FEATURE: Now that critical minerals have appeared on the world’s industrial radar, the UK must compete with bigger national geographies and immense purchasing powers to ensure its own supply. TIME AND SPEED The Government has outlined its industrial strategy to assess the country’s requirements and assets to tackle pressing issues such as mobility, green energy […]
Metals & Minerals
Power Metal to drill at Silver Peak before winter
Power Metal Resources plc aims to start drilling for silver after signing a contract to test the Victoria Vein at the Silver Peak project in British Columbia, Canada. The project includes the Eureka-Victoria Silver Mine, the first Crown-granted mineral property in British Columbia. The drill programme is expected to be completed within a two-week window […]
Work at Clogau gold mine unaffected by Covid
Alba Mineral Resources said its underground drilling programme at Clogau-St David’s Gold Mine would be unaffected by recent Covid-19 restrictions imposed in Wales. Wales will introduce a two-week ‘firebreak’ from 23 October to 9 November 2020 to help stop the pandemic. However the mining and hydrocarbon company is on schedule to complete the first phase […]
Altona extends fundraise for African REEs
Altona Energy said it had extended its fundraising round due to ongoing interest as it continues its development plans for its rare earth elements (REEs) mining portfolio in Africa. The company said in September 2020 that it aimed to raise up to £500,000 for its REE projects in Uganda and Malawi. (bit.ly/356Hyx5) Altona announced this […]
Power Metal starts drilling at Molopo
Power Metal Resources plc has started drilling the first of four planned holes for nickel sulphide and platinum-group metal (PGM) mineralisation at Molopo Farms Complex (MFC), Botswana. The Phase 1 drilling programme is for an initial planned 2,505m across four diamond core drill holes. Planned target hole depths vary from 525m to 710m. Hole 1 […]
Boulby polyhalite mine increases production and recruitment
ICL Boulby said increased production has resulted in new vacancies and apprenticeships for its 200-hectare polyhalite mine in North Yorkshire. VACANCIES General manager and vice president Andrew Fulton said that the company had completed its first shipment of 25,000 tonnes of polysulphate to India, and contracts totalling more than a million tonnes for customers in […]