Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium has officially obtained a North Carolina state mining permit after posting a $1-million reclamation bond to develop an open-pit mine that would become one of the largest US sources of the key battery metal. The North Carolina Department...
Indonesia will extend copper concentrate export permits for Freeport Indonesia and Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, President Joko Widodo told reporters on Wednesday, adding that details of the extensions were still being worked out. Both Freeport Indonesia...
Thiess and Westrac have hit a one million metre autonomous drilling milestone at BHP’s Mount Arthur South coal mine in New South Wales. Leading Caterpillar (Cat) dealer WesTrac and major mine services provider Thiess joined forces to...
Glencore has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its controlling stake in Volcan Compañia Minera, one of the largest producers of zinc, lead, and silver in the world. Glencore is selling its 55.03 per cent stake to Transition Metals AG, a subsidiary of Integra...
The Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) will fund the expansion of EQ Resources’ (EQR) Mount Carbine tungsten mine in the state’s north with a $20 million loan. The funding comes from the Queensland Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund, which aims to...
First Quantum Minerals will seek talks with Panama’s incoming president in an effort to resolve the dispute that shuttered the Cobre Panama copper mine. President-elect Jose Raul Mulino, seen as an investor favorite, has said little about First...