Brazil needs price floors to back processing, miners say
Brazil is on the cusp of a new policy to fund domestic refining for lithium and the world’s second-largest rare earth reserves, but miners say…
Financing
Mining stocks claim record 60% of 2026 TSX30
Miners captured a record 60% of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s annual list of its 30 top-performing companies, as strong precious and critical minerals stocks propelled the sector to…
SW US Spotlight 2: Rio, Teck, Newmont back juniors
Three major miners are backing junior explorers advancing copper projects in the U.S. Southwest, while a fourth company is pushing to become a domestic antimony…
US bank eyes $750M for Aclara rare earth plant
The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. might provide up to $750 million towards Aclara Resources’ (TSX: ARA) Project Dynamo rare earths processing plant in Louisiana…
Pentagon rare earth push collides with China’s grip
The Pentagon could require enough specialized rare earth magnets by 2030 to absorb nearly half of today’s entire non-Chinese production, highlighting the scale of the…
SW US CEO chat: Ivanhoe Electric maps $1B debt path for Arizona copper project
Ivanhoe Electric (NYSE-A, TSX: IE) CEO Taylor Melvin says the company aims to secure more than $1 billion in U.S.-backed debt as it starts early…
Tungsten surge transforms Northcliff’s Sisson economics
Northcliff Resources’ (TSX: NCF; US-OTC: NCFFF) new feasibility study for the Sisson tungsten-molybdenum project in New Brunswick puts its post-tax value at more than four…
Eldorado eyes bigger McIlvenna Bay copper mill
Eldorado Gold (TSX: ELD; NYSE: EGO) is studying a 43% expansion of its McIlvenna Bay processing plant and a new silver-lead circuit as the Saskatchewan…
SW US CEO chat: Hudbay builds copper giant
Hudbay Minerals (TSX, NYSE: HBM) says it can build two of the largest planned U.S. copper mines without issuing equity, thanks to a financing package…
Editorial: The money is already here
Despite a sharp escalation in the Canada-U.S. trade dispute, global investors are already voting with their wallets ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Sept. 14-15…
Rio’s Barton joins Carney’s $1T investment drive
Prime Minister Mark Carney has named Rio Tinto (LSE, ASX, NYSE: RIO) chair Dominic Barton to lead Invest in Canada’s board as Ottawa expands the…
Talamore gets key road permit for Coffee gold project
Talamore Mining (TSX: TALA; US-OTC: TALMF) has secured the remaining major permit needed to complete the 214-km all-season road to its Coffee gold project in…