The Stibnite gold and antimony project in Idaho has cleared its final federal regulatory hurdle, owner Perpetua Resource announced recently. The US Army Corps of Engineers has issued the project with a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit, which was the last major...
Kingston Resources has struck a binding agreement to divest its Misima gold project, in Papua New Guinea, to Ok Tedi Mining for $95-million. The transaction includes $50-million payable on completion, $10-million 12 months post-completion, a further $10-million upon a...
Rio Tinto has partnered with Chile’s state-owned miner Codelco to progress the Salar de Maricunga lithium project. The partnership aims to develop and operate a high-grade lithium operation in the Atacama region, with Salar de Maricunga holding some of the...
AustralianSuper has emerged as a substantial shareholder in Whitehaven Coal Ltd, having recently acquired more than 42.4 million shares to take a 5.07% stake in the ASX-listed miner, suggesting a potential shift back to metallurgical coal investments. Whitehaven...
Emirates Global Aluminium plans to start building a $4-billion plant in Oklahoma next year as Donald Trump pushes for massive investments from oil-rich Gulf states to avoid his tariffs. The plant will have the capacity to produce as much as 600 000 t/y of primary...
Perenti’s underground mining subsidiary, Barminco, has signed a new $500 million contract with Gold Fields’ Agnew gold mine near Leinster, Western Australia. This contract extension concerns underground mining operations at Agnew, which Barminco has been...
