October 4, 2023 Ranked: The world’s top diamond mining countries, by carats and value Only 22 countries in the world engage in rough diamond production.
October 4, 2023 Lithium Americas soars on first day of trading as North American pure-play miner The new Lithium Americas is focused on advancing the Thacker Pass lithium project in Nevada to production.
October 4, 2023 Barrick to invest $2 billion in Zambia copper mine expansion Barrick's plan is to increase Lumwana’s annual production to an estimated 240,000 tonnes of copper per annum process plant.
October 3, 2023 Lundin shares under pressure with appointment of founder’s son as next CEO Chief executive Peter Rockandel is stepping down at the end of the year, and will be succeeded by Jack Lundin.
October 3, 2023 British Columbia’s Tsilhqot’in First Nation publish new policy for mining, oil and gas The policy states the Tsilhqot’in will “consider partnership and ownership opportunities with mining and exploration companies.”
October 3, 2023 Vale taps BluestOne to repurpose nickel waste in Brazil Vale will provide up to 50,000 tonnes per year of refinery slag from Onça Puma to BluestOne for the next 10 years.
October 3, 2023 Once sequestered, CO2 can be turned into methane By wresting the carbon from CO2 sequestered through carbon capture technologies and affixing it to hydrogen atoms, it is possible to form methane.
October 3, 2023 Adventus, Salazar delay construction of Ecuador project The companies now expect to start building their Curipamba-El Domo copper-gold project in the second quarter of 2024.
October 2, 2023 Lundin Mining CEO Peter Rockandel to step down Company insider Jack Lundin will be appointed as the new CEO.
September 29, 2023 Iamgold reports fatality at Cote gold project in Ontario The person, who was employed by a contractor at the project, was not engaged in mining or construction activities.
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