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Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm
Rio Tinto reinforces strategy for diversified growth, targets 1Mt/y of copper
4th December 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Rio Tinto, one of the world’s largest mining companies, has reaffirmed its goal of producing one-million tonnes a year of copper by the end of the decade, as part of its strategy to become a global... 


First Mining’s Springpole advances to next review phase
First Mining’s Springpole advances to next review phase
4th December 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Vancouver-based First Mining on Tuesday announced a milestone for the Springpole gold project, receiving a positive conformity determination from the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC).... 


Vale completes Voisey's Bay mine expansion
Vale completes Voisey's Bay mine expansion
4th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Global metals company Vale has announced the successful completion of the Voisey’s Bay Mine Expansion (VBME) project in Canada. The expansion shifts the Voisey’s Bay operation from openpit to... 


Rio Tinto’s Beyond Rare diamond tender delivers strong results
Rio Tinto’s Beyond Rare diamond tender delivers strong results
4th December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Diversified mining company Rio Tinto’s second Beyond Rare tender has achieved a strong result, underscoring the rarity and unique provenance of the diamonds on offer. The auction, which featured... 


Firms launch physical uranium buying for small investors using blockchain
Firms launch physical uranium buying for small investors using blockchain
4th December 2024 By: Reuters

A blockchain platform and a uranium trading company launched a marketplace on Tuesday to allow small investors to buy physical uranium, hoping to boost spot liquidity in the niche commodity.... 


Mining Association of Canada president Pierre Gratton
Canada mining group uses China ban to push back on Trump tariffs
4th December 2024 By: Bloomberg

Canada Mining Group Uses China Ban to Push Back on Trump Tariffs 


President Joe Biden hosts a bilateral meeting with President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping in November 2023.
China bans germanium, gallium exports to US in tit-for-tat move
4th December 2024 By: Bloomberg

China announced an outright ban on several materials crucial to chip-making from being exported to the US citing concerns over military usage, in a tit-for-tat move after President Joe Biden’s... 


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Biden touts Lobito project as first US leader to visit Angola
3rd December 2024 By: Bloomberg

President Joe Biden touted his administration’s ties with Angola, including investment in a railway to deliver critical minerals across the continent as he met with Angolan President João Lourenço... 


President Joe Biden
Biden pushes out over $100bn in clean energy grants as term winds down
3rd December 2024 By: Reuters

US President Joe Biden's administration has awarded over $100-billion in grants created by its signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, a senior administration official said. The... 


McEwen Copper secures enviro permit for Los Azules copper project
McEwen Copper secures enviro permit for Los Azules copper project
3rd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

McEwen Copper, a subsidiary of NYSE-listed McEwen Mining, has received approval for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of its Los Azules copper project in San Juan, Argentina. The... 


Deutsche Bank sticks out among financiers of Peabody’s coal loan
3rd December 2024 By: Bloomberg

When Peabody Energy agreed to buy the coal assets of Anglo American, only one European lender joined the US investment bankers and private credit specialists financing the deal: Deutsche Bank.... 


Exxaro Financial Director Riaan Koppeschaar.
Global investor sentiment towards South Africa much better in 2024, Exxaro reports
3rd December 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Global investor sentiment towards South Africa improved significantly in 2024, Exxaro FD Riaan Koppeschaar reported on Tuesday, December 3. In a pre-close message for the financial year ending... 


Vital expands Nechalacho rare earths project footprint with new claims
Vital expands Nechalacho rare earths project footprint with new claims
3rd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

ASX-listed Vital Metals has expanded its Nechalacho rare earths project in the Northwest Territories, Canada, with the acquisition of three new mineral claims immediately north of the existing... 


Aya pours first silver at expanded Zgounder mine
Aya pours first silver at expanded Zgounder mine
3rd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canada-headquartered Aya Gold and Silver has poured first silver from its expanded Zgounder mine, in Morocco, bringing the company closer to the start of commercial production in the coming weeks.... 


Patriot Lithium strengthens copper focus with new Zambian option
3rd December 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Australian-listed Patriot Lithium is deepening its focus on Zambia's copper-rich resources with a binding option agreement to acquire a 90% interest in the Kitumba exploration licences, located... 


Greatland-Newmont deal to close this week
Greatland-Newmont deal to close this week
3rd December 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

London-listed Greatland Gold is set to close its acquisition of Newmont’s Telfer and Havieron assets this week, positioning the company to become a significant Australian gold and copper producer.... 


Geologist Schwab appointed CEO of Stallion Uranium
3rd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed uranium exploration company Stallion Uranium has appointed Matthew Schwab as CEO. Schwab, a seasoned exploration geologist and executive, succeeds Drew Zimmermann, who will remain... 


