United States
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Court rejects Hudbay motion to reconsider Rosemont
The U.S. District Court for Arizona has turned down Hudbay Minerals’ (TSX: HBM; NYSE: HBM) request that it reconsider its ruling in July that prevents the company from developing its Rosemont copper mine in the state. In October, U.S. District Court…
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NICKEL: Talon wants an integrated nickel mine that supplies America’s battery industry
MINNESOTA – Talon Metals announced that it recently commissioned a test program to develop a process whose objective would be to produce nickel sulphates at the Tamarack project, located 85 km west of Duluth. In a press release, the miner…
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GOLD: Para pours first doré from Gold Road mine
ARIZONA – Para Resources of Vancouver has poured its first gold doré bar weighing 380 oz. from its Gold Road mine near Oatman. The next step is to begin pouring larger bars as additional mining faces become active and work…
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COBALT: First Cobalt samples high grade surface samples at Iron Creek
IDAHO – Toronto-based First Cobalt Corp. announced high assay results from surface samples taken at its Iron Creek project 40 km southwest of Salmon. The results came from a target 1.5 km to the south of the main project. First…
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GOLD: Premier and Nevada Gold Mines begin commercial production at El Nino
NEVADA – Commercial production at the El Nino gold mine in the Carlin Trend started ahead of schedule and on budget, Premier Gold Mines reports. Premier owns 40% of the underground mine and Nevada Gold Mines owns the remainder. Nevada Gold Mines…
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REE: Rare earths to be extracted at former coal mine
ILLINOIS – Toronto-based Avalon Advanced Materials signed a binding Letter of intent with Coal Strategy Advisors (CSA) to earn up to a 50% interest in the Will Scarlett rare earths recovery project, located near Marion. Will Scarlett is a closed…
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SILVER: US silver mine presented as example of environmental leadership
IDAHO – Hecla Mining’s Lucky Friday mine has been showcased by the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality as an example of environmental leadership for its efforts creating water treatment facilities that reduce the concentration of lead and zinc in the…
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VANADIUM: U.S. Vanadium acquires Russian owned facility
ARKANSAS – U.S. Vanadium, a private company in which venture capital firm Elysee Development Corp. has a 15% stake, is acquiring a Russian owned production plant in Hot Springs, Ark., that produces vanadium pentoxide. Russian steel producer, Evraz, purchased the plant…
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BLASTING: New Dyno Nobel software aims to lower costs
SALT LAKE CITY – Commercial explosives leader Dyno Nobel has introduced a new software system that it says can reduce costs and increase efficiency. The ΔE2 software system allows targeted placement of energy in the blast hole by incorporating data…
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GOLD: M3 Metals to acquire Mohave mine
ARIZONA – M3 Metals secured an option from two separate vendors to acquire a 100% right, title and interest in the Mohave Mine gold project in the state of Arizona. The project is comprised of 160 claims including lode claims…
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LITHIUM: Researchers in Canada develop million-mile lithium-ion battery
NEW BRUNSWICK – A group of scientists led by Jeff Dahn, a professor at Canada’s Dalhousie University and a research partner with Tesla, published a paper in the Journal of The Electrochemical Society where they present the concept of a new battery able to…
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SILVER: Bayhorse mill commissioning underway
OREGON – Vancouver-based Bayhorse Silver has begun commissioning the mill at the silver mine of the same name. The mill has nameplate capacity of 180 t/d. The mill treats pre-concentrated ore. An x-ray transmissive ore sorter is used to reduce…
