China blacklists US firms in rare earths war
China has imposed export controls on two American rare earth companies central to U.S. efforts to build alternative supply chains for critical minerals used in advanced manufacturing and defence. MP…
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Gladiator raises $35M from BlackRock-led placement to fund Yukon drilling
Copper explorer Gladiator Metals (TSXV: GLAD; US-OTC: GDTRF) has raised more than $35 million (US$24.7 million) through a private placement led by BlackRock to fund drilling at the Whitehorse project….
China lithium price slides over CATL restart chatter
Lithium prices in China slid by nearly 10% over the past two trading sessions amid speculation that one of the country’s biggest mines may be returning to production. Bloomberg reported…
Quakes, storms knock Alamos Gold output
Alamos Gold (TSX, NYSE: AGI) says it’s expecting lower production in the second quarter following a series of disruptions at the Young-Davidson mine in northern Ontario. In an update on Thursday,…
St Barbara’s Nova Scotia gold hub gets green light
Australia’s St Barbara (ASX: SBM) has advanced plans for its Nova Scotia gold development after federal assessment regulators accepted the initial project description for the proposed 15-Mile Processing Hub, launching…
BHP takes $2.3B hit on Jansen potash mine as cost forecast swells again
BHP Group (ASX, NYSE, LSE: BHP) plans to record a $2.3-billion (C$3.25-billion) impairment charge on its giant Jansen potash mine in Saskatchewan due to cost and timing overruns for the…
BHP to sell $1.5B Chile power lines in copper-first pivot
Mining giant BHP (ASX: BHP) is preparing to sell about $1.5 billion worth of power transmission assets in Chile as the world’s largest miner sharpens its focus on copper and…
Kristi Noem joins B.C copper junior as advisor
Kristi Noem, the former U.S. Secretary for Homeland Security, is entering the mining space as an advisor to a British Columbia-based junior. NovaRed Mining (CSE: NRED), which holds two early-stage…
Allseas ocean bottom mining contract violates UN law, Greenpeace-backed prof says
Plans by Swiss-Dutch offshore energy giant Allseas to operate deep-sea mining machinery for The Metals Company (Nasdaq: TMC) have “directly violated” the UN’s Law of the Sea, a legal analysis…
Resouro sees $1B rare earth, titanium project in Brazil
Resouro Strategic Metals (TSX-V: RSM) says a starter operation at its main Tiros rare earths and titanium project in Brazil could be a billion-dollar operation, according to a new preliminary…
Barclays still bullish on gold price, sees drop as ‘reset’
Gold’s recent selloff should be attributed to a confluence of market forces rather than a single factor that led to a deterioration in its fundamentals, according to those at Barclays….
Poland bets on copper boom as Lumina eyes new mines
Poland could more than double its copper production through planned mines by Canada’s Lumina Metals (TSX: LMCU), bolstering the country’s ambitions to become a leading supplier of a metal critical…