Cornish Metals shares rise after it preps to dewater tin mine in UK
Shares in Cornish Metals (TSX-V: CUSN; LSE: CUSN) rose by 12.9% Thursday after the company announced it had kicked off work to dewater a past-producing tin mine at its South…
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Rinehart may block SQM’s $1B takeover bid of Azure Minerals
Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart, who recently thwarted Albemarle’s (NYSE: ALB) attempt to buy Liontown Resources (ASX: LTR), is now said to be evaluating ways to block Chilean lithium giant SQM’s A$1.6…
Site visit: Grid Metals reduces China risk for lithium project in Manitoba
Grid Metals (TSXV: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) has got a plan B to start producing battery metal in case Ottawa torpedoes its leading option with China’s Sinomine Resources. Toronto-based Grid is in…
Wheaton invests US$115M for silver stream in Mineral Park mine
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX: WPM; NYSE: FWB) has agreed to invest US$115 million during construction of the Mineral Park polymetallic project in Arizona in return for a stream covering 100%…
CMS: How to fix ‘everyone needs us but no one likes us’
The industry must confront its dark past of disasters to attract new investors and offer project stakes to local towns to improve environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Those were…
Video: Mining innovation must redeploy tech like Lego
The industry needs to apply existing technology in new ways like using the blocks of a Lego kit to build several solutions, panellists at The Northern Miner‘s Canadian Mining Symposium…
Sibanye-Stillwater shake-up puts more than 4,000 jobs at risk
Precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater (NYSE: SBSW; JSE: SSW) said a planned restructuring could see it shut down four loss-making platinum group metal (PGM) mines in South Africa, resulting in the…
SolGold advances plan to sell flagship Ecuador copper project
SolGold (LSE: SOLG) said on Wednesday it’s making headway with the potential sale of its flagship Cascabel copper-gold project in Ecuador, as it has held talks with more than 20…
Video: How Quebec fosters symbiotic relationships with miners
Quebec expects to capitalize on the emerging North America-based critical mineral supply chain from mines to battery cells, The Northern Miner’s Canadian Mining Symposium heard this month in London. “The…
Australia boosts critical minerals fund by over $1B to draw international investors
The Australian government plans to double the amount of money on offer to A$2 billion ($1.7 billion) in support of critical minerals projects as it works to attract American miners…
Podcast: ‘The metal doesn’t exist’ for energy transition, ft Robert Friedland at the Canadian Mining Symposium
This week’s episode features mining mogul Robert Friedland in conversation with Northern Miner Group president Anthony Vaccaro at the Canadian Mining Symposium in London, England. In a candid discussion, Friedland…
NextSource Materials ships first graphite from Molo mine in Madagascar
NextSource Materials (TSX: NEXT; US-OTC: NSRCF) announced Monday it has made its first bulk container shipment of SuperFlake graphite from the company’s Molo mine in Madagascar. This first shipment has…