China Baowu Steel Group has raised more than $1-billion from a bond issue, in part for the giant Simandou iron-ore project. 

A preliminary economic assessment has confirmed Rincon salar’s potential to produce high-purity, battery-grade lithium carbonate over a 14-year mine life. 

Westgold Resources plans to expand the mine through a new longhole, open stoping operation below the existing sublevel cave. 

The definitive feasibility study is in the final phase. 

Rox Resources has confirmed Youanmi as one of the highest-grade, emerging gold projects in Australia.  

FPX Nickel has closed the private placement financing for the project with new cornerstone investor Sumitomo Metal Mining.  

Novagold Resources and Barrick Gold have yet to reach consensus on the path forward for the project. 

Pan African Resources has reported that dewatering of Evander’s 7 Shaft Egoli project is ongoing. 

Enterprise is expected to deliver between 15 000 t and 20 000 t of nickel from its sulphide circuit this year. 

Taseko will accelerate construction activities at the Florence project, as the company has concluded more financing for the mine. 

Koryx Copper has filed an updated preliminary economic assessment technical report. 

The government of Serbia wants to hold further talks with Rio Tinto about the project. 

The Summit Consortium has advised that the financing proposal for the total construction cost of the project will be provided for Kore within six weeks of the engineering, procurement and... 

Ionic Rare Earths has reported that Rwenzori Rare Metals has formally received the large-scale mining licence for the central Makuutu tenement. 

Mayur Resources has finalised the funding structure for the project. 

Korea Energy Materials plans to build an all-in-one nickel refinery in Ulsan, South Korea. 

Kore Potash is continuing to explore the strategic options available for the DX project. 

The project is progressing to a prefeasibility study. 

Corella Resources has investigated two development scenarios for the project. 

The Western Australia government approved the mining proposal and mine closure plan for the project in November 2023. 

Kropz has made the final drawdown of R52-million pertaining to a bridge loan facility to meet the immediate cash requirements of the project. 

Commissioning is on track for the latter half of 2024. 

Orion Minerals has reached an agreement to access and acquire the surface ownership rights of properties owned by Mora Plase Proprietary. 

A Copenhagen arbitration tribunal has ordered Greenland Minerals A/S to provide payment security for the legal costs of the governments of Greenland and Denmark against the rare-earth miner's... 

Sovereign Metals has appointed a specialist social performance consultancy to assist with the continued development of the company’s stakeholder relations, social performance objectives, and its... 

GoviEx has reported that the unexpected military coup in Niger has created some challenges. 

First Quantum Minerals has reiterated its commitment to delivering the S3 project. 

The project is showing good progress. 

A definitive feasibility study has demonstrated a robust project with industry-leading economics for a conventional openpit mining and milling operation.