December 2, 2019

Centerra Gold says search for missing employees underway at Kumtor mine

Search and rescue operations are on and the company has temporarily stopped open pit mining operations at Kumtor.

December 2, 2019

Indonesia launches digital monitoring platform for mineral, coal sales – ministry

Mineral producers are required to start using the platform by Jan. 1, 2020.

December 1, 2019

Blackstone Minerals partners with S. Korean firm for lithium ion battery production

Ecopro BM, South Korea's largest ev battery cathode producer, will develop a downstream processing facility with Blackstone's Ta Khoa nickel project in Vietnam.

December 1, 2019

Afghanistan cancels contract to US gold, copper miner

News agency Khaama Press reports that President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani cancelled the contracts held by the JVs formed by US-based CENTAR Limited.

December 1, 2019

Kyrgyzstan says Centerra’s Kumtor to beat 2019 output forecast

Kumtor is expected to produce 18.2 tonnes of gold this year.

November 29, 2019

RANKED: Top 10 copper mining projects in the world

Russia can lay claim to the globe's largest undeveloped copper project and two island nations also make the top ten ranking.

November 28, 2019

‘The revolution is ongoing’: Bougainville to revive radical mining proposal

Under the proposed mining law amendments, Bougainville would take a 60% share in all projects and retain all mining licences, leaving a 40% share that investors can bid for.

November 26, 2019

Nautilus Minerals officially sinks, shares still trading

Court papers noted that Nautilus had two distinct business units, one dealing with polymetallic nodules, and one dealing with seafloor massive sulphides.

November 26, 2019

Mongolia says Rio’s Oyu Tolgoi mine expansion to go ahead

The miner feared the government would try to completely renegotiate the agreements underpinning the asset's development.

November 26, 2019

Lynas close to securing funding for rare earths plant in the US

Details about how it will fund the development of a heavy rare earths processing facility in Texas is expected to come by the end of February.