VRIC: Refining, not mining, is West’s security bottleneck
National security is reshaping Western mineral policy, speakers told the Vancouver Resource Investment Conference on Sunday – and the critical-minerals choke point is no longer…
Articles by Henry Lazenby
Indonesia quota cut keeps nickel above $17,500
Nickel prices held above $17,500 (C$24,270) a tonne on Monday after Indonesia said last week it would cut next year’s nickel ore mining quota by…
Water pollution risk from Mt Milligan: First Nation
The Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nation is accusing the British Columbia government of weak oversight at Centerra Gold’s (TSX: CG; NYSE: CGAU) Mount Milligan mine by…
Kinross greenlights three U.S. builds for 3M oz
Kinross Gold (TSX: K; NYSE: KGC) has approved three U.S. growth projects designed to add about 3 million oz. between 2028 and 2038. The additions…
DRC revives $29B iron plan once tied to Gertler
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wants to develop a $29-billion (C$40.1 billion) iron ore export plan in the country’s north linked at one time…
Indonesia quota talk triggers nickel reality check
Nickel surged early this month on fresh speculation that Indonesia may tighten ore-production quotas this year, but not everyone is convinced the rally has legs…
Canada Nickel’s Reid deposit may outshine Crawford
Canada Nickel’s (TSXV: CNC; US-OTC: CNIKF) new 46% larger Reid nickel sulphide resource makes it a likely successor to the company’s $1.4-billion (C$1.9-billion) Crawford project…
Nickel spikes on Indonesia quota risk
Nickel extended its rally on Wednesday after reports of deep mining-quota cuts this year in Indonesia tightened supply expectations. The London Metals Exchange (LME) three-month…
Lithium Argentina hits forecast, seeks Milei financing
Lithium Argentina (TSX, NYSE: LAR), the country’s largest producer of the battery metal, achieved its Cauchari-Olaroz brine output target as it advanced second-stage permitting and…
London Symposium JV video: Generation Mining closes in on Marathon financing
Generation Mining (TSX: GENM; OTCQB: GENMF) is closing in on a financing package to build its permitted $992 million (US$703 million) Marathon palladium-copper project in…
London Symposium video: Gold at $4,200? Panel still sees room to run
Gold’s rise above $4,000 (C$5,500) per oz. hasn’t ended the bull market, industry doyens told the recent International Metals Symposium in London, arguing the metal…
London Symposium video: McEwen touts Milei boost for Los Azules copper
Argentina’s pro-business shift under President Javier Milei makes it easier to move McEwen’s (NYSE, TSX: MUX) $3.1-billion (C$4.3 billion) Los Azules copper project towards construction,…