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Cliff Natural Resources has announced it is permanently closing its Scully iron ore mine in Wabush, Canada, affecting about 500 mining workers.   There are about 50 workers still working at the mine during the idling period, and the...

Mineral and applications technology company Rare Earth Salts (RES) has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with an undisclosed mining company, to process rare earth metals in the US.   To be implemented in phases, the JDA will see...

TECO Energy has entered into a deal to sell its wholly owned TECO Coal plus subsidiaries to Booth Energy Group's Cambrian Coal for $170m.   The sale is part of TECO's restructuring plan, under which the company sold its...

US-based metals miner Allied Nevada Gold has revealed the results of the prefeasibility study (PFS) carried out in May which found that the Hycroft mine's mill expansion would cost an additional $66m, taking the total cost of the project...

French group Areva has started processing ore mined from one of the world's largest uranium mines, Cigar Lake, at its McClean Lake mill in Saskatchewan province, Canada.   McClean Lake mill is located 70km from the $2.4bn Cigar Lake...

The Ontario Government will invest around $900,000 on mining-related industry research in the Canadian city of Sudbury to generate jobs, reduce operating costs and enhance the safety of mine workers.   The funds will be provided through the Northern...

Canada-based Lundin Mining has started commercial production at its $400m Eagle nickel-copper mine in Michigan, US.   The company announced that construction activities are now complete and the project has been delivered on-budget and ahead of schedule.   Lundin...