First Phosphate touts battery acid from Quebec rock ‘rarer than gold’
First Phosphate (CSE: PHOS; US-OTC: FRSPF) has posted an initial phosphate resource for its Bégin-Lamarche project in Quebec after choosing a plant site to process…
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What miners should know about the voluntary carbon credit market
Three years ago, the London-based International Council on Mining and Metals announced a bold commitment: the world’s 28 largest mining companies pledged to achieve net-zero…
Asante Gold grows Bibiani output with third satellite pit
Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) has begun mining from the Russel starter pit at its Bibiani gold mine in Ghana, after receiving all necessary permits earlier…
AMG Critical Materials opens Europe’s first lithium hydroxide refinery
AMG Critical Materials has opened Europe’s first lithium hydroxide refinery in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The refinery, where commissioning of the first of five modules planned for…
US closer to greenlighting ioneer’s Nevada lithium mine
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) cleared on Thursday one of the final regulatory hurdles for ioneer’s (ASX: INR) Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in…
Fed cuts rate by 0.5%, gold rises
The United States Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to a range of 4.75% to 5% on Wednesday as the…
Publisher’s note: The Northern Miner’s commitment to independent reporting
For over a century, The Northern Miner has stood as a pillar of journalism within the mining and metals industry. We recognize the vital role…
How the natural diamond industry could have taken down its lab-grown competition
Years ago, I noticed a plaque hanging on the wall in a private equity group in London’s Mayfair that read: “The Roman Empire wasn’t built…
Electra teams with Ontario First Nations investment firm on battery recycling
Electra Battery Materials (NASDAQ: ELBM; TSXV: ELBM) has launched the Aki Battery Recycling joint venture with Indigenous economic development firm Three Fires Group to find…
Atlantic Lithium within ‘touching distance’ of building Ghana’s first lithium mine
Atlantic Lithium (AIM: ALL; ASX: A11) reported a $12.4 million loss for the year ending June 2024, up slightly from the previous year’s loss of…
CanAlaska Uranium’s high-grade hits hint at Pike zone strength
Results from CanAlaska Uranium‘s (TSXV: CVV; US-OTC: CVVUF) summer drilling program continue to reveal the potential of its Pike zone on the West McArthur project,…
Saskatchewan plant first to produce rare earth metals in North America
Facility is ready to produce 10 tonnes of neodymium-praseodymium metals per month, with purities greater than 99.5%, SRC said.