June 20, 2023

Norway to open its waters to deep-sea mining

The country's government has outlined details of a plan to open its sea floor to commercial mineral exploration and extraction.

June 19, 2023

Nine Mile Metals enjoys XRF results up to 24% Cu and 38% Pb-Zn from historic Wedge mine

The Wedge deposit was discovered in 1956 by Cominco, and it operated the mine between 1962 and 1968.

June 16, 2023

US requests probe of alleged labor abuses at Grupo Mexico mine

The request is the eleventh such action under the North American trade pact.

June 14, 2023

Zinc price jumps after Boliden suspends operations at Irish mine

The company said that it plans to lay off 650 workers at the Tara mine.

June 13, 2023

Boliden to suspend operations at Irish zinc mine, sees Q2 setback

The Tara mine accounted for half of Boliden's zinc concentrate in 2022.

June 13, 2023

Canadian Copper grabs majority stake in Murray Brook VMS deposit in New Brunswick

According to a technical report, Murray Brook represents the 5th largest VMS deposit within the Bathurst camp.

June 13, 2023

Boliden’s Ronneskar metals smelter damaged in fire, output halted

The Swedish smelter is a major producer of copper, zinc, lead and other metals.

June 6, 2023

Fireweed kicks off largest ever drill program at Macmillan Pass

According to Fireweed, the 100% owned Macmillan Pass project is currently host to one of the largest undeveloped zinc resources in the world.

June 4, 2023

Dominican workers lift strike at Cerro de Maimón mine

Cerro de Maimón is operated by the Dominican Mining Corporation, a subsidiary of Australia’s Perilya.

June 2, 2023

Teck’s attempt to gain CIC support for coal split hits wall — report

The miner is reportedly finding it difficult to secure the support of top shareholder China Investment Corporation for a plan to exit coal.