January 15, 2019

Lion One buys drill assets in Fiji

The purchase would allow the North Vancouver miner to prepare for drilling at its 100%-owned Tuvatu gold project.

January 14, 2019

Rio Tinto calls force majeure on some iron ore shipments after fire in Australia

Rio Tinto is assessing the full impact of the damage and will do all it can to try and minimize disruption to our customers.

January 14, 2019

Newmont grabs Goldcorp in $10B deal that creates world’s top gold miner

Massive deal creates company that challenges rival Barrick as the world’s largest gold producer.

January 13, 2019

Gold miners to remain cautious in 2019: report

The largest firms in the world are likely to remain committed to spending cuts.

January 11, 2019

Ranger uranium mine closure to cost over $200m more than expected

The clean-up is now predicted to cost A$808 million — A$296 million (about $213m) more than ERA's initial A$512-million estimate.

January 10, 2019

Anglo American betting on South America to grow base metal assets

Anglo American has obtained hundreds of permits to explore in the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Para.

January 10, 2019

Fire batters Rio Tinto’s Cape Lambert iron ore export terminal

The port is one of two terminals Rio Tinto uses to ship iron ore from Australia's Pilbara mining region.

January 8, 2019

Kirkland Lake gold production hits record high

The Canadian gold miner announced record gold for both 2018 and the fourth quarter of the year, thanks mainly to higher-than-expected output at its Australian Fosterville mine as well as…

January 7, 2019

Canada’s Cobalt 27 goes after lithium with royalty acquisition

Cobalt 27 will put in about $9 million into a share of production at Mineral Resources and Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium's Mount Marion lithium project in Western Australia.

January 4, 2019

Top 3 reasons to avoid running project cost estimates in-house

There are real costs associated with conducting project cost estimates in-house.