Editorial: The new feasibility
All the largest companies are doing it. Why shouldn’t Canada do it, too? The global mining industry has converged on a single idea: copper is the most important strategic metal….
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How Canadian mining can be great again
The mining and metallurgy industry has undergone a profound transformation since 1905, when Canada was producing six key metals – iron, copper, nickel, lead, aluminum and zinc – largely for domestic use. By the…
Middle East conflict jolts energy and metals markets
BMO analysts warn disruptions to oil, chemicals and minerals could reshape commodity markets if tensions persist.
Chile mining faces policy test under Kast government
Chile’s mining sector faces a policy reset as President José Antonio Kast took office on Wednesday, raising expectations of regulatory reform and stronger security in the world’s largest copper-producing nation….
Canada’s weakness lies beyond the mine gate, MPs hear
Canada’s critical-minerals fragility lies more with what happens after ore leaves the ground than the ore in the ground, witnesses told a parliamentary panel this week. In the House defence…
Lynas-Japan deal ‘insulates’ from China rare earth prices
A revised deal between Australia’s Lynas Rare Earths (ASX: LYC; US-OTC: LYSDY) and Japanese customer JARE firms up supplies of heavy rare earths and creates a price floor as a…
Nickel market could turn to deficit amid Indonesia quota
Nickel prices could climb further this year as a global supply shortage caused by top producer Indonesia’s decision to limit its production starts to bite, potentially sending the market into…
Marimaca widens Pampa Medina 600 metres west
Marimaca Copper (TSX: MARI, ASX: MC2) drills pushed the emerging Pampa Medina deposit 600 metres farther west with another run of thick copper-silver assays, improving the odds that the Chilean…
Talon Metals surges on new Minnesota drill results
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO; US-OTC: TLOFF) said new drilling at the Tamarack nickel-copper-cobalt project in Minnesota supports the potential expansion of the property’s Vault zone system. The stock jumped to…
Myriad Uranium doubles size of Wyoming project
Myriad Uranium (CSE: M; US-OTC: MYRUF) says it has effectively doubled the size of its main Copper Mountain project in Wyoming after geophysical survey results indicated potential in other parts…
Titan Mining starts graphite shipments, feasibility study
New United States graphite producer Titan Mining (NYSE-A, TSX: TII) says it has begun shipments from its demonstration facility in New York State and is moving ahead with feasibility work…
Canamera logs positive rare earth results in ionic clays
Auger drilling with dozens of holes at Canamera Energy Metals’ (CSE: EMET; US-OTC: EMETF) Turvolândia project in southeast Brazil has confirmed near-surface rare earths mineralization in ionic clays. Highlight hole…