North America

Located near Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada, the Afton-Ajax copper-gold project is being developed by New Gold and Abacus Mining and Exploration. The development area, Afton-Ajax Cu-Au District, is operated by Abacus. The mine contains approximately 80% surface resources...

Twin Metals Minnesota is an underground copper, nickel and platinum group metals (PGMs) mining project planned to be developed in northern Minnesota, US. Twin Metals Minnesota (TMM), a joint venture between Canada-based Duluth Metals (60%) and Chile-based Antofagasta (40%),...

The Éléonore gold project is located in the mineral-rich James Bay region of Quebec, Canada, one of the ten biggest gold producing countries in the world. Goldcorp owns the project through its subsidiary Les Mines Opinaca. The project is...

The Yellow Giant Gold Property is a high-grade underground gold deposit located on the west coast of Banks Island in north-western British Columbia, Canada, which is one of the top ten gold producing countries. Bank Island Gold is the...

PolyMet Mining's NorthMet copper nickel platinum group metals (PGMs) project, located in northeastern Minnesota, US, will be the first ever mining project to commercially extract metals from Duluth Complex. Duluth Complex is one of the world's largest known undeveloped...

SunCoke Energy is to implement a phased plan to scale-back its coal mining business in a bid to focus on its core competencies of processing and handling raw materials for industrial customers.   SunCoke Energy chairman and CEO Fritz...

Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton have received clearance from the US Congress to swap land with the government, allowing the companies to build a $6bn copper mine in Arizona.   The core of the legislation is exchanging 2,400 acres...