Triple Flag acquires royalty on polymetallic Thunder Bay North project
Triple Flag is acquiring up to a 2.5% NSR royalty for $15 million on the platinum, palladium, copper and nickel project.
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Vital Metals pivots to Nechalacho permitting as Saskatchewan plant costs double
The company announced it will defer completing the facility's rare earth hydrometallurgical leaching, purification and rare earth precipitation circuits until 2024.
Gold price edges higher as US inflation data shows signs of cooling
"With inflation close to being in line with expectations, gold prices were higher on fresh speculative buying ahead of the new year on bets that the bigger funds might move to the long side of gold."
Hedge funds lose court fight for LME disclosure of nickel crisis communications
The firms are challenging moves by the LME, which cancelled about $3.9 billion worth of trades on March 8.
Congo to formalize gold trade, change tax
“The goal is to become a processing country, not just a production country,” Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi said.
New calls for banning coal as punishment at Christmas
An article in the British Medical Journal makes the environmental case for ending what the authors call an “outdated and potentially harmful” tradition.
Major fire hits Chilean port; Codelco operations unaffected
Fire broke out at Chile's Ventanas port near a smelter belonging to state-run miner Coldeco.
Premium Nickel aims to re-open Selebi mine in Botswana
The Selebi south deposit has a resource of 11.28 million tonnes grading 0.98% nickel and 1.9% copper.
Panama and First Quantum mull fresh talks on copper mine next week
The two sides may sit down together as soon as Dec. 26, although a schedule for the talks hasn’t been confirmed.