Adriatic Metals takes over as operator of Bosnian silver mine
Adriatic Metals is taking over as the operator of the Rupice deposit development, which is part of the company’s Vares silver mine in central Bosnia.
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Study hints Predictive Discovery’s Bankan project could be Guinea’s ‘largest gold mine’
A prefeasibility study for Predictive Discovery’s (ASX: PDI) Bankan gold project in Guinea gives it a net present value more than $210 million higher than its capital costs.
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Native American group seeks to overturn US court ruling on Rio’s Arizona copper mine
A Native American group has asked all members of a US appeals court on Monday to overturn an earlier ruling that granted land to Rio Tinto for a copper mine in Arizona, saying the land was sacred and culturally significant.
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Berkeley to take uranium mine dispute with Spain to arbitration
Australian mining group Berkeley Energia will take its dispute with Spain to international arbitration after the country refused to give final approval to a uranium mine near the city of Salamanca, the company said on Wednesday.
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Protesters blockade Peru’s Las Bambas mine after talks fall through
Peru’s Las Bambas copper mine, owned by China’s MMG, is facing renewed blockades of a key transport route after failed talks over donations to local development projects, a community leader said on Wednesday.
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Two workers dead at Newmont’s Cerro Negro mine in Argentina
Newmont confirmed on Wednesday that two members of its workforce died this week at the Cerro Negro mine located in the Santa Cruz region of Argentina.
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Scottish bacteria may help clean up acid mine drainage
Researchers at the University of Edinburgh discovered that bacteria found in areas polluted by acid mine drainage had the potential to detoxify the environment by removing heavy metals.
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US, EU set to miss critical minerals agreement this week
A US and European Union push to reach an accord on fostering critical mineral supply chains is set to miss another target this week, according to people familiar with the discussions.
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Korea Zinc agrees 40% fee cut to turn Teck’s mined zinc into metal
Canadian miner Teck Resources has agreed to pay Korea Zinc $165 per metric ton, a three-year low, to turn its zinc concentrate into refined metal, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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Canada’s mild winter disrupts key ice road to remote Arctic diamond mines
An unusually warm winter in Canada this year has delayed the opening of a 400-kilometer (250-mile) ice road that is rebuilt every year as the main conduit for Rio Tinto, Burgundy Mines and De Beers to access their diamond mines in the remote Arctic region.
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Mitsui invests in Atlas Lithium with offtake deal from Brazil mine
Mitsui & Co said on Thursday it will spend $30 million to take a 12% stake in US-based Atlas Lithium to venture into Brazil’s lithium mines to tap demand for the battery mineral.
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Mag Silver shares surge on Juanicipio mine’s mineral resource update
Shares of MAG Silver rose on Thursday following the release of a new mineral resource estimate for the Juanicipio silver-gold-zinc-lead mine in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico.
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US talks often with Congo’s Gecamines on cobalt and copper, official says
The United States speaks regularly with the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state miner Gecamines, a senior State Department official told Reuters, as Washington seeks to deepen relationships with key suppliers of cobalt and copper across the African continent.
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Several people killed in accident at abandoned Liberia gold mine
Several people have been killed in Liberia in an accident at an abandoned gold mine, the West African country’s mines minister said on Tuesday.
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Canada watchdog says abuse likely occurred at a Dynasty Gold mine in China
Canada’s corporate ethics watchdog on Tuesday said it was likely that human rights abuses had occurred at a mine in China operated by Vancouver-based firm Dynasty Gold.
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Chinese miners eye overseas deals after battery metals slump
Battery metal prices are on the floor, and massive expansions by Chinese miners have been instrumental in driving them lower. Now, with many Western rivals cutting output or shutting down entirely, they want to get even bigger.
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Criminals’ attempt to kidnap Peruvian miners quashed
The Pataz Unified Command, whose members hail from the National Armed Forces and the National Police, detained three men in their mid-to-late twenties, who attempted to kidnap a group of miners in the La Libertad region, northwestern Peru.
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Newmont’s Akyem gold mine in Ghana draws Chinese interest
Newmont Corp. has kicked off the sale of its Akyem gold mine in Ghana, which is attracting interest from potential bidders including Chinese producers amid soaring prices for the metal, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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Africa to play ‘huge role’ in US critical mineral strategy, says Treasury’s No. 2
The United States is looking to Africa to help loosen a Chinese stranglehold on battery metals and reduce Russia’s influence over the market for other minerals, US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said on Thursday.
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Congo, Chinese partners sign reviewed Sicomines copper-cobalt joint venture agreement
Democratic Republic of Congo and Chinese investors on Thursday signed an agreement reached in January that revises some terms of their Sicomines copper and cobalt joint venture, Congo’s Infrastructure Minister Alexis Gisaro Muvunyi said on Thursday.
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Polish court allows Turow coal mine to stay open for now
A Polish coal mine near the Czech border will be able to continue operating for now, the state news agency PAP reported on Wednesday, following the latest in a series of contradictory court rulings.
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Guinea junta names new mines minister
Guinea’s junta named a new mines minister on Wednesday, state television said, citing a decree that showed the role was given to Bouna Sylla, former head of the state company that managed infrastructure projects on the giant Simandou iron ore project.
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Pilbara Minerals signs offtake agreement with China’s Sichuan Yahua
Pilbara Minerals said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group for the supply of spodumene concentrate from the lithium miner’s Pilgangoora operation in Western Australia.
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US, Canada, Indigenous groups to collaborate on reducing river pollution from BC coal mines
The United States and Canada announced Monday they have agreed to cooperate to reduce and mitigate the impacts of water pollution from coal mines originating in British Columbia’s Elk-Kootenay watershed.
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African Rainbow pauses Bokoni mine expansion plan after H1 profit fall
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) said on Friday it was deferring plans to expand output at its Bokoni mine due to low platinum group metal (PGM) prices after reporting a 43% drop in its half-year profit.
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