Molybdenum Top Stories

Lundin Mining to up stake in Caserones copper mine to 70%

The Canadian miner is acquiring an additional 19% interest in the copper-molybdenum mine in Chile for $350 million.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2024 | 5:15 am

Taseko reaches tentative labour deal for Gibraltar mine restart

Gibraltar is the second-largest open-pit copper mine in Canada.

Staff Writer | June 16, 2024 | 11:46 am

Solaris closes $39m financing for Warintza copper project in Ecuador

The net proceeds will be used primarily for exploration and…

Staff Writer | June 11, 2024 | 12:16 pm

New project approval could allow Peru to produce four million tonnes of copper annually — minister

The Minister of Energy and Mines, Rómulo Mucho, said Peru's…

Staff Writer | June 2, 2024 | 11:39 am

British Columbia miners serve strike notice at Gibraltar

A union representing 550 workers at Taseko's copper mine said…

Staff Writer | May 29, 2024 | 10:15 am

Alaska governor calls on Biden to update mine permit process

Governor Dunleavy sued Biden last week for the president's 2023 decision to block the giant Pebble project. The suit seeks more than $700 billion.

Reuters | March 20, 2024 | 3:38 pm

Antofagasta secures $2.5 billion for Centinela copper mine expansion

Construction of a second concentrator will add 144,000 tonnes a year to the company’s overall production.

Cecilia Jamasmie | March 19, 2024 | 3:48 am

Pebble mine developer sues EPA over Alaska mine veto

Northern Dynasty claims it has spent at least $1 billion over two decades in its efforts to develop the project, which was effectively killed.

Reuters | March 18, 2024 | 2:51 pm

Northern Dynasty takes EPA’s Pebble veto to court

The company is seeking to vacate the EPA veto of its mine development at Pebble.

Staff Writer | March 15, 2024 | 7:48 am

Schaft Creek JV in British Columbia advances to prefeasibility stage

The study is due by the end of 2024 or early 2025.

Staff Writer | February 29, 2024 | 11:36 am

Legacy uses AI to discover platinum in Australia

Proponents predict AI will be indispensable to help the industry ramp up the supply of battery metals for the global energy transition to fight climate change.

Colin McClelland | February 26, 2024 | 8:14 am

Op-Ed: Sparing the land by collecting minerals at sea

A challenge is that seafloor mining immediately starts off at a reputational disadvantage.

Seaver Wang | February 16, 2024 | 4:10 pm

Green shoots for copper, nickel, zinc, aluminium prices

Macquarie says January's full set of PMIs looks like a potential turning point for the global industrial cycle.

Frik Els | February 8, 2024 | 4:20 pm

Seabridge updates Kerr, Iron Cap inferred resources

An extra 5.9 million oz. of gold, 3.3 billion pound of copper, 55.4 million oz. of silver and 51 million lb. of molybdenum were added.

Staff Writer | February 5, 2024 | 10:52 am

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