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By Frik Els Shares in Nevada Copper Corp (TSX:NCU) jumped on Thursday after the company’s board gave the go-ahead for the construction of its Pumpkin Hollow underground mine. In more than three times the usual trading volumes, Nevada Copper popped 12% higher at the open, before paring some of those gains, for a market value […]

By Frik Els Canadian commodity firm Cobalt 27 in its earnings filing reported theft of 76 tonnes of cobalt from a warehouse in Rotterdam in early July. A total of 112 tonnes of cobalt, mainly used in lithium ion batteries, was taken from warehouses owned by the Vollers Group in the Dutch city, Bloomberg reported

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canada’s second-highest court has sided with opponents to a controversial $9.3-billion oil pipeline expansion, ruling that the country’s government had not fulfilled its duty to consult with First Nations on the pipeline from Alberta to British Columbia. The verdict, one of the project’s most significant legal hurdles to date, means the National

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud The Glasgow City Council and the South Lanarkshire Council in Scotland approved the construction of the approximately $11.7-million Glasgow Geothermal Energy Research Field Site, a project proposed by the Natural Environment Research Council and the British Geological Survey. The research hub will be located on the eastern side of Scotland’s largest

By Cecilia Jamasmie Canada’s largest diversified miner Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)(NYSE:TCK) is looking for a business partner before moving ahead with its Phase 2 at Quebrada Blanca copper mine in northern Chile. The Vancouver-based company, which earlier this month received regulatory approval for a $4.8-billion mine extension, said that before kicking off work, it

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Kootenai National Forest, an agency that manages 154 forests and 20 grasslands in the U.S., announced today that they have approved the first phase of Hecla Mining’s silver and copper mine in northwestern Montana. The Rock Creek Mine would be built beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, an area of glaciated peaks

By Cecilia Jamasmie Jaguar Land Rover Classic has dropped a bombshell in the growing electric vehicles (EVs) sector by announcing the start of production for its ‘E-Type Zero’ car, said to be “the most beautiful” of its kind in the world. Designed by Italian racing driver Enzo Ferrari, the body and style of this electric

By Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Following the signing of new regulations that limit the amounts of sulfur (SO2) that mining operations are allowed to emit, Anglo American Platinum (JSE: AMS) decided to implement a new technology at its platinum smelter facility in Polokwane, northern South Africa. The No.1 producer of the transition metal enrolled Denmark’s Haldor

By Cecilia Jamasmie Polish miner KGHM (WSE:KGH), Europe’s second-largest copper producer, was given Monday environmental approval for a $2 billion expansion and upgrade of its flagship Sierra Gorda mine in northern Chile, 60 km south-west of the town of Calama. The state-controlled company grabbed the copper and molybdenum project in 2012, after completing the acquisition

By Cecilia Jamasmie The Ellendale mine produced almost half of the world’s supply of rare yellow diamonds during peak production, and was also the main supplier of fancy-yellow diamonds for luxury jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. (Image courtesy of Government of Western Australia.) The mothballed Ellendale mine in Western Australia, renowned for its fancy yellow