US markets in the dumps during Sept. 19-23 trading week
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell an astonishing 1,232.01 points or 4% to 29,590.41 during the Sept. 19-23 trading week, while the S&P 500 fell 180.1 points or 4.7% to…
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TNM Drill Down: Top gold assays of the week Sept 16-23
Our TNM Drill Down feature highlights the top gold assays of the past week. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width, as identified by our sister company Mining…
Los Pelambres union urges workers to support strike action
The union at Antofagasta’s (LSE: ANTO) Los Pelambres copper mine in Chile has rejected the company’s most recent contract offer and launched a strike threat. In a media statement, the…
Vital Metals opens rare earths processing plant in Saskatoon on EV highway
Australia’s Vital Metals (ASX: VML), the first producer of rare earth minerals in Canada, opened a processing facility in Saskatoon this week that will feed into the global demand for…
Baffinland gets nod from Nunavut board to extend Mary River operation until year-end
Baffinland Iron Mines has received a positive recommendation from the Nunavut Impact Review Board (NIRB) to temporarily increase production at its Mary River iron ore mine in Canada’s Nunavut territory…
Korea’s LG taps three Canadian EV battery mineral suppliers
LG Energy Solution of South Korea has signed agreements with three Canadian suppliers of minerals used in electric vehicle batteries as it bets on North America to become a fast-growing…
Revival Gold hits another long intercept of high grades at Beartrack-Arnett
Revival Gold (TSXV: RVG; US-OTC: RVLGF) has reported additional results from its 2022 drilling program at the Beartrack-Arnett gold project located in Idaho’s northeast Lemhi County. Since the start of drilling…
Electra to refine cobalt in Ontario for LG as EV demand surges
Toronto-based Electra Battery Materials (TSXV: ELBM; NASDAQ: ELBM) signed its first production agreement for North America’s only cobalt refinery today, agreeing to supply LG Energy Solution of Seoul with about…
Talon Metals drills record nickel-copper intercept at Tamarack
Talon Metals (TSX: TLO) has received more encouraging results from drilling at its Tamarack nickel-copper-cobalt project in Minnesota, including assays for 17 holes drilled on the western side of the…
Atlantic Lithium forecasts US$4.8B in revenue from Ghana project
Atlantic Lithium (AIM: ALL), an Australia-based miner seeking to unlock electric car battery resources in West Africa, said its proposed operation in Ghana will generate nearly US$5 billion in revenue…
Moody’s downgrades mining sector outlook to negative
Credit rating firm Moody’s Investors Service said on Thursday it had changed its outlook for the global metals and mining industry from stable to negative as a global economic slowdown…
No quick fix to reduce tailings, ICMM roadmap shows
The London-based International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) says mining companies should be able to use emerging technologies within 15 years to drastically reduce the tailings that continue to…