December 13, 2020

Study at Porgera gold mine shows benefits of treating tailings with lime

Lime helped stabilize arsenic in soil and sediments around the mine.

December 11, 2020

Nordgold raises offer for Cardinal

Company has increased its offer price from A$1.00 to A$1.05 a share, matching an offer from Shandong Gold.

December 11, 2020

Vale suspends operations at New Caledonia after protests

Company has halted operations after pro-independence protests nearby, and that military forces are now guarding the evacuated plant.

December 10, 2020

Greatland unveils maiden resource for Havieron project

The gold-copper project, a joint venture with Newcrest, holds 4.2 million ounces of gold equivalent.

December 10, 2020

Lucapa finds another +100ct diamond at Lesotho mine

The D-colour, Type IIa white diamond is the fourth larger than 100 carat recovered from the southern lobe of the Mothae mine.

December 9, 2020

Rio Tinto should pay for sacred caves blast — inquiry

The parliamentary inquiry into Rio's destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred Aboriginal site in May did not refer to what financial compensation the miner should pay.

December 8, 2020

Resolute says strike at Mali mine won’t impact guidance

Five-day strike over covid-19 policy began on Monday.

December 8, 2020

Tianqi Lithium sells 49% of Australian unit to IGO in $1.4bn deal

Move gives IGO access to the Greenbushes, the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine.

December 7, 2020

OceanaGold soars on Philippine’s move to reopen Didipio

The news comes two months after the miner began laying off its workers, and 18 months into a mine blockade.

December 7, 2020

IGO in talks to buy into Tianqi’s Greenbushes lithium mine

Australian nickel-gold miner IGO could buy up to a 25% stake, worth close to $1.5 billion, in the world’s biggest hard-rock lithium mine.