Category: Latest Mining News

Zambia’s biggest mines are turning to a surprising power source as the copper-producing nation battles an unprecedented energy crisis: South African electricity company Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., which until March faced its own severe deficit.

Bolivia state-owned Yacimientos de Litio Boliviano (YLB) has inked a deal with Russia’s Uranium One Group to build a $976 million direct lithium extraction (DLE) facility in the country’s vast Salar de Uyuni.

American Creek Resources (TSXV: AMK) has firmed up its proposed sale to privately held Cunningham Mining Ltd. in an arm’s-length, all-cash deal valued at C$207 million ($152 million) with the signing of a definitive agreement dated September 5.

The head of Chile’s Corfo development agency said on Thursday he will launch a call for bids for projects making lithium products while accessing a preferential price “as soon as possible,” following a previous delay.

Power Nickel has expanded its use of Fleet Space Technologies’ ExoSphere — a cutting-edge exploration tool, to better understand its projects along Chile’s Atacama Fault system.

BHP’s relationship with its Western Australian nickel operations has been something of an on-and-off affair.

Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) is transforming an iconic Kalgoorlie asset into Australia’s largest gold operation.

A quarter of the world’s copper mining projects are at increasing risk from the impacts of climate change, with extreme rainfall expected to affect production of the metal crucial for the global clean energy transition by 2050, new research shows.

Stillwater Critical Minerals (TSXV: PGE) is collaborating with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to study the potential for geologic hydrogen production at its flagship nickel-PGE-copper-cobalt project in Montana.

The government of a Canadian territory is seeking to place Victoria Gold Corp. into receivership after a major landslide and cyanide spill at the company’s flagship bullion mine earlier this summer.

Zambia has temporarily shut its borders with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the government said at the weekend, in a move that could delay exports from Africa’s biggest copper producer.

The United States on Thursday banned imports from five more Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses involving the Uyghurs, according to a government posting, as part of its effort to eliminate goods made with forced labor from the US supply chain.