Pretium Resources' (TSX: PVG; NYSE: PVG) Brucejack underground mine, 65 km north of Stewart, B.C., produced 90,419 oz. gold in the second quarter, close to the previous year's figure of 90,761 oz., in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic.The company, which has not seen any significant interruptions so far from the pandemic, reiterated its production guidance issued in February of 325,000-365,000 oz. gol...Read More
Molybdenum prices rose in the United States and Europe after a flood disabled one of the world's top two molybdenum producers, Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co (JDC Moly), on Wednesday August 5 for what is said to be an indefinite period. A correction has...Read More
Since co-founding his first junior mining company, Gammon Gold, in his garage in Halifax, N.S., in 1994, Bradley Langille has spent the majority of his career outside of the country - hunting for precious metals and building mines in Mexico.After about three years in Canada, he shifted his focus to Mexico, where his partner had business connections, and between 1999 and 2007, built two mines: the...Read More
Australian iron ore major Fortescue Metals Group (ASX: FMG) said today it would reevaluate an expansion plan at one of its iron ore mines in the Pilbara region, after an Indigenous group said the project threatened sacred sites, including a 60,000-year-old rock shelter.Fortescue's decision comes after fellow miner Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO), the number one iron ore producer, blew up a 46,000-...Read More
U.S. miner Albemarle (NYSE: ALB), the world's top lithium producer, said this week it would temporarily shut two operations due to weaker demand for the commodity used in batteries that power electric vehicles (EVs).The decision affects portions of the Silver Peak lithium mine in Nevada and Kings Mountain lithium hydroxide production facility in North Carolina starting this September.The company p...Read More
88 Energy (ASX:88E) Prepares for Billion Barrel Farm OutSPONSORED88 energyScoped for growth: Nevada Copper shifts into production modeSPONSOREDnevada copper corp.Element 25's Butcherbird on songSPONSOREDelement 25Lithium no quiet place for AVZSPONSOREDavz mineralsBut among the short-term bull runs one recent news item stood out for its potential impact far into the future: Toronto-listed Read More
In May, a fleet of ships set sail for fuel-starved Venezuela with Iranian gasoline, stunning international observers who wondered if the two nations would so blatantly defy U.S. sanctions efforts in a Caribbean Sea patrolled by the U.S. Navy.Read full newsRead More
U.S. glass manufacturer O-I Glass Inc is seeking to seize an oil tanker owned by Venezuela to collect part of a $500 million arbitration award it won after the 2010 expropriation of two manufacturing plants, according to a summons filed with a Singapore court seen by Reuters.Read full newsRead More
Tech and pharma may be getting the attention these days, but three mining billionaires are quietly padding their fortunes with an investment that's decidedly more old school.Read full newsRead More
Silver futures climbed to the highest in almost seven years and gold continued its march toward a record on expectations there'll be more stimulus to help the global economy recover from the coronavirus pandemic.Read full newsRead More
Elon Musk has a plea for mining companies: "Please mine more nickel."Read full newsRead More
The market gloom over the metals that will power the cars of the future is starting to lift.Read full newsRead More
Alianza Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: ANZ, OTC: TARSF) ("Alianza" or the "Company") reports that the 2020 reverse-circulation ("RC") drilling program at the Horsethief Gold Property, Nevada has been completed. This work is funded by partner Hochschild Mining (US), a subsidiary of Hochschild Mining PLC ("Hochschild", LSE:HOC) under an option to earn a 60% interest in the [...]Read full newsRead More
KUALA LUMPUR: Shares of Borneo Oil Bhd have rallied to a two-year high in early trade today after announcing a gold deposits discovery in one of its mining plots.Read full newsRead More
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FSD Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: HUGE) (CSE: HUGE.CN) ("FSD Pharma" or the "Company") announces the closing of a previously announced agreement with investorsRead full newsRead More
Thanks to U.S. dollar's weakness, the Fed's holding of interest rates at an all-time low and discouraging private sector job additions amid the pandemic, the appeal for gold has increased.Read full newsRead More
Gatekeeper Receives Order to Equip School Buildings with Temperature Sensing System Abbotsford, BC - August 7, 2020 - Gatekeeper...Read full newsRead More
The U.S. EPA's Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) released a new report, "An Overview Of Renewable Natural Gas From Biogas," in July to provide biogas stakeholders and other interested parties with a resource to promote and potentially assist in the development of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects.Read full newsRead More
Straightup Resources (CSE:ST) has completed an initial field examination of its RLX North and RLX South properties.Read full newsRead More