January 18, 2021 Premier updates ‘cornerstone asset’ PEA for McCoy-Cove Study suggests an 8-year, 1,070 t/d underground mine, producing an average of 102,000 gold oz. annually at all-in sustaining costs of $948 per oz.
January 17, 2021 Crystallex closer to being paid off by Venezuela The Canadian miner received a favourable ruling related to the gold mine that the Hugo Chávez regime expropriated back in 2008.
January 17, 2021 Hardy bacteria turn out to be good cobalt miners Geobacter could become the basis of new biotechnology to reclaim and recycle cobalt from lithium-ion batteries.
January 15, 2021 MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week Judge denies Native American bid to block Rio Tinto’s copper project; Rhodium price roars above $20,000 in precious metals’ biggest rally; Rio Tinto to open North America’s first scandium plant…
January 15, 2021 Metals behind EV revolution to resume volatile rally – again Global EV sales are projected to surge 60% this year, according to BloombergNEF.
January 15, 2021 Judge denies Native American bid to block Rio Tinto’s copper project The US Forest Service published a final environmental impact statement for the project that critics say will destroy sites deemed sacred by Native Americans.
January 14, 2021 Native Americans say US does not own land it is about to give to Rio Tinto Members of Arizona's San Carlos Apache tribe filed a property lien in an attempt to regain control over land that the US government is poised to give to the miner…
January 14, 2021 Lucky Friday ramp-up buoys Hecla’s 2020 silver production Buoyed by the ramp-up of its mine in Idaho, company produced 13.5 million oz of silver in 2020 – the highest since 2016.
January 14, 2021 Largo Resources eyes US listing, shares up The company recently launched a new VRFB business in the US.
January 13, 2021 Russia for first time holds more gold than US dollars in $583 billion reserves The share of dollar assets dropped to 22%, down from more than 40% in 2018.
Iron ore price nears best close since November on year-end metal rally The steelmaking ingredient advanced for a third straight session in Singapore, climbing nearly 1.8% to as much as $106.55 a ton in intraday trading. December 29, 2025 | 07:51 am