October 5, 2020

Indonesia says in talks with Tesla on potential investment

Country's government is in early discussions with car maker to develop a full supply chain for nickel, an official said.

October 2, 2020

RANKED: Top 10 mining property deals in the last five years

Six of the 10 largest mining property purchases since 2015 were copper, a phosphate deal came in at no. 3 and a giant lithium transaction also ranks.

October 2, 2020

Indonesia says battery-grade nickel project drops deep-sea waste plan

PT Hua Pioneer Indonesia, the company that requested the deep-sea tailing approval on behalf of the project had cancelled its request.

October 1, 2020

We’re a long, long way from running out of gold

All the gold that’s ever been mined would fit into a cube with edges 22 meters long — small enough to fit into three Olympic-sized swimming pools.

September 30, 2020

License to operate still the top risk for miners – report

In EY's annual risks and opportunities report, 63% of executives surveyed flagged LTO a top three risk.

September 30, 2020

Central bank gold buying to climb from near decade low

Citigroup sees demand from the official sector rising to about 450 tonnes after a drop to 375 tonnes this year.

September 29, 2020

Thai villagers ‘reclaim’ land after 26-year fight over mine

Villagers in the Nong Bua Lamphu province said they never consented to the land being used for mining.

September 29, 2020

Anglo Asian shares hit by Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

The miner is monitoring the dispute, but says operations remain unaffected.

September 28, 2020

Lion One updates PEA on high-grade operation in Fiji

Preliminary economic assessment for the Tuvatu alkaline gold project suggests a high-grade, 1,000 t/d underground operation.

September 24, 2020

Mines are the biggest holes in Tesla’s $25,000 car plans

“We sorta take a chunk of dirt out of the ground, remove the lithium, and put the chunk of dirt back where it was. It will not look, like, terrible.…