March 15, 2018

Zimbabwe ownership law stymies RioZim’s bold expansion plan

RioZim Ltd., a Zimbabwean diamond, nickel and gold miner, wants to more than double output of gemstones at its Murowa mine.

March 15, 2018

Big miners arrive in the DRC to go over new mining code

The companies have just resigned from the Congolese Chamber of Commerce.

March 15, 2018

Canadian miner could reopen centenary Idaho mine

Toronto-based Bunker Hill Mining Co. would consider reopening its namesake mine on a limited basis by the end of the year.

March 14, 2018

Glencore signs massive cobalt sale deal with China’s GEM

The world’s biggest producer of cobalt has agreed to sell around a third of its cobalt production over the next three years to the Chinese battery recycler.

March 14, 2018

Canadian miner allowed to extract and export Chilean lithium

The company now has an extraction quota of 88,885 metric tonnes of metallic lithium.

March 14, 2018

Suncor output to suffer from early start of Syncrude maintenance

Eight-week maintenance project at Syncrude that had been scheduled to start in April will start Thursday.

March 14, 2018

Canada’s First Cobalt buys US explorer, creates key supplier outside Congo

The blended company will have projects in Ontario and Idaho which, once in operations, could be major cobalt suppliers for EVs makers and high tech firms.

March 13, 2018

These charts show just why copper price fundamentals are so strong

The world's 10 largest copper mines accounted for 25% global output in 2017 – on average these deposits were discovered 95 YEARS ago.

March 13, 2018

ArcelorMittal Canada steelmaker not seeking government aid -CEO

Sean Donnelly, CEO of the company, added that the Canadian government must put resources in place to ensure that cheap steel is not diverted to Canada.

March 13, 2018

Barrick chairman Thornton boosts ownership with major share buy

The boss of the world's top gold miner has bought 306,000 additional shares in the company.