1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (161+ words) “Investing in moving cutting-edge mining technologies out of the lab and into the field will help unleash America’s vast mineral resources,” US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said in a news release. These projects, it said, will develop mining proving…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (720+ words) A pair of Australian mining firms are pushing ahead with plans to build major uranium projects in Namibia, joining Chinese companies in the country, as nations around the world embrace atomic power. Bannerman Energy Ltd. and Deep Yellow Ltd., both…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (503+ words) Ghana’s mining regulator is developing minimum wage and tender benchmarks for contract mining firms, seeking to curb aggressive underbidding as the country pushes miners to outsource more operations to local contractors, a senior official said on Thursday. But Ghanaian mine…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (769+ words) New drilling by Osisko Metals (TSX: OM; US-OTC: OMZNF) at its Gaspé Copper project in eastern Quebec has extended the past-producing mine’s footprint, demonstrating the potential for higher-grade mineralization near old underground workings. Standout hole 30-1228 cut about 257 metres grading 0.85% copper…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (292+ words) Copper output at Chilean state miner Codelco, one of the world’s largest copper producers, fell 5% from a year earlier in July to 112,800 metric tons, data from state copper commission Cochilco showed on Thursday. The latest Codelco copper production data extends…...

2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (386+ words) French group Eramet (EPA: ERA) is restarting operations at the Weda Bay nickel mine in Indonesia after suspending output earlier this year when it used up a reduced mining quota. Indonesia, the world’s biggest nickel producer, cut mining volume permits…...

3+ day, 46+ min ago   (353+ words) Rio Tinto (ASX, LON, NYSE: RIO) has secured Aboriginal consent for its Winu copper-gold project in Western Australia, advancing one of the miner’s most important near-term growth projects. The agreement between mining giant and the Nyangumarta Warrarn Aboriginal Corporation (NWAC)…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (723+ words) Intruders backed by soldiers are again operating illegally at one of the world’s biggest sources of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the previous intrusion, a local company protected by Congolese soldiers had taken over a key section…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (322+ words) Miners captured a record 60% of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s annual list of its 30 top-performing companies, or TSX30, as strong precious and critical minerals stocks propelled the sector to its largest showing yet. The wider mix of commodities suggests investors are assigning…...