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SQM profit down 63%, anticipates continued weak lithium prices

2024-10-15

Chile’s SQM (NYSE: SQM), the world’s second-biggest lithium producer, reported a sharp 63.2% decline in quarterly profit on the back of slumping prices of the key metal used in the batteries that power electric vehicles and high tech devices.


Drilling to start imminently at Aterian’s Agdz project in Morocco

2024-10-08

Aterian’s maiden scout drilling programme is set to begin imminently at the company's 100%-owned Agdz copper/silver project, which covers 34.5 km2 in the eastern Anti-Atlas mountains of Morocco.


Canada invests over $11 million in critical minerals research in Saskatchewan

2024-09-29

Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Jonathan Wilkinson announced on Wednesday over C$16 million ($11.6m) in new funding to support the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) in Saskatoon.


Argentina is the next frontier for copper growth, says Glencore

2024-09-23

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Argentina is the next frontier for copper growth, “no question”, Glencore CEO Gary Nagle highlighted on Wednesday when the London- and Johannesburg-listed diversified mining and marketing company outlined a growth pipeline that has the capacity to double the company's annual production to two-million tonnes of copper a year.


Tang Juxing, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering: Fighting on the Plateau to Find Mines and serve the country

2024-02-20

With the "big country" in mind, we will unswervingly serve the geological prospecting cause. Over the past 28 years, he has been carrying out the original mission of "serving the country by geology" with practical actions, taking it as his duty for the country to find more and better geological and mineral treasures, and sticking to the alpine mountains of Tibet above 5km above sea level. As the chief scientist and the person in charge of the prospecting and exploration demonstration project of China Gold, Chinalco, Zijin Mining and other enterprises, he presided over or mainly participated in the exploration and evaluation of 10 large and super large deposits, submitting 38.75 million tons of copper as metal resources, which is nearly 4 times of the accumulated copper resources found in Dexing Copper Ore Field, China's largest copper mine, in addition to gold 6


Zimbabwe gold production down 15% in 2023

2024-01-26

According to the Mining.com website citing Reuters, Zimbabwe's official data released on Monday showed that the country's gold production in 2023 was 30 tons, down 15% from the previous year, mainly due to power outages and exchange rate fluctuations affecting production.


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