- October 2024 Exploration activity rebounds. READ MORE
- October 2024 Financing Report – Fewer high-valued fundraisings push financings to an 8-month low. READ MORE
- Osisko Mining Inc. shareholders approved Gold Fields Ltd.'s $1.57 billion takeover bid. Under the deal, Gold Fields will gain full control of the Windfall gold project in Quebec. READ MORE
- Equinox Gold Corp. lowered its 2024 production guidance for its new Greenstone gold mine in Ontario to 110,000-130,000 ounces from the previous guidance of 175,000-205,000 ounces. READ MORE
- Production from the Gahcho Kue diamond mine in Canada, a joint venture between Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. and Anglo American PLC's De Beers SA, decreased year over year to 1.2 million carats from 1.3 million carats. READ MORE
- Mining majors BHP, Rio Tinto bullish on metals demand amid China stimulus. READ MORE
- General Motors commits $625M to develop Lithium Americas' Thacker Pass. READ MORE
- Rio Tinto weighs options to become 'market leader' in direct lithium extraction. READ MORE
- Freeport-McMoRan Inc. has extinguished a fire that broke out Oct. 14 at the gas cleaning plant at its newly built $3.7 billion Manyar copper smelter in Indonesia. Freeport-McMoRan said its subsidiary PT Freeport Indonesia is reviewing the damage and cause of the fire. READ MORE
- BHP suspended operations at its Olympic Dam copper mine in South Australia due to power disruptions caused by severe electrical storms. READ MORE
- Juan Camilo Narino, head of the Colombian Mining Association, warned that the sector was at risk of being hampered by Colombia's new decree allowing the creation of natural resources reserve zones for five years. READ MORE
- Macquarie reckons the likelihood of BHP quickly making another bid for Anglo American--once a six-month standstill ends next month--is low given its rival's ongoing restructuring. "We think BHP will remain patient on M&A," analysts at the bank say in a note. They view BHP as being focused on its organic copper growth options. "If executed well, it retains optionality to acquire assets should valuations permit," the analysts say. READ MORE
- Institutional investors prompt Rio Tinto to back project emissions disclosures. READ MORE
- Alcoa seeks $80M CO2 compensation from Spain for San Ciprian plant. READ MORE
- Rio Tinto Group's embattled Jadar lithium project in Serbia has received fresh backing from Jose Fernandez, under secretary for economic growth, energy and the environment at the US State Department, following a meeting with President Aleksandar Vucic on Oct. 10 in Belgrade. Jadar has been touted as one of the largest greenfield lithium projects in the world with an expected peak capacity of 58,000 metric tons per year of battery-grade lithium carbonate. READ MORE
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