July 17, 2023

B2Gold hunting for more assets after Sabina Gold deal

"We're not looking at adding more development projects, but looking at mines that are in production that don't fit the criteria for some majors," CEO says.

July 17, 2023

Rainbow, Mosaic partner on rare earths extraction in Brazil

They expect to produce a preliminary economic assessment of the opportunity to extract rare earths from from Mosaic’s phosphogypsum stack.

July 14, 2023

London aluminum, zinc on track for best week since January

Weaker dollar made greenback-priced metals cheaper to holders of other currencies.

July 14, 2023

Copper could now be used for clearer MRIs

A novel copper protein binding site has potential for use in MRI contrast agents.

July 14, 2023

Savannah Resources raises $8m for Portugal lithium project

Funding allows it to move forward with its Barroso lithium project, slated to be western Europe’s largest mine of the battery metal.

July 12, 2023

Alleged fraudster Gupta says Trafigura ‘devised’ nickel scheme

Lawyers for Prateek Gupta said that Trafigura employees had proposed an arrangement to agree contracts for the sale of nickel but in fact to trade other material.

July 12, 2023

Column: Global tin stocks at two-year highs after LME squeeze

The amount of tin sitting in London Metal Exchange warehouses has more than doubled in the space of a month.

July 12, 2023

BHP and Vale square off in London court

Vale is challenging BHP’s claim that the two miners should split any fines over the deadly 2015 dam collapse in Brazil.

July 11, 2023

Countries repatriating gold in wake of sanctions against Russia, study finds

An Invesco survey showed a "substantial share" of central banks were concerned by the precedent that had been set.

July 11, 2023

Concentration of critical minerals’ supply intensifies despite diversification efforts

Concentration of supply intensified for some critical minerals in 2022, despite US and Europe's efforts to diversify and reduce reliance on China.