Wolfsberg lithium project shifts into fast lane with EIA exemption
Wolfsberg lithium project shifts into fast lane with EIA exemption
2nd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Wolfsberg lithium project in Austria has taken a big step forward as ECM Lithium (ECM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed Critical Metals, received confirmation from the Carinthian... 


Duane Parnham
Madison acquires large Canadian antimony deposit
2nd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Canadian critical minerals company Madison Metals announced on Monday that it had secured agreements with three entities to acquire a significant antimony/gold project located in the Howells Lake... 


GoviEx proactive in its approach to ESG ahead of mining at Muntanga
2nd December 2024 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian mining company GoviEx Uranium states in its latest ‘Sustainability 2024’ report that it is taking a precautionary approach to environment and social risks, devising strategies that... 


Platinum metals support every step of the green hydrogen fuel cell economy.
Platinum demand outlook lifted higher by series of new global hydrogen fuel cell buildouts
2nd December 2024 By: Martin Creamer

The outlook for platinum group metals (PGM) demand has been uplifted by a series of new developments in the field of platinum-catalysed green hydrogen generation as well as concomitant fuel cell... 


Iamgold reclaims 70% stake in Côté Gold
Iamgold reclaims 70% stake in Côté Gold
2nd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Toronto-listed Iamgold on Monday announced that it had exercised its right to repurchase a 9.7% interest in the Côté gold mine from Sumitomo Metal Mining, effectively returning to its full 70%... 


De Beers capitulates on diamond strategy with big price cuts
De Beers capitulates on diamond strategy with big price cuts
2nd December 2024 By: Bloomberg

De Beers has cut diamond prices by more than 10% across the board as the world’s biggest producer abandons attempts to put a floor under the slumping market. The diamond industry has been struck... 


Bridge weight restrictions to impact Man Choch trucking operations
2nd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Alaska gold miner Contango has provided its 2025 gold production guidance, reaffirming expectations for strong cash flow despite facing rising operating costs at its Manh Choh mine. While the... 


Thor announces further positive drilling results at Nigeria project
2nd December 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Aim- and TSX-V-listed Thor Explorations has announced further positive results from the initial proof-of-concept drilling programme that targets the down-plunge potential beneath the current... 


Lithium Argentina leaves Canada to establish domicile in Switzerland
Lithium Argentina leaves Canada to establish domicile in Switzerland
2nd December 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

TSX- and NYSE-listed Lithium Americas (Argentina) has announced plans to redomicile from Canada to Switzerland, a move designed to enhance the company’s growth prospects and financing flexibility.... 


Uranium developer Premier American president resigns
2nd December 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

TSX-V-listed Premier American Uranium has announced the resignation of David Suda as president of the company, with effect from December 1. Suda is resigning to pursue other opportunities, the... 


Gold slips as Trump’s BRICS currency warning boosts US dollar
Gold slips as Trump’s BRICS currency warning boosts US dollar
2nd December 2024 By: Bloomberg

Gold eased, pressured by a rising US dollar after President-elect Donald Trump warned the so-called BRICS nations that he would require commitments that they would not move to create a new... 


Condor receives nonbinding acquisition offers
Condor receives nonbinding acquisition offers
2nd December 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

Canadian exploration and development company Condor Gold has confirmed it has received two nonbinding acquisition offers, one from Calibre Mining and the other from Metals Exploration, potentially... 


Tharisa mine.
Downstream beneficiation investment starting to show commercial results – Tharisa
29th November 2024 By: Martin Creamer

Investment in downstream beneficiation is starting to pay dividends and to show real commercial results, says Tharisa CEO Phoevos Pouroulis. “We sold our first commercial chrome alloy to an... 


Madagascar lifts suspension on Energy Fuels’ Toliara project
Madagascar lifts suspension on Energy Fuels’ Toliara project
29th November 2024 By: Mariaan Webb

The Madagascar government has lifted the suspension on the Toliara critical minerals project. The suspension, imposed in November 2019, was lifted following US-based group Energy Fuels’ acquisition... 


Barrick welcomes Ontario court ruling dismissing North Mara human rights claims
Barrick welcomes Ontario court ruling dismissing North Mara human rights claims
29th November 2024 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Dual-listed Barrick Gold has welcomed the decision by the Ontario Superior Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a group of Tanzanian nationals who had alleged human rights abuses by Tanzanian police... 


Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson
Ottawa must ensure Trump understands importance of Canadian oil to US, Minister says
29th November 2024 By: Reuters

Ottawa must make sure the Trump administration understands how inter-related energy markets are in the US and Canada, a Canadian government minister said on Thursday, commenting on President-elect... 


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