Mining News and Commentary

McEwen provides update on fatal accident at Gold Bar Mine in Nevada

Preliminary analysis by McEwen Mining suggests that the truck driver may have suffered a medical emergency while operating the haul truck prior to losing control, running up an embankment and overturning.  

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Canada injects $325K into ‘climate change adaptation’ for mining sector

Mining Association of Canada (MAC) will be in charge of developing program to give miners tools and knowledge needed to better plan for climate change.

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British Columbia copper miners feeling pinch from carbon tax, power costs

BC Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources Minister Michelle Mungall marked Mining Month last week by acknowledging that the industry provides 30,000 direct jobs in B.C. and will play a critical role in the global decarbonization […]

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South African court clears way for Sibanye’s acquisition of Lonmin

The transaction would create the world’s No.2 platinum producer as Lonmin is the world’s third-largest while Sibanye-Stillwater is the fourth.

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Northern Superior discovers gold-bearing structures at massive TPK project in Ontario

The miner said the discoveries represent an important advance in defining bedrock-hosted high-grade gold mineralization, necessary to yield the unique world-class gold grain-in-till dispersal apron that the property hosts.

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Diamond Fields and Denham Mining join forces at Beravina zircon project in Madagascar

Beravina is a hard rock zircon deposit with a NI 43-101 Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of 1.5 million tons at 22.7% zircon (ZrSiO4) equivalent to 15.3% ZrO2.

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IAMGOLD tactfully rejects rumours of planned assets sale

Canadian miner said it wasn’t aware of any “material change” that would account for the sharp price rise in its stock on Thursday and into early trading on Friday.

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