September 4, 2017

Zimbabwe completes gold mining probe

Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Fred Moyo, said that his team looked into production and trading circles

September 3, 2017

Canadian government to spend $247M on roads to support Yukon mines

Justin Trudeau announced that the federal government will inject $247 million into the Yukon’s highway network.

September 3, 2017

CanAlaska hits high-grade uranium at West McArthur

Drills turning at CanAlaska Uranium's (TSXV:CVV) West McArthur project in Saskatchewan, Canada, have started to bear fruit.

September 3, 2017

Canadian energy firms push alternatives to oil sands

Western Canada's conventional energy producers are looking to step out of the long shadow cast by the oil-sands sector to tout the economic and environmental benefits of light oil and…

September 1, 2017

Colombian First Nations protest against coal mine

Wayuu leaders traveled to Bogotá to protest against El Cerrejón, the thermal coal open-pit mine owned by Glencore, BHP Billiton and Anglo American

September 1, 2017

Ecuador expects $488 million in revenue from industrial mining

The Lenin Moreno government has recently granted 237 mining concessions to private companies

August 31, 2017

Canada’s Trevali among world’s top zinc producers with Glencore mines buy

Acquisition makes of the Canadian miner one of the few multi-asset, low-cost global zinc producers.

August 31, 2017

Greece to begin arbitration process over Eldorado mine plans next month

Government said it expects to settle its differences with the Canadian miner, which is developing the Skouries and Olympias projects in northern Greece, where it also operates the Stratoni mine.

August 31, 2017

SolGold on a roll in Ecuador, extends mineralization at Cascabel

The Cascabel project is located in the northern portion of the Andean copper belt in Ecuador, renowned for hosting almost half the world’s copper known reserves.

August 30, 2017

EY’s Canadian mining eye index sees struggles in Q2

The loss was in part due to weakness in the price of nickel, with zinc remaining flat and copper seeing a slight increase.