January 5, 2021 Agnico snaps up Nunavut miner TMAC in $226m deal Move comes only two weeks after Canada blocked the takeover of TMAC Resources by China’s Shandong Gold.
January 5, 2021 Botswana extends Lucara’s Karowe license to 2046 The license renewal marks a critical step in the formal sanction of the underground expansion project for the mine.
January 4, 2021 Pandemic restrictions hit mega-projects in British Columbia Mega-projects that employed over 12,000 in the Province in 2020 to scale back to less than 1,500.
January 4, 2021 Argonaut executes fixed bid contract for Magino gold project The EPC contract covers construction of the Magino processing facility.
January 4, 2021 Victoria Gold’s new credit facilities lower carrying costs The Eagle mine became the Yukon’s newest gold mine when it reached commercial production in July 2020.
January 4, 2021 McEwen production down 33% in 2020 Production reached 115,600 gold-equivalent ounces (GEOs) in 2020, compared with 174,400 GEOs in 2019.
January 4, 2021 ALX to acquire Electra nickel project in Ontario The Vancouver-based miner says the project is prospective for nickel, copper, cobalt, PGE and gold mineralization.
January 3, 2021 MINING.COM’s top science & technology stories of 2020 From a nano-diamond battery that lasts for 28,000 years to advances into mining the Moon.
December 31, 2020 MINING.COM’s most popular stories of 2020 Even setting aside the disruptions and uncertainty created by the pandemic, 2020 was a tumultuous year on mining and metals markets.
December 31, 2020 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week First gold poured at Canada’s newest gold mine; Turkish farmers eye $3 billion profit from gold find; Iron ore outperformed all commodities in 2020
Portugal keen to launch lithium prospecting tender in 2026 With 60,000 tonnes of reserves, Portugal is Europe's top lithium producer. January 13, 2026 | 10:04 am
