March 23, 2021

GV Gold sets price range for IPO

Shareholders, including US fund BlackRock, aim to raise $450-560 million by selling about 37% of the mid-sized gold miner.

March 23, 2021

Nornickel to cut emissions in Russia’s border region with Norway, Finland

Company has shut down a metallurgical processing facility in Russia’s border region which had been the area’s main source of sulphur dioxide emissions.

March 23, 2021

New technique for rehabilitation of mine rock waste piles may prevent acid drainage

Spanish researchers propose excavating waste piles and sorting the materials found there based on their geochemical properties.

March 22, 2021

Arctic mines face thawing permafrost disaster

As the big thaw continues, more and more mines are likely to see water inundation and issues with their tailing’s dams.

March 22, 2021

Gold price down after upheaval in Turkey

Another central bank firing in Turkey, a major gold buyer, strengthened the US dollar and drove down prices.

March 22, 2021

Home: Funds take the money and run as copper price rally stalls

Short-term optics, particularly on the London market, look less bullish than a few weeks ago.

March 22, 2021

Volkswagen use of cobalt now more than Tesla

Adamas Intelligence data show that 18,750 tonnes of cobalt were consumed in the batteries of newly-sold passenger EVs globally in 2020.

March 21, 2021

Understanding how porphyry-type copper deposits are formed may lead to new resources – study

UK-based researchers found the missing link in models that explain the formation of porphyry-type copper deposits.

March 19, 2021

Israel pushed Trump officials to lift sanctions on Dan Gertler

The Trump administration’s controversial move reportedly came after repeated requests from Israeli officials, who said he was a vital national security asset.

March 19, 2021

Boliden launches low-carbon copper products

The two copper cathode products will have less than half the average carbon dioxide emissions of traditionally mined copper.