June 9, 2023

Mining’s changing ESG landscape

Dean Slocum and Chris Anderson of Acorn International on artisanal miners, China in Africa, the NGO-industrial complex, Juukan Gorge and mining’s changing guard.

June 9, 2023

Norway considers opening Germany-sized area to deep-sea mining

The country’s energy ministry plans to submit to parliament in the next two weeks a proposal to open an area close to Svalbard to applications for exploration and extraction.

June 9, 2023

LME gets first request to list new nickel brand since cutting waiting times

The exchange received an application to approve nickel produced by China's Quzhou Huayou Cobalt New Material Co.

June 8, 2023

Nickel Industries plans to raise $633 million through share placement

The Sydney-based miner has been working towards developing nickel for batteries.

June 8, 2023

BHP’s Xplor looking for more copper, nickel exploration projects

BHP Xplor’s VP Sonia Scarselli says demand-supply equation for other battery metals is not as stretched as that for those two metals.

June 8, 2023

Carbon capture tests results better than anticipated for Canada Nickel

The process at the Crawford nickel project can store 1.0 million tonnes of carbon annually.

June 6, 2023

NewRange reviews options after USACE decision to revoke water permit for NorthMet project

NewRange holds both the NorthMet and Mesaba copper, nickel, cobalt, and platinum group metal deposits in northeastern Minnesota.

June 6, 2023

Teck evaluating “several” proposals for its coal assets

The Canadian miner, which is fending off a takeover bid from Glencore, said it has been approached with potential deals for its coal unit.

June 6, 2023

Australia maps all of its tailings dams

A new Atlas of Australian Mine Waste aims to provide industry with opportunities to extract critical metals from previously mined rock.

June 6, 2023

Wildfires force miners in Quebec and Labrador to halt operations

About 200 military personnel were on the ground on Tuesday morning to help control the fires and aid companies to evacuate employees.