Rio Tinto (NYSE: RIO; LSE: RIO) is investing $2.9 million in a new plant at its Kennecott copper mine in Utah to […]

After a devastating 2020 which saw a near collapse in the global diamond trade, Mountain Province Diamonds‘ latest sales figures show the […]

Management appointments announced this week include: Defiance Silver has announced appointments to its executive and management teams. George Cavey has joined the […]

Vancouver-based Nova Royalty has picked up nine new royalties from Transition Metals, including a 1% net smelter return (NSR) royalty on the […]

SASKATOON – Star Diamond has begun to receive results from Rio Tinto‘s bulk-sampling program at the Star-Orion South project in central Saskatchewan. […]

The Diamond Producers’ Association (DPA), established only five years ago by a coalition of diamond miners including De Beers and Alrosa, has […]

SASKATCHEWAN – Following up on a positive 2019 exploration program, Rio Tinto is planning 2,000 metres of drilling, plus mapping, prospecting and […]

Blaming the COVID-19 pandemic, Dominion Diamond sought and was granted creditor protection last month. Mining was suspended in March due to requirements […]

Unlike many other mines in Canada and around the world that have been put on care and maintenance in the last week […]

AUSTRALIA – Rio Tinto has approved a US$749 million (A$1 billion) investment in its existing Greater Tom Price iron ore operations to […]

CHINA – Rio Tinto has signed a memorandum of understanding with this country’s largest steel producer, China Baowu Steel Group, and Tsinghua […]

MONGOLIA – Big mining projects come with big price tags, and the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine in the South Gobi area is […]