Rio Tinto and Glencore have abandoned plans for a $260bn merger, walking away from a deal that would have created the world’s largest mining company. Rio Tinto said it was […]
Read MoreCornish tin mine could reopen with Trump administration investment
Donald Trump has aggressively pursued investment into hi-tech industries in recent months, but the US administration has now set its sights on a more traditional sector: tin mining in Cornwall. […]
Read MoreDamning EU report lays bare bloc’s ‘dangerous dependence’ on critical mineral imports
The EU is struggling to free itself from dependence on China and countries in the global south for critical minerals and rare earths needed for everything from smartphones to wind […]
Read MoreUS, UK, EU, Australia and more to meet to discuss critical minerals alliance
Ministers from the US, EU, UK, Japan, Australia and New Zealand will meet in Washington this week to discuss a strategic alliance over critical minerals. The summit is being seen […]
Read MoreMining Co. Acquires Transformational District-Scale Project
Goldsky Resources Corp. (GSKR:TSX.V) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 55% interest in the Barsele gold project in Sweden from Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (AEM:TSX; AEM:NYSE) […]
Read MoreMining Co. With High-Grade 2,122g/t Silver on OTCQX Best 50 List
Blackrock Silver Corp. (BRC:TSX.V; BKRRF:OTCQX) announced it has been included in the 2026 OTCQX Best 50, a list of the top-performing companies traded on the OTCQX Best Market last year, […]
Read MorePike River review – families fight for justice in sobering true-life tale of New Zealand mining disaster
It seems unlikely that the wheels of justice would have budged at all after the Pike River mining disaster in New Zealand, which killed 29 men in 2010, had it […]
Read MoreThe Australian dollar is (oddly) rising – what does ‘sell America’ sentiment have to do with it?
When Donald Trump threatened tariffs on European allies during the Greenland dispute, the Australian dollar increased in value against its US counterpart. The movement was odd, given the Australian currency […]
Read MoreMining Co. Uncovers Massive 300m Copper-Gold Zone in Yukon's Whitehorse Belt
Gladiator Metals Corp. (GLAD:TSX; GDTRF:OTC) announced a significant new discovery at the Whitehorse Copper Belt from its initial drilling at a new target near the historic Black Cub South pit, […]
Read MoreFreedom from China? The mine at the centre of Europe’s push for rare earth metals
It is deep winter with temperatures dropping to -20C. The sun never rises above the horizon, instead bathing Sweden’s most northerly town of Kiruna in a blue crepuscular light, or […]
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