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West Red Lake Gold resumes Madsen mine operations after fatal incident

2 days ago | mining.com | Bruno Venditti

West Red Lake Gold Mines Ltd. (TSXV: WRLG) has resumed operations at its Madsen Mine in Red Lake, Ontario, following a brief pause triggered by a fatal incident. Operations were suspended on June 16 after an underground employee was fatally injured. The mill resumed operations approximately 40 hours later, with mining restarting 12 hours after that. Ramp-up to full capacity is ongoing, dependent on workforce availability and compliance with safety protocols.
Gradient to build lithium production facility in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale Formation

3 days ago | mining.com | Amanda Stutt

Water and resource recovery company Gradient announced Tuesday that its wholly-owned lithium business, alkali, will design and build a commercial lithium production facility in the Marcellus Shale Formation of Pennsylvania. The site, the company said, is the world’s first to extract, concentrate and convert (EC²) lithium in a fully integrated, end-to-end process from oilfield produced water.
Citizens stage rally for re-opening of Cobre Panama copper mine

4 days ago | mining.com | Amanda Stutt

Amanda Stutt | June 23, 2025 | 2:36 pm News Mexico and Central America Copper Thousands of former workers, members of supplier companies and residents of the districts of La Pintada, Omar Torrijos and Donoso, staged a march on Sunday along the Pan-American Highway in the city of Penonomé to ask the government of President José Raúl Mulino to start negotiations with Minera Panamá, S.A. for the reopening of the giant Cobre Panama copper mine, local media El Capital Financiero reported.
Halliburton to design demonstration wells for GeoFrame Energy’s DLE project in Texas

4 days ago | mining.com | Amanda Stutt

Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announced Monday it has secured a contract for GeoFrame Energy’s geothermal and direct lithium extraction (DLE) project in Texas. The company said it will plan and design the first demonstration phase wells in the Smackover Formation in East Texas. GeoFrame Energy has said it is set to become the first company to deliver battery-grade lithium carbonate from this US reservoir to the market.
Copper squeeze deepens as LME stockpiles plunge

4 days ago | mining.com | Bruno Venditti

Copper is experiencing an historic backwardation as traders react to rapidly falling inventories, potential US tariffs, and a pricing crisis at smelters. Spot copper traded at a $345-per-ton premium to three-month futures on Monday, the highest level since a record surge in 2021. The sharp backwardation points to a tightening supply. Backwardation occurs when the price of a near-month contract is higher than that of a longer-term contract, indicating concerns about current supply.
Barrick office in Mali reopens amid tax standoff

4 days ago | mining.com | Bruno Venditti

Malian tax officials have unlocked Barrick Gold’s (NYSE: GOLD) Bamako headquarters, nearly two months after sealing the doors over an alleged multimillion-dollar tax shortfall, Reuters reported on Monday. The office will now be run by a court-appointed administrator while the Canadian miner and Mali’s junta government continue wrangling over the country’s 2023 mining code. Former health minister Soumana Makadji was named provisional administrator of the complex last week.
US-China deal, and more DoD money will not loosen China's grip on military-grade rare earths magnets

1 week ago | mining.com | Amanda Stutt

Rick Mills - Ahead of the Herd | June 20, 2025 | 4:11 pm Critical Minerals China Rare Earth The Baiyun Ebo mine in China’s Inner Mongolia region is the site of almost half the world’s rare earth production.
Searles Valley to replace last two coal-fired power plants in California with solar tech

1 week ago | mining.com | Amanda Stutt

Solar thermal technology firm GlassPoint has partnered with Searles Valley Minerals (SVM), a producer of soda ash, borates and other industrial materials, on a clean energy project in California that aims to boost US mineral competitiveness. The project, GlassPoint said, will provide superior unit economics to existing coal-based operations while paving the way forward for replacing two coal-fired power plants.
Congo considers extending cobalt export ban as it weighs quotas

1 week ago | mining.com | Sonia Rolley |Maxwell Akalaare Adombila

The Democratic Republic of Congo is considering extending a ban on exports of cobalt, as it explores how to implement quotas for shipments of the electric vehicle battery material, four sources familiar with the discussions told Reuters. Congo is likely to continue with the ban because the government wants more time to work out how to distribute export quotas among mining companies that produce the battery vehicle metal, said the sources, who cannot be named because the matters are confidential.
Electra Battery Materials begins build to restart North America’s only cobalt sulfate refinery

1 week ago | mining.com | Amanda Stutt

Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSX-V: ELBM) announced Thursday the launch of an early works program at its cobalt refinery north of Toronto, Ontario. The news signals a restart of North America’s first and only cobalt sulfate refinery, located in the town of Temiskaming Shores. The early works program encompasses targeted site-level activities designed to prepare for the restart of full-scale construction.