Stillwater expands resource, nickel by more than half at Montana project
The new inferred resource estimate raised tonnage by 62% compared with figures from 2021.
Glencore joins world’s first battery passport pilot
The miner spearheaded the first pilot passport leveraging the ReSource platform in collaboration with its Kamoto Copper subsidiary LG Energy Solution and Tesla.
Mongolia calls on Rio Tinto to keep budget for giant copper mine in check
The two partners have only just ended a long-running tussle over the underground expansion of the mine.
Gold price edges down following strong Q4 US data
The latest data likely sets the tone heading into the Fed’s policy-setting committee’s two-day meeting next week.
Clean energy sets $1.1 trillion record that’s bound to be broken
2022 was the first year when investment in decarbonizing energy surpassed $1 trillion.
South Africa’s blackouts threaten platinum supply in top miner
Output curbs could widen a global platinum shortage that Metals Focus forecasts to be the biggest in two decades in 2023.