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US hopes to expand strategic minerals initiative
The U.S. State Department hopes to expand a strategic minerals initiative aimed at ensuring supply chains for metals critical for batteries and wind and solar power as demand for green energy keeps growing despite the coronavirus, a top diplomat said on Tuesday. Ten...SQM, Teck leave Revelo’s copper projects in Chile
Chile’s Sociedad Química y Minera and Canada’s Teck Resources have walked away from Revelo Resources’ copper projects in northern Chile, prompting the junior to focus on its gold projects instead. SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium miner, terminated an...
Magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits northern Chile; copper, lithium mines unaffected
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck in the mine-heavy northern Chile early on Wednesday, monitoring groups confirmed, though mining companies told Reuters their operations were not impacted. The quake struck at a depth of 145 km (90 miles), the German Research Center...
Wesdome Gold Mines announces PEA for Kiena mine complex in Quebec
Wesdome Gold Mines has released a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its wholly-owned Kiena mine complex, about 15 km northwest of Val-d’Or and 100 km east of Rouyn-Noranda in Quebec. The PEA estimated a mine life of eight years producing an average of 85,931...