April 6, 2023

Germany’s Stolberg lead smelter reopens after sale to Trafigura

The Stolberg plant largely supplies European battery producers with lead.

April 6, 2023

De Beers finds diamond within a diamond, names it the “Beating Heart”

The 0.33-carat rough diamond has an internal cavity enclosing a smaller loose diamond, which moves around within the space.

April 6, 2023

Technology to extract REE from acid mine drainage gets $8m from US government

West Virginia University received a grant from the US Department of Energy to develop a pre-commercial demonstration facility for separating and refining rare earth elements from acid mine drainage and…

April 5, 2023

Viscount partners with Lux to create world’s first silver-backed NFT

Investors on the Lux Exchange will gain access to 5 million ounces of silver to be produced from the Silver Cliff property.

April 5, 2023

Eldorado secures 80% of Skouries gold-copper project funding

The $744m financing facility is expected to cover the bulk of the investment needed to finish construction of the mine in northern Greece.

April 5, 2023

BHP’s exploration accelerator to open to uranium, lithium finds

BHP's Xplor accelerator program is currently supporting seven copper and nickel projects for the six months to June.

April 4, 2023

NioCorp anticipates higher grades with new process technology

NioCorp and L3 have made a breakthrough in niobium and titanium recovery that may result in higher-purity products.

April 4, 2023

Anglo American, Sweden’s H2 Green Steel to work on low-carbon steelmaking processes

The agreement includes studying and trialling the use of iron ore products from its Kumba mines in South Africa and Minas-Rio mine in Brazil.

April 4, 2023

Zimbabwe to investigate gold-smuggling allegations

The government has broken the silence around allegations of gold smuggling and money laundering exposed in an Al-Jazeera documentary.

April 4, 2023

Mine waste finds new life as source of rare earths

Sweden, South Africa and Australia are at the forefront of a push to transform piles of mine waste and by-products into rare earths.