Rio Tinto takes strategic stake in Western Copper and Gold
Rio Tinto Canada is investing $25.6 million for an 8% stake in Western Copper and Gold (TSX: WRN; NYSE-AM: WRN), which is advancing its copper-gold Casino project in the Yukon….
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Centerra Gold to launch arbitration against Kyrgyzstan over Kumtor mine
Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) has initiated binding arbitration against the government of the Kyrgyz Republic in a legal skirmish over the company’s Kumtor mine. In early May, lawmakers in Kyrgyzstan…
Exploration at Argonaut’s Magino project yields exciting results
About four months into the planned two-year construction of Argonaut Gold’s (TSX: AR) new cornerstone Magino project in northeastern Ontario, smooth progress and encouraging new exploration results have CEO Peter…
World’s top 10 biggest copper mines
Copper, the highly conductive red metal vital to the manufacturing of products essential to the electrification of the world’s energy systems is also used in heating, cooling, electronics, power generation…
Chinese EV makers may be looking at western markets, CRU report says
China, the country leading global sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs), not only will maintain its market position accounting for half of all expected global NEV during the next decade,…
Kirkland Lake Gold’s Detour Lake on course to be a world-class gold mine, says CEO Tony Makuch
Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX: KL; NYSE: KL; ASX: KLA) plans to transform its Detour Lake mine in northern Ontario into one of the world’s largest and most profitable good mines, says…
Analysts voice scepticism on supercycle narrative
Economists are tracking a broad economic recovery across the globe that appears to be gathering momentum and commodity prices are trading at healthy-to-stratospheric levels amid recovering demand from the Covid-19…
Mountain Province taps Dunebridge for US$33M loan
Citing “serious financial difficulty,” Mountain Province Diamonds (TSX: MPVD) has again tapped its largest shareholder for a loan, this time adding a US$33 million term loan facility to its existing…
Portugal may delay auction for lithium licenses to 2022
Portugal’s long-awaited auction of licenses to explore for lithium may have to wait until next year as the country faces some hurdles implementing a new mining law that grants municipalities…
Lundin Gold sees record production at Fruta del Norte
Canada’s Lundin Gold (TSX: LUG) has reported record gold production for the March quarter, which marked a year since its Fruta del Norte gold-silver mine in Ecuador, the country’s largest, kicked…
Iron ore prices hit new record
The price for iron ore surged to a record US$237.57 per tonne on May 12 as strong Chinese demand continued to outpace supply. The record price levels are supported by…
Black Iron negotiates offtake and financing with Cargill
Black Iron (TSX: BKI; US-OTC: BKIRF) will grant Cargill offtake rights for an initial ten years on the first four million tonnes of annual production from its Shymanivske iron ore…