April 4, 2019

Two injured, two others missing after mudslide at Freeport’s Grasberg mine

Mining operation is running normally despite the incident, says the company.

April 4, 2019

How countries are getting tougher with stage.mining.companies

A mix of political populism, higher commodity prices and the expectation electrification will spur demand for raw materials has led governments to change the rules for miners operating in their…

April 4, 2019

Newcrest to fund broad gold exploration in Western Australia

Australia’s largest gold producer has been searching for juniors with appealing assets in Western Australia's Paterson region to jointly develop them.

April 3, 2019

Osisko Metals intersects more shallow, high-grade at Pine Point, NWT

The company intends to update a portion of its inferred resource to the indicated category before the end of the year.

April 3, 2019

Plans for logging, mining near British Columbia parks spark concern

Cross-border concerns about mineral exploration and logging in British Columbia's Skagit River watershed may put a long-simmering campaign to close a hole in the middle of two provincial parks back…

April 3, 2019

Congo’s public revenues from mining sector nearly double in 2018

Democratic Republic of Congo's mining sector paid $1.57B in revenues to the government last year, up 91% on 2017.

April 3, 2019

MMG joins Glencore, ERG reviewing Congo plans after tax hike

Congo collected $1.57 billion of revenue from stage.mining.companies last year, almost double the previous year, mostly in profit tax and royalties.

April 2, 2019

Sable expands Margarita with best intercept to date

The company is targeting the project’s Margarita Vein, where it recently drilled the project’s best intercept to date.

April 2, 2019

Elysis to create research centre in Saguenay

The new facility should be fully functional in the second half of 2019. It also has the financial backing of the governments of Quebec and Canada.

April 2, 2019

Uganda seeks again to redevelop defunct Kilembe copper mine

The Ugandan government is making another attempt to reopen a defunct copper mine estimated to contain 4 million tonnes of ore.