Live stream the Orexo AB (OTCQX: ORXOY | Nasdaq STO: ORX) presentation from the December 15, 2022 KCSA Mental Health ...Read More
It was about 3,000 years ago, in what would become the city of Fushan in northeastern China, that the first-ever coal mine opened and produced coal.The Chinese used the coal for their energy needs, and thus began the Age of Coal.Indeed, Fushan was mining so much coal that the city's nickname would become "City of Coal." By around the third century B.C., it began burning coal for heat, while carve...Read More
North America's oldest silver miner, Hecla Mining (NYSE: HL), is set to consolidate its position as the continent's primary silver leader. It is working to increase U.S. output by 20% and to become the most prominent Canadian silver producer by year-end.The 130-year-old company's CEO, Phil Baker, told the recent Canadian Mining Symposium in London that the 1.2 billion oz. silver market is growing...Read More
Robex Resources (TSXV: RBX) was set to restart operations at its Nampala gold mine in Mali after a trespasser was killed on Thursday and work was halted temporarily, the company said. A crowd of artisanal miners intruded onto the open-pit site in the West African country's south and encountered security, the company said in a news release. One other person was injured in the incident, Robex said...Read More
For years, Brazil was overlooked as a favourable mining jurisdiction within South America. But what's recently become apparent is that times are changing. The countries that were once deemed as go-to options are now experiencing civil unrest and political instability. While these countries no longer attract the investment dollars they once did, Brazil is emerging as a mining destination of choice....Read More
EnCore Energy (TSXV: EU; OTCQB: ENCUF) has won a court challenge to its US$32 million Dewey-Burdock uranium project in South Dakota. The Oglala Sioux Tribe and watchdog group Aligning for Responsible Mining wanted a United States appeals court to review its decision in August approving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) licence for enCore to mine uranium at the project about 150 km south...Read More
Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LON: RIO; ASX: RIO) is now the majority owner of the giant Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in Mongolia, as it has completed its US$3.3 billion buyout of Canadian miner Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX: TRQ; NYSE: TRQ).Shareholders of the Montreal-based company approved on Monday the deal that gives Rio Tinto control over the world's largest known copper and gold deposit, with a 66%...Read More
Panama's government has ordered First Quantum Minerals (TSX: FM) to halt operations at its Cobre Panama copper mine after it failed to agree terms for a new contract with the Canadian miner.The move, unusual among Latin American countries, came after First Quantum missed a Wednesday night deadline to ink a new royalty deal that has been in the works since September 2021.The miner said on Friday...Read More
Canada's Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) said the board has approved an investment decision and full restart of construction activities at its Skouries gold-copper project in northern Greece.The proposed mine, which has reserves of 3.7 million oz. of gold and 1.7 billion lb. of copper, was halted from 2017 to 2021 due to government delays in issuing permits and community opposition.After inkin...Read More
On December 9, the U.S. military made major headway in its effort to catch Russia and China, who have long outpaced us in cutting -dge weapons development. Indeed, while our two main geopolitical adversaries have already deployed hypersonic weapons - missiles that travel more than five times the speed of sound - the Pentagon has been trapped in the testing phase. Until now, it seems. Because la...Read More
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The miner will buy 22.2 million shares at 18c per share, a 26% premium to the five-day volume-weighted average price of Candente shares. FMG first invested in Candente in early 2020 and holds 52.Read More
For the year-to-date, Adaro's share price has surged by 1,167% to 1,710 IDR as of 15 December. The stock peaked at 2,990 IDR on 19 April before drifting lower.Read More
Share this article TORONTO - First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (FM-TSX) has released an update on negotiations with the Government of Panama on the framework governing the operation of the Cobre Panama mine by its subsidiary Minera Panama S.A. (MPSA).In a press release, First Quantum said the Government of Panama and MPSA were unable to reach an agreement by the December 14, 2022, deadline imposed by t...Read More
The devil is always in the details.This week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that scientists achieved a nuclear fusion reaction that created more energy than was used. Make no mistake: This is a huge deal. This has never happened before.To clarify, a nuclear fusion reaction happens when two light nuclei merge to form a single heavier nucleus.To put it simply, this is essentially the react...Read More
Given the tumultuous past two years that saw global markets ebb and flow to extreme degrees, it's perhaps no surprise that the only thing that's certain about the 2023 outlook for commodities is that it's uncertain.Analysts generally agree that the global economy is headed for a slowdown, but forecasts from reputable industry sources feature a wide degree of variability."Our roster of industry s...Read More
A shareholder rift over millions of dollars in executive pay at Snow Lake Resources (NASDAQ: LITM) is rattling the explorer's plans to develop a lithium project in northwest Manitoba. Management postponed a shareholder's meeting today until January after an investors' group that controls 42% of the company said it would try to vote out chief executive officer Philip Gross, chief operating officer...Read More
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) is going ahead with construction of its Reko Diq copper and gold project in Pakistan after the country's top court cleared the path for the Canadian miner.Receiving the court's endorsement was a condition outlined in the settlement reached by Barrick and the government of Pakistan in early December to resume work on Reko Diq.The project, which hosts one of the w...Read More
Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI) revealed on Thursday the sulphide potential of its Marimaca oxide deposit (MOD) in Chile, with drill hole MAD-22 returning 92 metres at 2.11% total copper from 140 metres, including 22 metres at 5.27% total copper, from 204 metres, in primary sulphides alone.MAD-22 represents a geological/geotechnical diamond drill hole that was drilled from the eastern MOD through the...Read More