January 19, 2021

Miners now saviours in green transition

The whole system has to be rebuilt, and that is the onset of the revenge of the miners, says Robert Friedland.

January 19, 2021

Barrick, NovaGold report additional assay results for Donlin

The Donlin deposit is said to host one of the largest and highest-grade undeveloped open-pit gold endowments in the world.

January 19, 2021

Gates, Bezos-backed fund offers $1bn to clean energy start-ups

To be eligible, projects must have potential to cut global emissions by at least 500 million tonnes a year.

January 18, 2021

Ivanhoe’s Friedland taking ‘hard look’ at US projects

The US remains under-explored because previous administrations have considered mining a "toxic" industry, Robert Friedland said.

January 18, 2021

Lithium Americas shares surge on Thacker Pass approval

The US Bureau of Land Management gave final approval to the lithium mine in Nevada.

January 18, 2021

Gold price recovers despite stronger dollar

Gold recovered from a near seven-week low on prospects of a historic US relief bill.

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…