February 2022

Impala Platinum reports 9% drop in half-year profit

Prices of PGMs have come off record highs seen early last year.

Reuters | February 28, 2022 - 10:09 pm

Congo court appoints temporary administrator to run China Moly’s Tenke mine

The order from the Tribunal of Commerce in the southeastern city of Lubumbashi marks a significant development in a dispute that broke out last year.

Reuters | February 28, 2022 - 4:15 pm

Top Companies

IGO drops plan to buy Glencore’s copper mine

The CSA mine is one of Australia's highest-grade copper mines and produces about 50,000 tonnes every year.

Reuters | February 28, 2022 - 4:09 pm

Intelligence

Honduras to cancel environmental permits for mining, ban open pits

The announcement comes from the barely a month-old government of leftist President Xiomara Castro.

Reuters | February 28, 2022 - 4:04 pm

Battery Metals

Chile’s leanest January since 2011 is another bullish copper sign

Production tumbled 15% last month from December and 7.5% from January 2021, the bureau of statistics reported Monday.

Bloomberg News | February 28, 2022 - 3:13 pm

Energy

US Supreme Court questions scope of EPA’s climate change powers

Justices gave a mixed reception to Republican-led states and coal companies seeking to bar the EPA from issuing a sweeping plan to reduce carbon emissions from power plants.

Bloomberg News | February 28, 2022 - 3:07 pm

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Mining and metals take centre stage in the energy transition

The mining sector is set to reap the benefits of increased global demand for a number of strategic metals in 2022 and beyond, bolstered in large part by intensifying energy transition efforts and pandemic-driven disruptions that are already pushing some metal prices to record or near-record levels. In the coming decades, demand for metals like […]

Exyn Technologies partners with Maestro to improve worker safety in mining

ExynAero, a fully autonomous drone for exploring and mapping GPS-denied environments, can be flown down drifts or into stopes to detect and localize any hazardous gasses.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 28, 2022 - 1:10 pm

Exploration

Foran’s initial phase FS on McIlvenna Bay outlines long-life operation with $1.2bn NPV

The technical report highlights a robust, long-life operation with average annual production of 72.8 million lb CuEq over the first 15 years of mine life.

Canadian Mining Journal Staff | February 28, 2022 - 10:28 am

Intelligence

Impala stalls Zimbabwe platinum approach over ownership concern

Zimbabwe’s plan to develop one of the world’s biggest platinum mines stalled after Impala asked for greater transparency on the ownership of a state-run company.

Bloomberg News | February 28, 2022 - 9:49 am

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