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By Michael Allan McCrae The addition of the First Majestics’ San Dimas Mine bumped silver production from 2.29 million ounces to 2.75 million ounces. The Vancouver-based silver company (TSE:FR) announced its second quarter on Monday. “During the quarter, the integration of the newly acquired San Dimas mine into our Mexican portfolio was our primary focus,” […]

By Michael Allan McCrae Wendling Quarries’ workers will no longer hike up frozen, snow-covered piles to survey its stockpiles and will instead rely on a fleet of drones and AI for inventory management. Wendling, with operations in 13 counties throughout Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois, tapped Kesprey to carry out inventory estimates at its operations.

By Michael Allan McCrae The four cities vying for Noront Resources’ Ferrochrome Production Facility has been reduced to just two candidates: Timmins and Sault Ste. Marie. On Friday Noront outlined reasons for dropping Thunder Bay and Sudbury from the list. Noront says the Sudbury proposal had the lowest operating cost, but there were significant capital

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canada-listed Fura Gems (TSX-V:FUR), a new gemstone mining and marketing company headed by the former COO of Gemfields, is expanding its footprint in Mozambique by acquiring nine ruby assets in the country. The company, which began operations a year ago and already owns ruby assets in the African country, said the merger

By Cecilia Jamasmie Brazil’s Vale (NYSE:VALE), the world’s No.1 iron ore miner, said Monday that production of the steelmaking material and pellets hit a fresh record high for a second quarter despite a nationwide trucker strike that paralyzed the country in May. The Rio de Janeiro-based miner said iron ore output hit 96.755-million tonnes in

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud The Chilean government asked both workers and management at BHP’s (ASX, NYSE:BHP) Escondida copper mine, the world’s largest, to put an end to the labour conflict they have been dragging for months now and that needs to be resolved before a 30-month contract expires on July 24. Speaking to local media,

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed this week the investment Chinese firm CATL will make to build Europe’s first electric car battery plant. During a press conference held with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, Merkel confirmed previous informations that stated that the factory will be built at Erfurt, in Thuringia, and its

By Cecilia Jamasmie MGX Minerals, the Canadian junior that grabbed headlines earlier this year for testing a technology that turns oil and gas wastewater into lithium is doubling down on North America as a future lithium heavyweight with a new joint venture. The Vancouver-based company has entered into a strategic JV with Belmont Resources, to

By Cecilia Jamasmie Chile-focused copper miner Antofagasta Plc (LON:ANTO) said Friday it had sold its electricity transmission business Centinela Transmisión for $117 million. Proceeds from the sale would enable Antofagasta to focus on its core activity of producing copper. The company said the sale of the unit that holds its electricity transmission lines was consistent

By Cecilia Jamasmie Rio Tinto’s fully autonomous train, said to be the world’s largest robot, has completed its first delivery of iron ore between the company’s Mount Tom Price mine and the port of Cape Lambert. The “significant milestone” in Rio’s $940 million Autohaul project was reached on Tuesday when the train consisting of three