March 24, 2021

Cornish Metals granted key permit for United Downs

Cornwall mineral authority’s concession of development rights will allow Cornish Metal to begin drilling at the copper-tin project.

March 24, 2021

EV battery startup poaches oil veterans to build Arctic factory

Freyr plans to start a pilot plant near the Arctic Circle in Norway by next year.

March 24, 2021

Shareholder proposes Nornickel dividend policy changes, Interfax says

Group also proposed minimizing Nornickel's final dividend payment for 2020.

March 24, 2021

Vast Brazil lawsuit in UK against BHP over 2015 dam failure hits buffers

A 200,000-strong Brazilian claimant group failed to resurrect a 5.0 billion pound ($6.9 billion) English lawsuit against the mining giant over the Fundão dam failure.

March 23, 2021

Green Minerals listed in Oslo with aim to mine ocean floor in 2026

In January, Norway launched a process to open areas of its extended continental shelf to exploration for seabed minerals.

March 23, 2021

Agnico Eagle sells projects in Finland and Sweden

Company will sell its Oijärvi gold project in central Finland and the Solvik gold project, in southern Sweden for $10-million to Gold Line Resources.

March 23, 2021

Trafigura sees green copper supercycle driving prices to $15,000

The world’s biggest copper trader expects the metal to breach $10,000 a tonne this year, before entering a range of $12,000 to $15,000 a tonne over the coming decade.

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.