Only mill in the US able to process uranium-rare earth ores open for business
As the US pushes to dilute China’s monopoly and develop a domestic rare earth supply, Colorado-based Energy Fuels (TSX: EFR) is working...
Drilling resumes at Novagold’s Donlin project
Novagold (TSX: NG) and its joint venture partner Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD, TSX: ABX) have reopened the Donlin camp in Alaska following a...
Tesla’s reluctant commitment to cobalt a warning to others
(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, Andy Home, a columnist for Reuters.) The unpredictable Elon Musk strikes again....
Gold price nears $1,800 on ETF frenzy
Pigging out on bullion. Image by Camil Tulcan The rally in the gold price gained fresh momentum on Tuesday as investors piled into...
Fossilized fish linked to rare earths deposits
Scientists at the University of Tokyo discovered that a large deposit of rare earths near the Japanese island of Minamitorishima is...
Tesla kills three birds with one Congolese stone
Elon Musk is giving his rivals the heavy metal blues. By securing 6,000 tonnes a year of cobalt directly from mining giant Glencore’s...
Shandong Gold to buy Cardinal Resources for $221 million
Shandong Gold Mining Co, one of China’s biggest gold producers, said on Thursday it would buy Ghana-focused miner Cardinal Resources Ltd...
Barrick sells majority stake in Shandong for $210 million
Barrick Gold said on Tuesday it sold a partial stake in Shandong Gold Mining for $210 million, profiting off a rise in share price of the...
Russia’s gold mine production growth to overtake China’s by 2029 – report
A report by Fitch Solutions states that global gold mine production growth is expected to rebound in the coming years underpinned by...
Mining billionaires who made their fortunes the fastest
Billionaire fortunes have been whipsawed in recent months by global trade tensions and economic uncertainty caused by the coronavirus...