BHP tests Toyota EVs at Nickel West
BHP (ASX, LON, NYSE: BHP), the world’s largest miner, has partnered with Toyota Australia to trial a new light electric vehicle (LEV) at...
Trump hurries to loosen mining regulations, approve projects
Outgoing US President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to loosen mining regulations and green light new mineral projects before...
Protest blocks $530m worth of copper from Las Bambas
A three-week-long roadblock protest by locals has prevented Las Bambas mine in Peru, run by MMG, from exporting 189,000 tonnes of copper...
Gold price begins new year on a high
Gold is off to a good start in 2021 after recording its best yearly gain in a decade. Prices surged above $1,900 an ounce on Monday to...
Sample recovered 220 years ago turns out to be new mineral
Researchers from London’s Natural History Museum, the Diamond Lightsource in Harwell, Oxford, and Slovakia discovered a new mineral...
Positive feasibility study for Midas Gold’s Idaho project
Midas Gold (TSX:MAX) announced on Tuesday the results of an independent feasibility study and technical report completed on its Stibnite...
Solgold CEO handed shareholder rebuke at annual meeting
Gold and copper miner Solgold Plc’s chief executive Nick Mather was handed a strong rebuke on Thursday, with nearly half of votes cast...
Greenland grants Bluejay exploitation licence
Explorer and developer Bluejay Mining (LON: JAY) said on Monday it had received an exploitation licence for its Dundas ilmenite project...
Seabridge locks in $115.7 million for Snowfield buy
Canada’s Seabridge Gold (TSX: SEA) (NYSE: SA) announced it has successfully raised $115.7 million, more than enough to fund the...
Rio Tinto should pay for sacred caves blast — inquiry
An Australian parliamentary inquiry into Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) destruction of a 46,000-year-old sacred Aboriginal site in May...